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Attached: 3 images tldr: GitCode or China is attempting to mirror/clone the entire GitHub over to their own servers and there's nothing you can do about it, even if your license somehow disagrees with it. Apparently China now has their own GitHub/public Git repository hosting service called GitCode; it is owned and operated by CSDN under the company name "重庆开源共创科技有限公司". It is being reported that many users' repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without authorization - meaning your project may very well be on this service without you explicitly allowing.

GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users’ repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

  • KaynAEnglish
    19•3 days ago

    I’m seeing this misconception in a lot of places.

    Just because something is on GitHub, doesn’t mean it’s open source. It doesn’t automatically grant permission to share either.

      • KaynAEnglish
        3•3 days ago

        Correct, you are allowed to click the “fork” button and nothing else. You’re still not allowed to download, use, modify, compile or redistribute the code in any way that doesn’t involve the “fork” button.

    • @Grimm665@lemmy.world
      English
      2•3 days ago

      It may not be de jure open source, but if the code is posted publicly on the internet in a way that anyone can download and modify it, it sort of becomes de facto open source (or “source available” if you prefer).

      • JackbyDevEnglish
        5•3 days ago

        Please don’t muddy the water with terms like this. Something is open source if and only if it has an open source license.