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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)

      • Shiggles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        532·
        5 months ago

        I’m not disagreeing, but can anyone really be surprised? IP theft is Chinese policy 101.

        • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
          414·
          5 months ago

          GitHub owner Microsoft would never engage in IP theft of source code. They leave that to OpenAI and then rebrand it as GitHub Copilot.

          • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
            410·
            5 months ago

            This is entirely different. Copilot and Chatgpt doesn’t exactly reproduce the code. It’s paraphrasing it. By your logic you’re not allowed to implement anything as the majority of algrithms originate from scientific research and papers that also have copy-rights on them.

        • hddsx@lemmy.caEnglish
          319·
          5 months ago

          IP theft is…… less prevalent these days (or at least leas obvious)

          This would be a return to the before times