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China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report (infosec.exchange)

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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)

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Oh, cool. I might finally find contributors to my projects.

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[-] ben_dover@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

*New GitHub

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[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

And I was just asking yesterday what would you feel if someone evil used your FOSS software: https://lemmy.world/post/16898871

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

When they mirror it, does they uses a different username? If so I'm totally fine as that's just a fork, otherwise it should count as stolen. Not the project but the name and reputation of the owner.

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[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Preparation for war.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Lmao the murican propaganda worked wonders on this guy

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[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 months ago

Well now chinese companies that use free softwware don't have an excuse to share their modifications of their software product.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

But at what cost???

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