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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)

  • kersplomp@programming.devEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Some random Chinese company: does something jenky

    Blogger: “The entirety of China is doing this jenky thing!”

    • callmepk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      The random Chinese company: owned by Huawei and CSDN (where CSDN is known to be the worst site known to Chinese developers where they literally costs money to let you download open source code)

      • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 days ago

        And all US companies follow US laws and crazy people say they do the bidding of CIA/NSA/FBI- which they do, to a degree.

            • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              4 days ago

              Might be because of our approaches?

              Your’s comes across as a sort of whatabout that nobody asked for and mine is just a statement of fact related to what you mentioned.

              It’s not inaccurate to say that the Chinese government has a tighter leash on all business in their country than the US has in theirs though.