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China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report (infosec.exchange)
submitted 5 months ago by 0x815@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They should definitely respect the licenses, that being said, Microsoft owns GitHub and can be a bit quick in what they ban. It also means they are beholden to US laws, which could turn anti FOSS-AI in the near future.

This is a smart move and I honestly hope more countries start doing it. It would probably lead to a better ecosystem.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think projects like this are good, but I really don't want governments to create their own version of XYZ for the sake of creating clones of XYZ. I'm scared that all this will do is fragment an almost-universal collection of open-source projects into regional variants for no real reason.

[–] machineLearner@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“Governments” arent doing this. Its some company

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In China, they’re the same picture.