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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.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/176888

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)

  • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
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    5 months ago

    A mirror of a privately controlled website hosting lots of opensource code. I wish they did it on a forgejo instance. They could’ve contributed so much to forgejo to enable this level of detailed cloning. It could help people wanting to move their entire profile over to forgejo and retain all issues, PRs, etc.

    Maybe somebody who speaks Chinese could float it to them. They could be a force for good.

    Anti Commercial-AI license