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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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[-] 0x0@programming.dev 124 points 4 days ago

The vast majority of projects on GitHub is open-source and forkable, why would that need authorization?

It's... suspicious that China's doing it en masse, but there's nothing wrong in cloning or forking a repo last i heard.

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 15 points 4 days ago

Open source? Or open source with a non-commercial restriction?

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 8 points 4 days ago

Why would that matter? You can fork such projects too.

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago

Seems easier to commercialize a mirrored site?

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