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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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[-] kersplomp@programming.dev 34 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Some random Chinese company: does something jenky

Blogger: "The entire country of China is doing this jenky thing!"

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[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 5 days ago

I'm surprised this wasnt done already

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

omw to get all the homebrew stuff NIntendo got removed from github lol

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

JIAN YANG!!!

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[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

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.

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[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 25 points 6 days ago

Free backups.

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[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Preparation for war.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

Shame they don't have anything themselves that's worth the trouble to copy back.

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

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

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[-] ben_dover@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 days ago

*New GitHub

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