China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report
China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report
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 GitCod...
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/176993
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/176941
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)
Microsoft: share your open source code!
China: clones the repo
Microsoft: No not like that!
Since no one said it on this one yet, good on them. Open source software was meant to be shared.