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submitted 5 months ago by 0x815 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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[–] passepartout 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Of course they are, it's not like there is some kind of international jurisdiction anyway. What is bothersome is why they do it.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Even if there was jurisdiction, anyone in the world is entitled to do it by the very licenses these works are released under.