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China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report (infosec.exchange)

submitted 5 months ago by 0x815@feddit.org 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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[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’m seeing this misconception in a lot of places.

Just because something is on GitHub, doesn’t mean it’s open source. It doesn't automatically grant permission to share either.

[–] dan@upvote.au 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is part of the Github terms of service:

By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and "fork" your repositories (this means that others may make their own copies of Content from your repositories in repositories they control).

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 0 points 4 months ago

Correct, you are allowed to click the "fork" button and nothing else. You're still not allowed to download, use, modify, compile or redistribute the code in any way that doesn't involve the "fork" button.

[–] Grimm665@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It may not be de jure open source, but if the code is posted publicly on the internet in a way that anyone can download and modify it, it sort of becomes de facto open source (or "source available" if you prefer).

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago

Please don't muddy the water with terms like this. Something is open source if and only if it has an open source license.