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)

  • maxinstuff@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I get what your saying, in that open source projects normally have a licence that applies to how it’s used - but this has always been open to abuse.

    Nothing has ever stopped things like this happening - see how industry has taken advantage of open source for decades (often productising things as their own in the process).

    • Kayn@dormi.zone
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      4 months ago

      The industry takes advantage of open source projects that have permissive licenses. This is an important distinction.

      If you didn’t release your code with a permissive license (or even with a license at all), you have rights that protect you and your code. The only issue is that copyright infringement can often be hard to prove if you didn’t plan ahead for it.