China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report

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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)

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Can someone please point out some specific licenses and projects which disallow this kind of action?

Good luck with my crappy code China