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> Github has a clickthrough license that probably gives them this right. If Microsoft is asserting the right to seize control of anybodies open source project
by GeekyBear 5y ago
> Github has a clickthrough license that probably gives them this right.
If Microsoft is asserting the right to seize control of anybodies open source project any time they choose, they are going to have much bigger issues than if they had simply made a mistake and overstepped their bounds.
- chaostheory 5y agoIn this case, we have a clear, bad actor. MS has a good reason to intervene on their own platform.
- chii 5y ago> seize control of anybodies open source project any time they choose the platform the code is under belongs to microsoft. The only thing they cannot do is impersonate someone (e.g., pretend they were the author and make a commit), because that would be illegal. However, they can roll back a commit from being displayed - it is no different than only showing certain commits (it's a right that a website has - showing _anything_ they wish to). There's no claim of ownership (of the copyright), and there's no seizure of the code IP rights whatsoever (for an example of seizure, see the multitude of DMCA takedowns, which is a right specifically granted to them by the state). Presenting this case as a violation by microsoft is incorrect.