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No one said anything about code “needing” to be open source. The issue here is that code became public the moment it was uploaded to a public repository. Just
by nake 4y ago
No one said anything about code “needing” to be open source.
The issue here is that code became public the moment it was uploaded to a public repository. Just because your organization has reckless hiring practices and fails to secure its proprietary code shouldn’t entitle you to be able to use the legal system to doxx every IP who viewed it on a public website in an attempt to track them down seize their machines and claw back the code. How would you feel if I posted a snippet of the leaked code here in this comment and then tomorrow you receive a legal summons or your house gets raided in an attempt to make sure you don’t have a copy?
- seunosewa 4y agoThe copyright law doesn't work like that. Uploading to GitHub doesn't invalidate your ownership.
- nake 4y agoSo they should file a takedown request. Trying to track down everyone who simply viewed an innocuous GitHub URL is overstepping boundaries and going way too far.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoThat I agree on. They should not be provided with IP addresses at all. And even if I doubt they have a handle to sanction these users.