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When you uploaded your code to GitHub you granted them a license to host it. You can’t use DMCA against someone who’s operating within the parameters of the lic
by ralph84 2y ago
When you uploaded your code to GitHub you granted them a license to host it. You can’t use DMCA against someone who’s operating within the parameters of the license you granted them.
- tremon 2y agoTheir stance is that GitHub revoked that license by blocking their account.
- Dylan16807 2y agoIs it? And what would connect those two things together?
- immibis 2y agoGitHub's terms of service specify the license is granted as necessary to provide the service. Since the service is not provided they don't have a license.
- Dylan16807 2y agoHosting the code is providing the service, whether you have a working account or not. Also was this code open source? Your stack exchange contributions were open source, so they don't need any ToS-based permission in the first place. They have access under CC BY-SA.
- immibis 2y agoSome, not all. GitHub is unlikely to continue hosting the code on the basis that it's open source. If they do, I'll send them a GDPR request to detach my name from it, including in source code comments and package names. It's not always clear that Stack Exchange always followed the CC license, and if they violated it once, it was terminated. The checkbox you have to click now to access the data dumps might be a violation. The data dumps don't come with copies of the licenses, so that's a violation.
- Dylan16807 2y agoI don't think GDPR lets you retroactively redact code you released as open source.
- immibis 2y agoAt the very least they have to stop associating it with my account. I told them they don't have to remove forks.