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1. someonebaggy · 1790267425 · focus · HN ↗

   If it's your software send a DMCA. They have a legally required timeframe to process those. If it's open source, however, then you don't have any valid DMCA claim.

   1. hnlmorg · 1790268096 · focus · HN ↗

      That’s not how open source works.

      Open source code is still copyrighted. What the license defines is rights that people have in distributing that code. If an unofficial repository is using open source code to ship malware, and the license that software had didn’t allow that, then the unofficial repository is still breaking copyright law despite the code being open source.

      1. NewJazz · 1790268922 · focus · HN ↗

         Also open source license doesn't grant use of trademarks, but I'm not sure that means DMCA applies.

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