TikTok Source code published on GitHub

Re:TikTok Source code published on GitHub by kasajian on Monday November 02, 2020 @02:41PM (#24972208)

I'm not sure this is a good precedent to set. if the eula that you agreed to doesn't allow decompilation or reverse-engineering, then github shouldn't allow it. Conversely, if this is okay to do, then we should be allowed to do this to any code not just TikTok or code that comes from China, even your code even if it means in doing so you might lose some revenue.

There's an argument to be made that all software should be free as in speech, so I won't make the argument here.

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Re:TikTok Source code published on GitHub by jjd33 on Monday November 02, 2020 @02:50PM (#24972347)

It's because it's a Chinese app. US companies have all incentive to show Communist spying. If it was Facebook app it would have been deleted instantly.

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Re:TikTok Source code published on GitHub by kordlessagain on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:01PM (#24972493)

It is clear you understand there exists a bind you can exploit for your own gains. This is no different than some license troll working the angle there's no way to contact all contributors to an "open source" project AND have a legally valid argument to remove said viral license, which itself was written by a sociopath.

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Re:TikTok Source code published on GitHub by jjd33 on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:29PM (#24972838)

While I technically would agree with you the problem is the US calls itself democracy. This behaviour is not a free democracy.

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