These Chinese devs are storing 1000s of eBooks on GitHub and...
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A community of Chinese developers known as 'ApacheCN' is utilizing platforms like GitHub and npm to store thousands of eBooks, some of which contain content from banned websites such as 'The Economist,' as a means to circumvent Chinese censorship. These eBooks, along with the 3,387 npm packages published by a user named 'wizardforcel,' vary widely in content, including Chinese translations of developer documentation and potentially pirated works, raising questions about copyright and legality. ApacheCN, which claims to be a non-profit project focused on document translation, has previously been associated with sending unsolicited emails, and its activities blur the lines between sharing information and engaging in online piracy. Some of the content, including a repository with sexist undertones, adds to the controversy surrounding the group's use of open-source platforms, highlighting the challenges these practices pose to maintaining software hygiene in the open-source ecosystem.
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