Source code stolen from GitHub.com

"My code could be running on anyone's computer right now, anywhere in the world," said open source developer Andrew Benton. "Frankly, that is terrifying."

coldcode• 12 years ago

Is this a joke or a real problem?

dragonwriter• 12 years ago

Its amazing how often on HN people are interested enough to ask questions about an article, but not interested enough to actually click on the link and read it.

ozh• 12 years ago

Has someone clicked on "Publish" 2 weeks too late for April's fool?

Pinwheeler• 12 years ago

I think the satire value is somewhat diminished by the fact that private repos are possible. If github only hosted open-source projects, then it would be funnier

outcoldman• 12 years ago

Ok, I get it, this is a Satire. But it is not very good made Satire, because it leads to the point that source code in private repositories also can be stolen, which kind of threatens the reputation of GitHub organization. Hope that GitHub will contact this joker and explain how to make good satires.

quadrangle• 12 years ago

This article is totally confusing. Source is missing? So there's no local fork? Work is disappeared? Or someone just downloaded it and has a copy? How does missing have anything to do with the "someone else in the world is running my code" comment?? Copying would allow others to run the code without it going missing…

EDIT: This is satire? It was poorly done.

ColinWright4• 12 years ago

The words you want are "dumb" and "not that funny". At least, according to the last paragraph in the article.

fbomb• 12 years ago

14 days too late.

Source code stolen from GitHub.com

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