GitHub has made changes to its rules for handling complaints alleging a violation of U.S. Copyright in the Digital Millennium (DMCA). The changes concern blocking forks and determine the possibility of automatic blocking of all forks of a repository, in which a violation of someone else’s intellectual property is confirmed.
The use of automatic blocking of all forks is provided only if more than 100 forks are recorded, the applicant has reviewed a sufficient number of forks and confirmed the violation of their intellectual property in them. If the number of forks does not exceed 100, then the blocking, as before, is performed based on the individual listing in the complaint of the forks identified by the applicant.
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