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If my entire project is stored in a public github repo what's to stop people from downloading it and publishing it on Google play before I do?
I want to use github to keep track of changes in a group Android project, I was told an active account would also benefit future employment, and make it public to help other students. But what if I wanted to eventually publish it to Google play? See the above question.
I'm new to software development.
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Yes, GitHub itself is safe and secure. However, when downloading programs from GitHub, you should always exercise caution and only download those created by developers you can trust.
If you want others to use, distribute, modify, or contribute back to your project, you need to include an open source license. For example, someone cannot legally use any part of your GitHub project in their code, even if it's public, unless you explicitly give them the right to do so.
No, they can copy or fork your whole code into a new GPLed project, or copy or any parts of your code into other GPLed projects, and distribute it however they like.
About project visibility For public projects, everyone on the internet can view the project.
If you find your code online somewhere which you did not permit or without your license, you can submit a DMCA claim. Here is Google Play's takedown form and GitHub's DMCA guide.
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If you want to keep your code in a private repository, try BitBucket, it's a private code repository and free up to five users.
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