It is not like there are no forks https://github.com/venomous0x/WhatsAPI/network...

SuperKlaus · on May 20, 2015

This seems to be one of the most recent repo clones:

devy · on May 20, 2015

That fork only has a PHP implementation. The other fork I found, for instance, has Python implementation: https://github.com/abdosumsam/WhatsAPI

dribnet · on May 20, 2015

That one dates from 4/2013.

This one found via a recent merge-request is current to 9/2014.

https://github.com/Sydcul/WhatsAPI/

toomuchtodo · on May 20, 2015

Thanks. Dropping that in the Internet Archive.

voltagex_ · on May 20, 2015

If you're going to archive it, you should grab:

https://github.com/venomous0x/WhatsAPI/tree/16a6349a1fbc9e9a...

And all pull requests - add .patch to the URL to pull it out as a diff - see https://api.github.com/repos/venomous0x/WhatsAPI/pulls?state... and

https://api.github.com/repos/venomous0x/WhatsAPI/issues

toomuchtodo · on May 20, 2015

Thanks! Rolling through all of the URLs now.

forkingforker · on May 20, 2015

I put a copy of the pre-takedown repo here: https://github.com/forkingforker/WhatsAPI

Currently trying to figure out how to transfer issues and comments over as well.

toomuchtodo · on May 20, 2015

https://github.com/controlgroup/CSV-GitHub-import-export

forkingforker · on May 20, 2015

Thanks for the link. I ended up just dumping them all here in JSON format so at least they are archived somewhere, if he does a full delete: https://github.com/forkingforker/WhatsAPI-issues-milestones-...

artursapek · on May 20, 2015

I wonder how these companies issuing takedown requests handle forks.

chippy · on May 20, 2015

Github iirc will, if they have to take down the parent repo, take down all (automatically) forked ones

tjbiddle · on May 20, 2015

This wasn't a DMCA complaint (Or whatever equivalent - if that's not correct) sent to Github though, this was sent directly to the author of the original repository. But point still stands - even if Github took it down, there are forks out there - the code will always exist.

Mahn · on May 20, 2015

I guess they don't, unless a particular fork becomes popular enough to stand on its own.

TheLoneWolfling · on May 20, 2015

Also, see https://github.com/venomous0x/WhatsAPI/tree/16a6349a1fbc9e9a...

He didn't actually even wipe the history.

bluehawk · on May 20, 2015

I assume he plans to completely wipe the repository after a short time of this notice being public.

Lawtonfogle · on May 20, 2015

I feel the potential for an internet movement to just fork the forked repos just to send WhatsApp a big middle finger.