Merge pull request #20557 from github/updates

Added 2026/05/2026-05-12-vanderbilt-university.md

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+**Are you the copyright holder or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf? If you are submitting this notice on behalf of a company, please be sure to use an email address on the company's domain. If you use a personal email address for a notice submitted on behalf of a company, we may not be able to process it.**  
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+Yes, I am the copyright holder.  
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+**Are you submitting a revised DMCA notice after GitHub Trust & Safety requested you make changes to your original notice?**  
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+No  
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+**Does your claim involve content on GitHub or npm.js?**  
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+GitHub  
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+**Please describe the nature of your copyright ownership or authorization to act on the owner's behalf.**  
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+The REDCap software is owned, copyrighted, and trademarked by Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN (https://projectredcap.org). As the [private] and [private] of REDCap at Vanderbilt, I have authority to act on behalf of Vanderbilt University. The official *private* repository for the REDCap software is stored at [private]. The entire GitHub repository https://github.com/amachaze/redcap infringing on our copyrighted work because, as per our REDCap software license located at https://projectredcap.org/partners/termsofuse/, according to 2.1(a) in the license, “LICENSEE UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT NEITHER THE SOFTWARE NOR ANY DERIVATIVE WORKS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO OR SHARED WITH ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY PURPOSE.” No one can obtain the REDCap software without a license. The offender is a licensee of the copyrighted work and did not have permission to post the copyrighted work publicly on their public GitHub repository.  
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+Therefore, the GitHub repository https://github.com/amachaze/redcap be removed because it violates the REDCap software license located at https://projectredcap.org/partners/termsofuse/.  
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+**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.**  
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+REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. For details, see https://projectredcap.org/software/. The official *private* repository for the REDCap software is stored at [private]  
+Trademark/copyright: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86429922&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch  
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+**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.**  
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+[private]  
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+**We ask that a DMCA takedown notice list every specific file in the repository that is infringing, unless the entire contents of the repository are infringing on your copyright. Please clearly state that the entire repository is infringing, OR provide the specific files within the repository you would like removed.**  
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+**Based on the above, I confirm that:**  
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+The entire repository is infringing  
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+**Identify the full repository URL that is infringing:**  
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+https://github.com/amachaze/redcap  
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+**Do you claim to have any technological measures in place to control access to your copyrighted content? Please see our <a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice#complaints-about-anti-circumvention-technology">Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology</a> if you are unsure.**  
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+No  
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+**If you are reporting an allegedly infringing fork, please note that each fork is a distinct repository and <i>must be identified separately</i>. Please read more about <a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown-policy#b-what-about-forks-or-whats-a-fork">forks.</a> As forks may often contain different material than in the parent repository, if you believe any of the repositories or files in the forks are infringing, please list each fork URL below:**  
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+**Is the work licensed under an open source license?**  
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+No  
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+**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?**  
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+Reported content must be removed  
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+**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.**  
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+No  
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+**I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law.**  
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+**I have taken <a href="https://www.lumendatabase.org/topics/22">fair use</a> into consideration.**  
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+**I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.**  
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+**I have read and understand GitHub's <a href="https://docs.github.com/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-takedown-notice/">Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice</a>.**  
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+**So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address.**  
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+[private]  
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+**Please type your full name for your signature.**  
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+[private]