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Nzall

6:17 AM

@Unionhawk it also violated the GPL

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Elva

11:57 AM

@Nzall Haven't heard that one, how so? =o

Nzall

@Elva Because Mastodon is licensed under the GPL, and the GPL, nasty little license that it is, requires derived products to share the source code

And they didn't do that

Elva

UUuuuuuhm, you're assuming that it's a derivate product and not just a configured mastedon instance

Nzall

I think @ave might be more helpful here, I think she knows more about this

I think part of the issue was that the Mastodon developer never gave permission to T**** to license it

Elva

GPL doesn't require people to take a license specifically

Nzall

vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-mastodon-trump

> Its terms also say that “all source code” of Truth Social is proprietary. That might run afoul of Mastodon’s own license.

“The main thing is that Mastodon is free software, released under the AGPLv3 license, so anyone can use it—provided they comply with the license. The main part of the license is making the source code and any modifications to it available to the public,” Rochko told Motherboard. With Truth Social saying that its code is proprietary “that would be a problem, as that would indicate a license violation,” Rochko added.

Mad Scientist

12:09 PM

This is AGPL, thats very different from the GPL

AGPL means you also have to provide the source if you host the software, not only if you distribute it

ave

12:42 PM

Nzall

@ave \o

ave

Nzall, mastodon is AGPLv3, truth social is a masto fork. What Elva said is correct IF it's not just a configured masto instance, but if they do have changes, they are obliged by the AGPLv3 to release the source code (also under AGPLv3).

gargron doesn't need to specifically license it to trump or w/e to make it available to them tho

and in fact one of the requirements of being a free software is that anyone can run it, modify it, etc, and GPL is written with this in mind.

The only potential violation I see is that the source isn't public. Also ofc: IANAL.

Tim Stone

1:18 PM

> Neera Tanden named Biden staff secretary

Well that's definitely what we need, extreme poster energy

Elva

@ave Yeah, though as you also noted, it doesn't need to be public if it's just configured and they can say "Source is here original site" if asked by lawyers

Nzall

@TimStone is this good or bad?

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