Do we really have to give this guy the #1 Hacker News story? He was fading into the background so nicely.
Isn't it still the same America that voted for him not to long ago? Censoring reality never was good idea
Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
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Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#32Are the quoted terms actually incorrect or in violation of the license?
>all source code ... are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws
That's correct isn't it? The mastodon code would be licensed to them under the AGPL. So I am not sure this should be a source of "worry" in and of itself.
The potential issue appears to be that they have modified the mastodon code without publishing their modifications, which I believe might be a violation of the licensing terms (although I am certainly not an expert).
Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#33> As far as personal feelings are concerned, of course we would prefer if people so antithetical to our values did not use and benefit from our labour And sensible people would prefer that license violations would be published and pursued fairly, and personal feelings kept personal, rather than creating a soft list of people and perspectives whose online/computing freedom is less important than others.
That sounds like a personal feeling.
Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#34Violation is violation but It feels that you are applying double standards.
If trump then boohoo boohoo
if #BLM I suspect that you would have proudly present it on your website because otherwise racist.
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#35"On Oct 26, we sent a formal letter to Truth Social’s chief legal officer, requesting the source code to be made publicly available in compliance with the license. According to AGPLv3, after being notified by the copyright holder, Truth Social has 30 days to comply or the license may be permanently revoked."
Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#36> As far as personal feelings are concerned, of course we would prefer if people so antithetical to our values did not use and benefit from our labour And sensible people would prefer that license violations would be published and pursued fairly, and personal feelings kept personal, rather than creating a soft list of people and perspectives whose online/computing freedom is less important than others.
That sounds like a personal feeling.
It's a personal feeling about the purpose of the license, not about the people who are using the license.
Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#37> As far as personal feelings are concerned, of course we would prefer if people so antithetical to our values did not use and benefit from our labour And sensible people would prefer that license violations would be published and pursued fairly, and personal feelings kept personal, rather than creating a soft list of people and perspectives whose online/computing freedom is less important than others.
Then the mastodon devs shouldn't have picked the AGPL.
Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#38Do we really have to give this guy the #1 Hacker News story? He was fading into the background so nicely.
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Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#39Feel like title is click bait. At least I immediately thought that Mastodon had special clause that Ol' Trumpster was violating, but just not publishing source.
Yeah this is license violation, but pretty minor, very common, and harmless (assuming they do release the source now that they are made aware of the licensing agreement)
Re: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code
#40One of Trump's biggest advantages is his enemies drastically over-react to things and end up looking stupid. GPL violations are a serious business and Mastodon is well within their rights to ask for the code to be released. But the business hasn't even opened yet and they're already waving permanent revocation around. This sort of aggression in enforcing the GPL may actually be unprecedented.
But it is correct. I would love for all violations to be policed like this. I didn’t take time away from my family and life for someone else to profit. I did it ONLY because I’d knew what GPL would enforce.
The business opening or not does not matter here. GPL is enforced on the moment you publish underneath that license.