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Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by colesantiago »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #27
nrclark wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please tell me you're not building Truth. If you are, you should stop right now and consider the effects that your actions will have. No amount of money is worth your soul.

Even if you are unconcerned about your soul, morals, or ethics, tech workers at TMTG are surely ending their careers. Who would employ them after that?

Probably Gab, did well for someone who used to work at Facebook.

[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7abex/gabs-new-cto-is-a-for...

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#32

Post by colesantiago »

commoner wrote: post #23
crate_barre wrote: post #8

Trump’s upcoming social network app is using Mastadon. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-accused-ripping-code-s... Not trying to get political, but this site is obviously going to be the biggest Mastadon showcase.

Gab already forked Mastodon, and it's not clear whether Truth Social would surpass Gab in popularity. Unlike Truth Social, Gab actually complies with Mastodon's AGPLv3 license by publishing its source code, though in an obnoxious way (password-protected archive file): https://code.gab.com/gab/gab-open-source

So basically Truth Social can do the same thing and be compliant?

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by trutannus »

colesantiago wrote: post #30
nrclark wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please tell me you're not building Truth. If you are, you should stop right now and consider the effects that your actions will have. No amount of money is worth your soul.

What makes you think he is building Truth?

Found that odd too. Jumping to conclusions, and moralizing based on that. Not sure what the purpose was. It lead to other users digging into the other commenter, which is somewhat creepy.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#34

Post by JasonFruit »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #27
nrclark wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please tell me you're not building Truth. If you are, you should stop right now and consider the effects that your actions will have. No amount of money is worth your soul.

Even if you are unconcerned about your soul, morals, or ethics, tech workers at TMTG are surely ending their careers. Who would employ them after that?

Not everyone in tech blacklists people based on their politics.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#36

Post by commoner »

colesantiago wrote: post #32
commoner wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gab already forked Mastodon, and it's not clear whether Truth Social would surpass Gab in popularity. Unlike Truth Social, Gab actually complies with Mastodon's AGPLv3 license by publishing its source code, though in an obnoxious way (password-protected archive file): https://code.gab.com/gab/gab-open-source

So basically Truth Social can do the same thing and be compliant?

Yes. The other major requirement is that Truth Social must also be licensed under AGPLv3.

> c) You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This License will therefore apply, along with any applicable section 7 additional terms, to the whole of the work, and all its parts, regardless of how they are packaged. This License gives no permission to license the work in any other way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you have separately received it.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by [deleted] »

commoner wrote: post #23
crate_barre wrote: post #8

Trump’s upcoming social network app is using Mastadon. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-accused-ripping-code-s... Not trying to get political, but this site is obviously going to be the biggest Mastadon showcase.

Gab already forked Mastodon, and it's not clear whether Truth Social would surpass Gab in popularity. Unlike Truth Social, Gab actually complies with Mastodon's AGPLv3 license by publishing its source code, though in an obnoxious way (password-protected archive file): https://code.gab.com/gab/gab-open-source

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Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#38

Post by rlt »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #27
nrclark wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please tell me you're not building Truth. If you are, you should stop right now and consider the effects that your actions will have. No amount of money is worth your soul.

Even if you are unconcerned about your soul, morals, or ethics, tech workers at TMTG are surely ending their careers. Who would employ them after that?

The not-insignificant portion of the population that either doesn’t care about or sympathizes with such an employee’s politics?

Maybe not in SFBA though.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

#39

Post by john_moscow »

pkulak wrote: post #14
nrclark wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please tell me you're not building Truth. If you are, you should stop right now and consider the effects that your actions will have. No amount of money is worth your soul.

Well, Truth isn't so much growing as it's collapsing.

Hold your horses, it hasn't been launched yet.

Re: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

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Post by squarefoot »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #28
hd4 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I try and avoid any news about that person so I don't know much about Truth other than it exists, how is it violating any license?

Presumably because they are using modified AGPL licensed code without releasing their modifications.

So the real question now is: can the FSF sue?
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