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Command Line Interface for Signal

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Re: Command Line Interface for Signal

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Didn't Signal have some weird licence restriction saying that non-official clients are not allowed to connect to official servers?

How does this client bypass it? Can I use it to text a friend who uses the official servers?

Re: Command Line Interface for Signal

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post #4

Didn't Signal have some weird licence restriction saying that non-official clients are not allowed to connect to official servers? How does this client bypass it? Can I use it to text a friend who uses the official servers?

It's not a licensing restriction, it's a terms of use for their network service. It's also not enforced. Their clients are open source, signal-cli uses a fork of the Android app's client library.

Re: Command Line Interface for Signal

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post #6
post #4

Didn't Signal have some weird licence restriction saying that non-official clients are not allowed to connect to official servers? How does this client bypass it? Can I use it to text a friend who uses the official servers?

It's not a licensing restriction, it's a terms of use for their network service. It's also not enforced. Their clients are open source, signal-cli uses a fork of the Android app's client library.

> It's also not enforced

https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...

When did this stance change? Is there a current statement from moxie to that effect?

Re: Command Line Interface for Signal

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post #6
post #4

Didn't Signal have some weird licence restriction saying that non-official clients are not allowed to connect to official servers? How does this client bypass it? Can I use it to text a friend who uses the official servers?

It's not a licensing restriction, it's a terms of use for their network service. It's also not enforced. Their clients are open source, signal-cli uses a fork of the Android app's client library.

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Re: Command Line Interface for Signal

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post #7
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not a licensing restriction, it's a terms of use for their network service. It's also not enforced. Their clients are open source, signal-cli uses a fork of the Android app's client library.

> It's also not enforced https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco... When did this stance change? Is there a current statement from moxie to that effect?

I guess what finnn meant is that nobody can actually stop you from ignoring moxie's statement.

Re: Command Line Interface for Signal

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post #7
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not a licensing restriction, it's a terms of use for their network service. It's also not enforced. Their clients are open source, signal-cli uses a fork of the Android app's client library.

> It's also not enforced https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco... When did this stance change? Is there a current statement from moxie to that effect?

People wonder why I won't sign up for these Apps.
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