Comment on Trump Announces 'TRUTH Social', New Social Network to 'Stand Up to Tyranny of Big Tech'
realcaseyrollins 2 years agoHopefully they fix the GPL problems before it launches
Comment on Trump Announces 'TRUTH Social', New Social Network to 'Stand Up to Tyranny of Big Tech'
realcaseyrollins 2 years agoHopefully they fix the GPL problems before it launches
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 years ago
Tbf, I don't think it's a GPL violation. GPL allows anyone to use and modify the software, and if you redistribute the software then you need to redistribute it with the source code. A website specifically like mastodon doesn't redistribute the source code, they run it on their servers.
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 years ago
Ok, so it looks like I'm right and I'm wrong. I'm right that the GPL doesn't protect that, and I'm wrong because mastodon is agpl not gpl