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I think as long as they are GPL, you can use the infrastructure. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/282 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/

I think as long as they are GPL, you can use the infrastructure. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/282 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/282

joecool1029 10y ago
You can, but moxie will throw a temper tantrum about it. https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217211165 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...
- whyever 10y ago
  You call that a temper tantrum? I thought he was being very reasonable.
  - joecool1029 10y ago
    We'll agree to disagree. If he said "Please don't use our servers with your custom client, shit might break. You could run your own infra and keep it up to date with us and we'll federate", this would be reasonable. Instead, if you read that thread a bit more he throws up his hands and says federation is a thing of the past because he had a bad experience with CM. Yeah, because we don't still use federated standards like email and telephony every day. Come on. https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217339450 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...
    - tekromancr 10y ago
      Yes, and because it's a federated protocol, it still sends every damn thing in cleartext by default.
      - joecool1029 10y ago
        Federation does not require things to be transmitted in cleartext by default. Don't know where you're pulling that from.
    - whyever 10y ago
      Federated standards have problems with spam and rolling out encryption-by-default. This applies to both examples you mentioned.
- bluesign 10y ago
  Just read the thread, I am mostly on your side, I understand his point but it is weird you license your code GPL and then try to prevent derivative software to work. This feels a bit like "bad intention". Alternatively you can choose less liberal license, and then make your derivative product from that (Chromium -> Chrome)

I think as long as they are GPL, you can use the infrastructure. https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/282 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/282

joecool1029 10y ago

You can, but moxie will throw a temper tantrum about it. https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217211165 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...

whyever 10y ago
You call that a temper tantrum? I thought he was being very reasonable.
- joecool1029 10y ago
  We'll agree to disagree. If he said "Please don't use our servers with your custom client, shit might break. You could run your own infra and keep it up to date with us and we'll federate", this would be reasonable. Instead, if you read that thread a bit more he throws up his hands and says federation is a thing of the past because he had a bad experience with CM. Yeah, because we don't still use federated standards like email and telephony every day. Come on. https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217339450 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...
  - tekromancr 10y ago
    Yes, and because it's a federated protocol, it still sends every damn thing in cleartext by default.
    - joecool1029 10y ago
      Federation does not require things to be transmitted in cleartext by default. Don't know where you're pulling that from.
  - whyever 10y ago
    Federated standards have problems with spam and rolling out encryption-by-default. This applies to both examples you mentioned.
bluesign 10y ago
Just read the thread, I am mostly on your side, I understand his point but it is weird you license your code GPL and then try to prevent derivative software to work. This feels a bit like "bad intention". Alternatively you can choose less liberal license, and then make your derivative product from that (Chromium -> Chrome)