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I didn't realize that open source licenses required the maintainers to run infrastructure for you.
by woah 10y ago
I didn't realize that open source licenses required the maintainers to run infrastructure for you.
- Jarwain 10y agoThe big issue with maintenance is if the fork wants to continue using OWS servers and continue being able to communicate with 'normal' Signal users
- bad_user 10y agoOpen source requires the ability to fork and Signal isn't forkable.
- joecool1029 10y agoThe client and the server (sans voice) are forkable. They don't need to grant a license to use their infra. You can run your own, it just won't federate.
- kuschku 10y agoAnd I didn’t realize companies can prevent people from using or creating third-party clients. Especially if the original client is under an open source license.