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Signal is open source both client and server. To my knowledge the same isn't true for WhatsApp.

• StavrosK 9y ago
  It's open source, but Moxie has said he doesn't want federation. I don't think he'd be okay with someone writing a third-party client, for example.
  • Vinnl 9y ago
    He doesn't, but only because of the maintenance burden that would bring: https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issuecomment-217231557 https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco... I'm sure if a third-party client would contribute to support the maintenance (both financially and in terms of the time and effort investment) he might be open to that, but obviously that's not going to happen.
    • pmlnr 9y ago
      Sure, burden. Like say, Pidgin is a burden to [x network]. Not allowing 3rd party is bad, it always is. It takes away choice.
  • tokenizerrr 9y ago
    Federation is a completely different story from a third-party client.
• pmlnr 9y ago
  Open Source, relies only on Twilio, AWS, GMC, and Apple Push. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/master/config/sample.yml https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/master/confi...