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Title needs a correction. It is AGPLv3, not GPLv3. I suspect this was posted today because Trump's new social network was outed as using Mastodon, likely illeg
by makeworld 5y ago
Title needs a correction. It is AGPLv3, not GPLv3.
I suspect this was posted today because Trump's new social network was outed as using Mastodon, likely illegally.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-mastodon-trump https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-masto...
- jeroenheijmans 5y agoTIL about the AGPL license, thx for the tip.
- russellbeattie 5y agoI adore that the network is named "Pravda" and has a clause that says you can't criticize the service or its founders! Classic! One has to really give a shout out to Trump's Russian handlers. They apparently have a great sense of humor and/or irony. They also know conservative right wing Americans are too stupid to notice or care. It's almost artistic, really.
- wyager 5y agoInteresting. Is it protocol-compatible with other mastodon instances? (I'm not very familiar with how these fediverse sites work.)
- jeroenhd 5y agoI'd think it'll just disable the federation API. Mastodon already has blacklists to prevent abuse from certain servers, and given Trump's target audience, the block would probably be mutual.
- karmanyaahm 5y agoIt is compatible since it's using the exact same codebase, but practically everyone on the mainstream fediverse has blocked them, and I suspect they probably will turn off federation.
- babelfish 5y agoDiscussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28945733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28945733