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I’d much prefer someone forego writing a line of code than cobbling together their own scaleable social network.
by crate_barre 5y ago
I’d much prefer someone forego writing a line of code than cobbling together their own scaleable social network.
- ChuckMcM 5y agoI don't disagree with that sentiment. I was looking at perhaps a different scenario, one that might have unfolded like this: Person A: "I have been tasked with putting together a social network." Person B: "Well we could base it on Mastadon, it's open source, that is what Gab did. That would save us some time." Person A: "Great let's do that." Person B: "We will need to comply with the licensing restrictions for Mastadon though it means giving our changes back to the community." Person A: "Oh, I don't like that at all, what's our alternative?" Person B: "Well we could write a new system from scratch but it will take us at least 6 months to get to where these existing systems are." Person A: "Hmm, that doesn't fit our timeline, how about this, we use the Mastadon code, tell everyone it is our own code, and get rid of any references to Mastadon in the code. Then nobody comes after us and we can be up and running before the 2022 elections season starts in earnest." Person B: "But that would be dishonest and wrong." Person A: "Is that what your replacement will say?" Person B: <grumble><grumble> Person A: "Okay, since we have agreement let's get to it."