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Trump's Social Media Site Quietly Admits It's Based on Mastodon

31 points by drewrem11 5y ago

h2odragon 5y ago
Was linked here on Nov 17th: https://truthsocial.com/open-source/ https://truthsocial.com/open-source/
yannoninator 5y ago
And? This isn't news though, we all know.
- jackvalentine 5y ago
  The news is they’ve admitted it after previously hiding it in violation of Mastodon’s licence while their marketing copy professed to be original.
  - yannoninator 5y ago
    And they complied? It would be more worse if they didn't comply or respond at all. What's the issue?
    - jackvalentine 5y ago
      There isn’t an issue and I don’t know why you’re looking for one. This news resolved the issue that existed.
      - millzlane 5y ago
        They are easier and easier to spot aren't they?
upofadown 5y ago
It hasn't even launched yet? Why is this even a thing?
yosito 5y ago
At least it's got interoperability built in, then.
riffic 5y ago
I noticed the zip file a couple weeks ago (well someone else did and I posted about it to the parlerwatch subreddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/comments/qx0xh1/truth_social_releases_its_source_code/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/comments/qx0xh1/truth_s... I would have been happy to have tipped off a reporter at the time, but they don't really seem interested in covering this kind of stuff. There's a repo with a diff against mainline Masto: https://codeberg.org/TruthSocial/diffs https://codeberg.org/TruthSocial/diffs there's more over at /r/Opensource: https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/r50vcq/is_there_any_update_on_the_trumps_group_truth/ https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/r50vcq/is_there...
mccorrinall 5y ago
Ahhh yes, 300M USD for a company with two employees and without any working product. An investment for the future!
- post_from_work 5y ago
  Soooo, basically a standard SV SaaS company?
  - mccorrinall 5y ago
    Most of them aren’t forking mastodon with a big name as a supporter as its only value.
    - andrei_says_ 5y ago
      But many would if they could ;)
      - villasv 5y ago
        And are regretting that they didn’t, and are considering something analogous
  - missedthecue 5y ago
    The sad part is that this company will likely make more money than the average saas startup.
literallyaduck 5y ago
The site: https://www.truthsocial.com/ https://www.truthsocial.com/ Mastodon: https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ Source: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon License: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/LICENSE Disclosure and same license are required.
ephbit 5y ago
Now if this isn't going to be a huge disservice to the cause of Mastodon (which I support, as you might guess).
aaron695 5y ago
Under AGPL they do not have to admit they use Mastodon. They do not have to release Mastodon code under AGPL. The fact users are attacking them using AGPL over an accidental pre-release shows no one actually cares about what AGPL really means or stands for nor cares. AGPL, one might guess like GPL is now nothing more than a tool to attack people with. Similar to how MPAA and RIAA uses copyright. It's about time we say fuck GPL. They are not friends to the free information movements, they are the enemy.

31 points by drewrem11 5y ago

h2odragon 5y ago

Was linked here on Nov 17th: https://truthsocial.com/open-source/ https://truthsocial.com/open-source/

yannoninator 5y ago

And? This isn't news though, we all know.

jackvalentine 5y ago
The news is they’ve admitted it after previously hiding it in violation of Mastodon’s licence while their marketing copy professed to be original.
- yannoninator 5y ago
  And they complied? It would be more worse if they didn't comply or respond at all. What's the issue?
  - jackvalentine 5y ago
    There isn’t an issue and I don’t know why you’re looking for one. This news resolved the issue that existed.
    - millzlane 5y ago
      They are easier and easier to spot aren't they?

upofadown 5y ago

It hasn't even launched yet? Why is this even a thing?

yosito 5y ago

At least it's got interoperability built in, then.

riffic 5y ago

I noticed the zip file a couple weeks ago (well someone else did and I posted about it to the parlerwatch subreddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/comments/qx0xh1/truth_social_releases_its_source_code/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/comments/qx0xh1/truth_s... I would have been happy to have tipped off a reporter at the time, but they don't really seem interested in covering this kind of stuff. There's a repo with a diff against mainline Masto: https://codeberg.org/TruthSocial/diffs https://codeberg.org/TruthSocial/diffs there's more over at /r/Opensource: https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/r50vcq/is_there_any_update_on_the_trumps_group_truth/ https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/r50vcq/is_there...

mccorrinall 5y ago

Ahhh yes, 300M USD for a company with two employees and without any working product. An investment for the future!

post_from_work 5y ago
Soooo, basically a standard SV SaaS company?
- mccorrinall 5y ago
  Most of them aren’t forking mastodon with a big name as a supporter as its only value.
  - andrei_says_ 5y ago
    But many would if they could ;)
    - villasv 5y ago
      And are regretting that they didn’t, and are considering something analogous
- missedthecue 5y ago
  The sad part is that this company will likely make more money than the average saas startup.

literallyaduck 5y ago

The site: https://www.truthsocial.com/ https://www.truthsocial.com/ Mastodon: https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ Source: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon License: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/LICENSE Disclosure and same license are required.

ephbit 5y ago

Now if this isn't going to be a huge disservice to the cause of Mastodon (which I support, as you might guess).

aaron695 5y ago

Under AGPL they do not have to admit they use Mastodon. They do not have to release Mastodon code under AGPL. The fact users are attacking them using AGPL over an accidental pre-release shows no one actually cares about what AGPL really means or stands for nor cares. AGPL, one might guess like GPL is now nothing more than a tool to attack people with. Similar to how MPAA and RIAA uses copyright. It's about time we say fuck GPL. They are not friends to the free information movements, they are the enemy.