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Isn't that kind of the point of open source software? I doubt they would use it going forward because of the BS the mastodon developers already tried to pull on

Isn't that kind of the point of open source software? I doubt they would use it going forward because of the BS the mastodon developers already tried to pull on a closed alpha site because they disagreed with the users. I get it, there's some people you let the little things slide because you like them and others you act strict as hell because you don't like them. It's odd to use an open source software when you feel the developers are actively trying to catch you slip up to bring you down permanently.

rvz 5y ago
> Isn't that kind of the point of open source software? With free software, yes. It also includes undesirables as well. > It's odd to use an open source software when you feel the developers are actively trying to catch you slip up to bring you down permanently. Well it seems that the Mastodon developers have forgotten that there aren't any restrictions in free software except for the terms of the license and in the end Truth Social complied. So that is that. Putting special source code restrictions on other users beyond the AGPL intends to basically defeats the purpose of free software.
imilk 5y ago
That's completely besides the point of what I was getting at. They put out press releases and pitch decks boasting on how they were going to develop the best social network that the world had ever seen. Look at the laughable "Infrastructure" slides on their investment deck: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000119312521348593/d242442dex992.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000119312521... And all this bluster just to pay someone in Eastern Europe to re-skin an existing open source project. It should take about a week to recreate what they've done. It's like saying you're going to make the #1 Slack competitor then just re-skinning Mattermost. It's pathetic. I love open source and all the ways it benefits the world. But I hate exaggerated bravado when the actual service is the very definition of average.

rvz 5y ago

> Isn't that kind of the point of open source software? With free software, yes. It also includes undesirables as well. > It's odd to use an open source software when you feel the developers are actively trying to catch you slip up to bring you down permanently. Well it seems that the Mastodon developers have forgotten that there aren't any restrictions in free software except for the terms of the license and in the end Truth Social complied. So that is that. Putting special source code restrictions on other users beyond the AGPL intends to basically defeats the purpose of free software.

imilk 5y ago

That's completely besides the point of what I was getting at. They put out press releases and pitch decks boasting on how they were going to develop the best social network that the world had ever seen. Look at the laughable "Infrastructure" slides on their investment deck: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000119312521348593/d242442dex992.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000119312521... And all this bluster just to pay someone in Eastern Europe to re-skin an existing open source project. It should take about a week to recreate what they've done. It's like saying you're going to make the #1 Slack competitor then just re-skinning Mattermost. It's pathetic. I love open source and all the ways it benefits the world. But I hate exaggerated bravado when the actual service is the very definition of average.