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> Of course signal is open source, it’s on f-droid Even with their criticism, the author is giving Signal too much credit. Signal is not on F-Droid. Signal se
by gkbrk 3y ago
> Of course signal is open source, it’s on f-droid
Even with their criticism, the author is giving Signal too much credit.
Signal is not on F-Droid. Signal sends their lawyers after open-source app repos for including their app.
I think the only claim they have is their trademark name "Signal". I wonder what's a good name for packagers to use for apps like this. Reminds me of Firefox and IceCat, or Rust Lang and Crab Lang.
- jachee 3y agoHow about something like NoNoise? Or Beacon. Or Flare. Or FOSSE2EEMsgApp.
- Timwi 3y agoTrademark doesn't mean you can't say “Signal” at all. You can officially call it Whatever but then always say “Whatever (like Signal)” or “Whatever (Signal-compatible)”.
- seba_dos1 3y agoIt would merely be annoying if it was just about a trademarked name, but it's worse than that. They actually forbid using their infrastructure from non-official clients.