▲ 324 ▼ Mastodon has a new plan to make money: Hosting and support services for the open social web (techcrunch.com) submitted 1 year ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children) I hope they don't go open core. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rglullis@communick.news 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) The code is AGPL. They can't do open core. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) TIL GNU Affero General Public License is a flavor that closes loopholes that were used to extend open software without actually open sourcing your contributions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago* Matrix Synapse is AGPL, and it is very much open-core these days, see Synapse Pro. This is IMHO the main risk, at some point someone might say, why not give our hosting an small advantage over others, and it is all downhill from there. permalink fedilink source parent [–] andypiper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Can confirm there are no plans for this to happen or be attempted. We're getting the new European non-profit worked out (more news soon), no changes to the licensing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rglullis@communick.news 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) The code is AGPL. They can't do open core. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) TIL GNU Affero General Public License is a flavor that closes loopholes that were used to extend open software without actually open sourcing your contributions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago* Matrix Synapse is AGPL, and it is very much open-core these days, see Synapse Pro. This is IMHO the main risk, at some point someone might say, why not give our hosting an small advantage over others, and it is all downhill from there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) TIL GNU Affero General Public License is a flavor that closes loopholes that were used to extend open software without actually open sourcing your contributions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago* Matrix Synapse is AGPL, and it is very much open-core these days, see Synapse Pro. This is IMHO the main risk, at some point someone might say, why not give our hosting an small advantage over others, and it is all downhill from there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andypiper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Can confirm there are no plans for this to happen or be attempted. We're getting the new European non-profit worked out (more news soon), no changes to the licensing. permalink fedilink source parent