you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 114 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Yep, it's a fork

On October 21, 2021, the Software Freedom Conservancy group stated they suspected Truth Social had violated Mastodon's AGPLv3 license by not offering its source code to all users. The Mastodon developers then formally requested that Truth Social comply with the terms of the software license, with Truth Social publishing its source code as a ZIP file on the website on November 12, 2021. On February 22, 2022, the source code download was moved to the website's legal section. A mirror of the source code is available at GitHub, where it was uploaded by uninvolved individuals. Wikipedia

  • source
  • hideshow 15 child comments
  • [–] 88 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Of course they violated the licence. I'm not even surprised that they did that, but i am somewhat puzzled by the fact that they did publish the source when asked to.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 34 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Make a bingo card out of the phrases:

    • "We didn't do anything wrong."
    • "We paid Company X to do that."
    • "What's a computer license?"
    • "How much do they want?"
    • "If it's free then why are we talking?"
    • "If it's free then what did we pay Company X for?"
    • "What does GNU mean?"
    • [... some time later ...]
    • "Can't we just pay them?"
    • "Don't pay Company X because they fucked this up."
    • "Why do we have to give everyone the changes we paid for?"
    • "Whatever. I don't want to hear about this again."

    Add your own phrases. It's a fun game for all ages.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [+] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)
  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    No, they didn’t. That’s the point.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [+] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

    Is the source avalible?

    An earlier version of it, but not in compliance with the GPL license

    At the end, the license terms are met

    No, they weren’t. That’s the point.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [+] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)