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

Author: drewrem11

Score: 31

Comments: 17

Date: 2021-12-01 22:26:20

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mccorrinall wrote at 2021-12-02 00:28:03:

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

post_from_work wrote at 2021-12-02 00:38:50:

Soooo, basically a standard SV SaaS company?

missedthecue wrote at 2021-12-02 04:37:48:

The sad part is that this company will likely make more money than the average saas startup.

mccorrinall wrote at 2021-12-02 00:53:33:

Most of them aren’t forking mastodon with a big name as a supporter as its only value.

andrei_says_ wrote at 2021-12-02 01:03:36:

But many would if they could ;)

villasv wrote at 2021-12-02 02:12:51:

And are regretting that they didn’t, and are considering something analogous

literallyaduck wrote at 2021-12-02 00:46:30:

The site:

https://www.truthsocial.com/

Mastodon:

https://joinmastodon.org/

Source:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

License:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/LICENSE

Disclosure and same license are required.

yosito wrote at 2021-12-01 23:09:57:

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

riffic wrote at 2021-12-01 23:53:21:

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_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

there's more over at /r/Opensource:

https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/r50vcq/is_there...

h2odragon wrote at 2021-12-01 22:29:23:

Was linked here on Nov 17th:

https://truthsocial.com/open-source/

ephbit wrote at 2021-12-02 02:47:20:

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

upofadown wrote at 2021-12-01 22:54:03:

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

aaron695 wrote at 2021-12-02 04:57:15:

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.

yannoninator wrote at 2021-12-01 22:34:18:

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

jackvalentine wrote at 2021-12-02 00:06:12:

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 wrote at 2021-12-02 06:26:42:

And they complied? It would be more worse if they didn't comply or respond at all.

What's the issue?

jackvalentine wrote at 2021-12-02 06:32:15:

There isn’t an issue and I don’t know why you’re looking for one. This news resolved the issue that existed.

millzlane wrote at 2021-12-02 12:59:15:

They are easier and easier to spot aren't they?