Why are fediverse admins blocking out threads?
Why are fediverse admins blocking out threads?
I get meta evil, but aren’t we just blocking out any users from accessing the wider fediverse?
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I think ActivityPub's license should prohibit financially profiting from the platform.
EDIT: I mean "should be changed to"
14 3 ReplyAt this point the cat is kind of out of the bag though.
4 0 ReplyYou can change your license if you hold copyright
2 0 ReplyReally? So Linus Torvalds could make Linux proprietary all the sudden? I'm skeptical. And it's going to vary by jurisdiction too.
2 1 ReplyWell yeah he could, but he can’t retroactively apply that license change, so the Linux foundation would just keep rolling on with their own fork.
3 0 ReplyEven if you're right, wouldn't the same thing apply to the implementation in Threads?
1 0 ReplyI was talking about Linux specifically because it’s under the GPL license. Threads isn’t open source at all afaik, so it doesn’t really apply
1 0 ReplyThe implementation of ActivityPub in Threads, I mean.
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I don’t think it does. ActivityPub is just a specification. The spec itself is under a very permissive license https://www.w3.org/copyright/software-license-2015/
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