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Re:Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage by detaro on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:01AM (#19388412)
They don't just allow you to read the source. You can start a competitor to them, using their own source code! The software is under (A)GPL, how is it not "Free Software"?

You're mixing up rights to the software with rights to Signal's name and infrastructure.

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