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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder by mannerheim on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:58AM (#26568044)
Isn't the Signal client GPL? Seems you could fork or write your own client.
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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder by Freak_NL on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:02AM (#26568093)
OWS doesn't allow third-party clients.
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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder by hiq on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:51AM (#26568800)
In practice they don't run after them, see signal-cli.
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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder by mannerheim on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:07AM (#26568164)
From a quick search, it looks like this is something they certainly don't like, but it doesn't seem like something they can stop either.
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