Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

Re:Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server by makeworld on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:56PM (#28951304)

Title needs a correction. It is AGPLv3, not GPLv3.

I suspect this was posted today because Trump's new social network was outed as using Mastodon, likely illegally.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-masto...

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Re:Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server by babelfish on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:28PM (#28951593)

Discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28945733

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Re:Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server by jeroenheijmans on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:00PM (#28951334)

TIL about the AGPL license, thx for the tip.

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Re:Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server by wyager on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:18PM (#28951513)

Interesting. Is it protocol-compatible with other mastodon instances? (I'm not very familiar with how these fediverse sites work.)

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Re:Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server by karmanyaahm on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:22PM (#28951539)

It is compatible since it's using the exact same codebase, but practically everyone on the mainstream fediverse has blocked them, and I suspect they probably will turn off federation.

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Re:Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server by jeroenhd on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:22PM (#28951538)

I'd think it'll just disable the federation API.

Mastodon already has blacklists to prevent abuse from certain servers, and given Trump's target audience, the block would probably be mutual.

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