Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by JohnTHaller on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:04PM
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Nothing. It's whataboutism.
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Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by politician on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:49PM
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"Whataboutism" is a thought-cancelling phrase. Truth Social is going to be silenced with one or more set of tools (AGPL or something else) just like Parlor was silenced.
Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by azinman2 on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:10PM
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Regardless of your perspective of the world and a presumption of people's motivations, that doesn't take away from the fact that the Software Freedom Conservancy is alleging they violated AGPL, which is entirely what the article is about. And violations, especially high profile ones, should absolutely be challenged regardless of political orientation.
Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by politician on Friday October 22, 2021 @05:20PM
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I agree with you regarding the SFC. However, regardless of your perspective of the world and a presumption of my motivations, it is reasonable and fair to make the observation that this scrutiny is not happening in a vacuum absent of politics.
Re:Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group
by rsynnott on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:29PM
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"I stole a car, and painted 'Vote Joe Bloggs' on it, and now I've been arrested! Help! I'm being silenced for my support of Joe Bloggs!"
Donald doesn't have some sort of special license to ignore copyright; he's subject to the same rules as anyone else. He can either comply with the license, or use some other software.