stux⚡️Mar 26, 2024

They didn't even bother to change the word "toot" on #TruthSocial in the Dutch language

Yes, he did not "build" TruthSocial but took #Mastodon source code and added anoher front end

The current source code is from 2022 meaning that they don't comply with the Mastodon licence OR they run a old version that has critical security flaws

Talk about a major fail..

Show threadlord pthenq1Mar 26, 2024

@stux
And why do you protest??
It is excellent news! They are going to the market now.

If you guys go to the court, there's a HUGE amount of money waiting for you-all

Show threadstux⚡️Mar 26, 2024

@pthenq1 Because the safety of a loot of people is still at stake

In the past there was contact with the Trump Media group because they didn't published the code at first

It's not about the money

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@stux @pthenq1 forget about safety: if they're lying about the licensing of the technology, that's already an SEC problem. if i were the Mastodon Foundation, i would totally ask US/EU lawfedi for pro-bono advice on this. Mastodon might end up with a lumpsum... or TS's stock might drop to pennies faster than it usually does with anything involving Trump. either way, win/win.
Mar 26, 2024 at 11:09pmWeb
Show threadBen RamseyMar 26, 2024

@blogdiva @stux @pthenq1 They posted the source code here: https://help.truthsocial.com/legal/open-source/

So, they at least think they’re abiding by the license, but I doubt the SEC cares about whether they’re abiding by an open source license.

Since Mastodon is licensed under the AGPLv3, any changes made to the source of a service using it must also be released under the same terms, and it doesn’t appear they’ve done that, so @Gargron would need to sue.

Show threadBen RamseyMar 26, 2024
@blogdiva @stux @pthenq1 @Gargron What’s interesting is that Eugen may not even need to bring the suit. The community might be able to do it, which I think is what happened with @conservancy in the Vizio case.