Curious Mind Can anybody anywhere in the world đ create a website like lemmy and Mastodon with possibility of creating multiple instances and feed it into the fediverse so that it gets shared into both lemmy and?
ns1Not sure exactly what the question is but Iâm fairly sure the answer is yes. đ
Anyone can start a Lemmy/Mastodon instance and anyone can create new software that federates with it.
My question is that since Lemmy/Mastodon are centred in Europe and hence is bound to follow the EU norms, can anybody create something similar to this - anywhere in the world outside of EU - and then federate it into lemmy/Mastodon ?
UlrichNot sure what you mean by âcentredâ. Theyâre both just software. Some of the developers certainly live there but theyâre both open-source projects with contributors from all over the world. And software doesnât have an originating country.
But software developed and working in the EU zone does have to follow certain regulations.
What does âdeveloped and workingâ even mean? Both are developed using GitHub, which is owned by an American company. Servers are located around the world. Developers are located around the world.
Practically anybody is free to use GitHub. However, if lâm the developer, l need to comply with the laws of the country l live in/work from. The same regulations apply for the servers as well.
Thatâs what I mean !! If I work from lndia and the server is located in lndia, then neither are bound by EU regulations pertaining to the internet/social media. At the best, the server would be barred from the EU.
If I work from lndia and the server is located in lndia, then neither are bound by EU regulations pertaining to the internet/social media.
Thatâs precisely my point though. Youâre referring to these softwares collectively but they can be deployed by anyone and hosted anywhere, so itâs impossible to answer.