Fedilab AppsNov 18

We're building something for the Fediverse. #Holos

ActivityPub running on your phone. Your own server, your data stored locally. A relay handles your stable identity when you're offline.

One account, all formats. Short text, long articles, photos, videos. The UI adapts to your mood. Switch between text mode, photo grid, video feed, article editor based on what you feel like sharing.

Same network, same followers.

Early stages, but the foundation is solid. We wanted to share the progress.

Show threadlil5Nov 18

@apps @_aD

AGPL without CLA or it didn’t happen.

Show threadFedilab Apps
@lil5
GPL-3.0, no CLA. Working code, going public soon.
@_aD
Nov 18 at 9:37pmWeb
Show threadAdamNov 18

@apps Your code, your license.

@lil5

Show threadJoe VinegarNov 19

@apps @lil5 @_aD why not AGPL? whoever uses your code to offer an online service is not bound by GPL, while with AGPL would be obliged to provide the [modified] code to the user/customer.

By all means: your code, your time, your project: your rules. I'm just curious about the reasons behind the choice.

Show threadApril (@39c3) The Pink ⋆☾╶⃝⃤☽⋆ [AS208709]Nov 19
@apps @lil5 @_aD **A**GPL or it didn't happen. It requires AGPL because else you can modify the source and host it without publishing!!
Show threadApril (@39c3) The Pink ⋆☾╶⃝⃤☽⋆ [AS208709]Nov 19
@apps @_aD @lil5 this is important **before** release, because afterwards it will be impossible to relicense.
Show threadlabubuNov 19
@april @_aD @apps @lil5 i'm sure you have specific intentions and a reason to have them, but shouldn't you let the people that do this with their own free time decide for themselves what they should do with their work?
Show threadApril (@39c3) The Pink ⋆☾╶⃝⃤☽⋆ [AS208709]Nov 19
@labubu @_aD @apps @lil5 they are free to choose what they want, however we said "it didnt happen if this doesnt happen" meaning this isnt true foss fedi software if they dont choose agpl, because: we have seen this happen countless times in the fediverse and i would hope you knew this too, agpl specificly hinders others from just hosting a closed source fork without publishing the source code, and advertising that and selling on that, gpl doesnt hinder that, and that completly undermines the foss spirit, we have seen this happen tried with truthsocial where they forked mastodons code as closed source project and we only got the source of it published because people pressured to sue ( or sued, cant remember ) and this wouldnt have been possible if mastodon was licensed as GPL

so i have good reasons to say that, the creators would shoot themself in the foot otherwise