dartos@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhy are fediverse admins blocking out threads?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhy are fediverse admins blocking out threads?dartos@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoReally? So Linus Torvalds could make Linux proprietary all the sudden? I’m skeptical. And it’s going to vary by jurisdiction too.
minus-squaredartos@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoWell yeah he could, but he can’t retroactively apply that license change, so the Linux foundation would just keep rolling on with their own fork.
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoEven if you’re right, wouldn’t the same thing apply to the implementation in Threads?
minus-squaredartos@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI was talking about Linux specifically because it’s under the GPL license. Threads isn’t open source at all afaik, so it doesn’t really apply
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe implementation of ActivityPub in Threads, I mean.
Really? So Linus Torvalds could make Linux proprietary all the sudden? I’m skeptical. And it’s going to vary by jurisdiction too.
Well yeah he could, but he can’t retroactively apply that license change, so the Linux foundation would just keep rolling on with their own fork.
Even if you’re right, wouldn’t the same thing apply to the implementation in Threads?
I was talking about Linux specifically because it’s under the GPL license. Threads isn’t open source at all afaik, so it doesn’t really apply
The implementation of ActivityPub in Threads, I mean.