On: Mastodon: AGPLv3 FOSS social network server

[makeworld]

Title needs a correction. It is AGPLv3, not GPLv3.

I suspect this was posted today because Trump's new social network was outed as using Mastodon, likely illegally.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm5k/truth-social-is-masto...

[babelfish → makeworld]

Discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28945733

[jeroenheijmans → makeworld]

TIL about the AGPL license, thx for the tip.

[wyager → makeworld]

Interesting. Is it protocol-compatible with other mastodon instances? (I'm not very familiar with how these fediverse sites work.)

[karmanyaahm → wyager]

It is compatible since it's using the exact same codebase, but practically everyone on the mainstream fediverse has blocked them, and I suspect they probably will turn off federation.

[jeroenhd → wyager]

I'd think it'll just disable the federation API.

Mastodon already has blacklists to prevent abuse from certain servers, and given Trump's target audience, the block would probably be mutual.