dartos@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前Why are fediverse admins blocking out threads?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up180file-text
arrow-up180message-squareWhy are fediverse admins blocking out threads?dartos@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前message-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 年前Really? 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-up3·3 年前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.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前Even if you’re right, wouldn’t the same thing apply to the implementation in Threads?
minus-squaredartos@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前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
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前The 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.