Trump's Truth Social Could Have Software License Revoked Unless Source Code Made Public
Posted on AllSides October 29th, 2021
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Former President Donald Trump's not yet launched social networking site could have its software license revoked in 30 days if it does not make its source code public, Mastodon warned in a Friday blog post.
Trump announced his new social media site, Truth Social, last week, touting the platform as a new beacon of free expression online. Truth Social's terms of use claim that "all" its source code is its "proprietary property," but users quickly noticed that the site clearly used Mastodon code.
Mastodon is an open-source social media framework that aims to allow people to...
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