Mastodon Threatens to Sue Trump's Social Media Site for Violating Open-Source License
'Truth Social has 30 days to comply or the license may be permanently revoked,' Mastodon says.
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'Truth Social has 30 days to comply or the license may be permanently revoked,' Mastodon says.
When Trump announced his social network Truth, internet users realized it was a fork of the open-source Twitter alternative Mastodon. Mastodon’s creators have said that’s not legally allowed given Truth’s terms of service.
A new case filed in California state court could test the enforcement of one of the most common family of open source licenses, the GNU General Public Licenses or GPL.
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