Helix@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 年前Meta's decentralized social plans confirmed. Is Embrace-Extend-Extinguish of the Fediverse next?reb00ted.orgexternal-linkmessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down10
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkMeta's decentralized social plans confirmed. Is Embrace-Extend-Extinguish of the Fediverse next?reb00ted.orgHelix@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 年前message-square233fedilink
minus-squareadderaline@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前i’m not sure if ActivityPub is copyleft or not. meta might be able to build proprietary features on top of it if the license isn’t viral.
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前If it is copyleft, they will probably try to reimplement it permissively.
minus-squarelloram239@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前ActivityPub itself is just a protocol, everybody can reimplement it. Lemmy and Mastodon are AGPL3 and thus copyleft along with “you must release source code for your server”.
i’m not sure if ActivityPub is copyleft or not. meta might be able to build proprietary features on top of it if the license isn’t viral.
If it is copyleft, they will probably try to reimplement it permissively.
ActivityPub itself is just a protocol, everybody can reimplement it. Lemmy and Mastodon are AGPL3 and thus copyleft along with “you must release source code for your server”.