dartos@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 jaar geledenWhy are fediverse admins blocking out threads?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhy are fediverse admins blocking out threads?dartos@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 jaar geledenmessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 jaar geledenYou can change your license if you hold copyright
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 jaar geledenReally? 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-up3·1 jaar geledenWell 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-up1·1 jaar geledenEven if you’re right, wouldn’t the same thing apply to the implementation in Threads?
minus-squaredartos@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 jaar geledenI 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-up1·1 jaar geledenThe implementation of ActivityPub in Threads, I mean.
You can change your license if you hold copyright
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.