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Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Oct-2021 00:39:42 JST Eugen

On Oct 26, we sent a formal letter to Truth Social’s chief legal officer, requesting the source code to be made publicly available in compliance with the license.
According to AGPLv3, after being notified by the copyright holder, Truth Social has 30 days to comply or the license may be permanently revoked.
More context: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2021/10/trumps-new-social-media-platform-found-using-mastodon-code/
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  Trump's new social media platform found using Mastodon code
  
  From media reports and individual findings that various people have presented to us, it seems that the new social media platform owned by the former president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, so-called Truth Social, is using Mastodon’s source code with various visual adjustments. The platform has not formally launched yet, but it was made accessible ahead of time. Users were quick to note that the terms of service included a worrying passage, claiming that the site is proprietary property and all source code and software are owned or controlled by them or licensed to them:

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