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Lemmy is libre software. Don't want to get abused? Keep Lemmy libre. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Lemmy is software anyone can develop and everyone controls, libre software, which makes it very hard for Lemmy to abuse us. To keep it this way, share the ideas of software freedom.

  1. Always check its software license: always check it is libre software (video guide here).
  2. Also avoid service as a software substitute.
  3. Libre software plus decentralisation [federation or peer-to-peer] is ideal.
  4. Remember, 'open source' misses the point.

If we focus on warning against individual apps, we must repeat our time and effort everytime new malware appears. So, target a common property: its software license.

With proprietary software, we are not the user, we are the used.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lemmy say that uses AGPL, so any changes to the code must be publicly available.
https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-affero-general-public-license-v3-agpl-3-0

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This copyleft libre software license is one the strongest at defending our software freedom.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Unless you're Trump and try to build a social network based on opensource software, and say that you made it.