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Software freedom activist since 1992. # Copyleft theorist & # FOSS policy wonk. Expert in FOSS non-profit structures. Co-Editor-in-Chief of # copyleft - @ next . Fediverse “claim to fame”: Invented “Affero clause” of # Mastodon 's license: https:// ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2007/11/21/ stet-and-agplv3 Day job: Software Freedom # Conservancy ( # SFC ) — bio below 1ˢᵗ # Linux : 0.99pl12 Views expressed herein are mine & not necessarily those of any organization w/ which I'm affiliated. Pronouns:he/them
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Software freedom activist since 1992. # Copyleft theorist & # FOSS policy wonk. Expert in FOSS non-profit structures. Co-Editor-in-Chief of # copyleft - @ next . Fediverse “claim to fame”: Invented “Affero clause” of # Mastodon 's license: https:// ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2007/11/21/ stet-and-agplv3 Day job: Software Freedom # Conservancy ( # SFC ) — bio below 1ˢᵗ # Linux : 0.99pl12 Views expressed herein are mine & not necessarily those of any organization w/ which I'm affiliated. Pronouns:he/them
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Jan 31, 2026
@bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr overheard at #FOSDEM
“There is a guy who does a lot of work to help the fediverse and to push people toward it. His name is Donald Trump.”
This statement contains multitudes b/c #TruthSocial is a fork of #Mastodon. Initially, $DJT violated the #AGPLv3, but AFAIK they now comply with the license. I examined the fork & they primary code they added was an advertising platform. Obviously it doesn’t have federation turned on.
Cc: @jzb@hachyderm.io
#GPL #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26 #copyleft #AGPL
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