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Remember this ancient SN article from Oct 26:
Trump Given 30 Days for Social Media Site to Comply with Open Source License

In it, we learn't:
Trump Given 30 Days for Social Media Site to Comply with Open Source License

In a nutshell, the open source Mastodon project gave Trump 30 days to comply with open source license.

Mastodon issues 30-day ultimatum to Trump’s social network over misuse of its code

"In a post to the Mastodon blog, founder and CEO Eugen Rochko explained that the problem is not simply that Truth Social uses Mastodon, but that it does so while claiming ownership over the site’s code"

I think the next step would be for Mastodon to give Trump another 30 days, order them to comply, and add the words: "or else!". Surely Trump would then comply with the open source license.

UPDATE:
Trump's Social Media Site Quietly Admits It's Based on Mastodon
Trump SPAC social media company appears to miss its first product deadline
Exclusive: Trump's social media venture seeks $1 billion raise - sources

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:31PM (8 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:31PM (#1200919) Homepage Journal

    Someone will be in court, most likely. Donald J probably won't be there. Is Trump even named in the lawsuit? Does Trump's name appear in any documents related to the site? Let us not forget that thousands of shady characters hide behind front corporations, foundations, and not-for-profits all the time. So, yeah, someone will probably appear in court, but The Donald is probably well protected.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @07:56PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @07:56PM (#1200957)

    So that was a trick question. You provided an obvious answer to the plainest interpretation of the question.

    The trick part was that before it were possible for them to see him in court, they would need to file suit against him or one of his interests, thereby yanking the tiger's tail and signing up for months and years of legal wrangling and expenses. So the hidden part of the question was, "Do you think they will dare to take him to court?."

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:57PM (1 child)

      by DannyB (5839) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:57PM (#1200992) Journal

      From the Software Freedom Conservancy: [sfconservancy.org]

      Trump's Social Media Platform and the Affero General Public License (of Mastodon) [sfconservancy.org]

      [....] Early evidence strongly supports that Trump's Group publicly launched a so-called “test site” of their “Truth Social” product, based on the AGPLv3'd Mastodon software platform. Many users were able to create accounts and use it — briefly.

      [....] Finally, it's worth noting that we could find no evidence that someone illegally broke into the website. All the evidence available on the Internet (as of 2021-10-22) indicates that the site was simply deployed live early as a test, and without proper configuration (such as pre-reserving some account names). Once discovered, people merely used the site legitimately to register accounts and use its features.

      [....back to earlier portion...] These early users did not receive that source code, and Trump's Group is currently ignoring their very public requests for it. To comply with this important FOSS license, Trump's Group needs to immediately make that Corresponding Source available to all who used the site today while it was live. If they fail to do this within 30 days, their rights and permissions in the software are automatically and permanently terminated. That's how AGPLv3's cure provision works — no exceptions — even if you're a real estate mogul, reality television star, or even a former POTUS.

      In plain hick language:

      It sounds lak they'all have their rats terminated. Then they'll be committin' actual copyrat infringement which has statue tory penaltease.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @11:47PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @11:47PM (#1201028)

        Sherbet meh knee a cop pee riot vie oh later never get stake in too trawl.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @08:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @08:04PM (#1200959)

    "The Donald" haha woow you just can't help yourself. What is more pathetic, you liking the man or pretending you don't cause you don't want people knowung how big of an idiot you are? I'm going with the second option as most pathetic, it shows you are aware of your bad choices but is overridden by your identity politics.

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:10PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:10PM (#1200981) Journal

    Someone will be in court, most likely. Donald J probably won't be there. Is Trump even named in the lawsuit? Does Trump's name appear in any documents related to the site? Let us not forget that thousands of shady characters hide behind front corporations, foundations, and not-for-profits all the time. So, yeah, someone will probably appear in court, but The Donald is probably well protected.

    To summarize that:

    • Donald won't be held accountable for what his own social media site does, infringing copyright, violating an open source license and claiming that they own the code.
    • Outright admitting that Donald is a shady character, like thousands of other shady characters who hide behind front corporations.

    Sounds like a guy people should vote for! And vote for him they will.

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    • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 30 2021, @10:56PM (2 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @10:56PM (#1201010) Homepage Journal

      Waitaminit. Have you seen the legal documents regarding the site? Does Donald J Trump appear on them? I haven't seen any legal documents, only headlines from MSM.

      Now, I'd like to know if you're going to do the double standard thing here. You do realize that both George Soros and Bloomberg "invest" in causes that progressives approve of? But, their names don't appear on documents associated with many of those causes. So, uhhhhh, you want to hold them accountable for the actions of those organizations? I remember ACORN breaking a lot of laws, and being defunded by congress. You're saying we should have dragged Soros and Bloomberg into court?

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      • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @11:49PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @11:49PM (#1201029)

        Lovin that ^ post, great example of a straw man. Hell, the parent was even saying Don the Pedophile would not be in court. So just wut m8???

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 02 2021, @02:28AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 02 2021, @02:28AM (#1201341)

          Currently at 0 informative.

          Can't call out a conservative's bullshit unless you bend over to make it a pleasurable experuence for the. Hilarious you knobs tried to corner the market on calling people snowflakes.