Trump’s social network has 30 days to comply with license terms and conditions
Summary
As of now, its users can only access a test version of the platform where many of them created prank accounts that flooded the service with false company announcements and even fake Donald Trump posts. Kuhn said, “If they fail to do this within 30 days, their rights and permissions in the software are automatically and permanently terminated.” If Truth Social does not take an initiative to make the source code available, the SFC could sue it for violating the terms of the license. This year, SFC sued electronics maker Vizio for “repeated failures to fulfill even the basic requirements” of free software licensing. Kuhn said, “We will be following this issue very closely and demanding that Trump’s Group give the corresponding source to all who use the site.” Yesterday, Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko said he would like to seek legal counsel for this situation. He told Talking Points Memo, “Compliance with our AGPLv3 license is very important to me as that is the sole basis upon which I and other developers are willing to give away years of work for free.”