• hackris
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    10 months ago

    I mean isn’t Lemmy licensed under the AGPL? I’m just asking because AFAIK a proprietary client is not even allowed under this license.

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      10 months ago

      You couldn’t make a proprietary server. Client is fine, AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.

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        10 months ago

        Thank you, didn’t know this :)

      • Preston Maness ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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        10 months ago

        AGPL doesn’t apply when you are accessing the server over a public API.

        The AGPL does apply when interacting with the covered work (Lemmy server) over a network. A proprietary client would still nevertheless be required, upon request, to furnish you with the source code of the covered work it is talking to over the network (the Lemmy server).

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          10 months ago

          Do you really know what you are talking about? I think you’re bullshitting. We are talking about propriety client which doesnt modified the source codes of the server.