TFG Accused of Ripping Code From Social Network Mastodon for 'Truth' Site

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The founder of Mastodon, which offers free open-source software that allows users to create social networks, said it appears that "Truth Social," the new social network created by former President Donald Trump, is based on his social media platform.

On Wednesday, Trump announced that Truth Social would be rolled out for some invited guests in November, and for all users sometime in the first quarter of 2022.

While Trump's social network has yet to launch, Vice's technology publication, Motherboard, reported Thursday that some users have already created accounts on the site, posting screenshots of the platform online.

Eugen Rochko, the founder and lead developer of Mastodon, said that based on the screenshots he's seen, Truth Social is "absolutely is based on Mastodon,"

"Well that looks familiar," Mastodon tweeted Thursday in response to a screenshot of Trump's social media site. The screenshot was posted by Mikael Thalen, a journalist with The Daily Dot, who said he managed to create an account on the new platform.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/donald-trump-accused-of-ripping-code-from-social-network-mastodon-for-truth-site/ar-AAPNG0D

[pfitz59]

1. Next lawsuit, please

The Orange Pile of Excrement attracts lawsuits like flies...

[marble falls]

2. Class. Real class.

[leftieNanner]

3. I don't understand

If it's based on free open-source software, why is it a problem that TFG used it?

[cos dem]

6. Only if the user complies with the license terms.

TFG took the code, and labeled it proprietary. The license says any user must distribute derivative works as open source.

[leftieNanner]

11. Thanks for the explanation

We have decided that the main reason we had children is so they can handle our tech stuff.

Unfortunately, neither one is here right now.

[ecstatic]

9. I assume they didn't give the proper credit and tried to make it seem like

it was created by tfg's team? Also, you'd think the disgraced ex-president could at least pay for his own unique platform. This once again shows how little he respects his fans and their security online.

[WHITT]

13. Team?

Is that what their calling criminal gangs these days?

[ecstatic]

14. True. I'm slipping.

I usually refer to them as his thugs or minions. Lol.

[madinmaryland]

4. I thought it was based on the platform JimRob uses over at freeperland.

The best of 1989 technology!

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. They don't like change.

The hive would freakout if JimRob changed a line of code.

[madinmaryland]

10. Bannon and Goebbels probably got JimRob drunk and hijacked his antique code.

[ecstatic]

5. No surprise. trumpCo consists of con artists and grifters (birds of a feather).

There's nothing wrong with using open source code, but as usual, trumpCo misrepresented themselves. Most people would expect something more proprietary coming from an ex-president, ffs.

I have not and will not check out the site.

[FakeNoose]

8. It's for damn sure that Chump didn't write the code himself

Is it likely that he paid someone else to write the code? Probably not, when it can be stolen so easily from another website for free. Bring on the lawsuits - shut him down.

[Blue Owl]

12. He rips one on the gold toilet every hour