Trump's Brand New TRUTH App May Violate Terms Of Open Source Code It's Built On

[Nevilledog]

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David Kurtz
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Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko told TPM in an email that TRUTH appeared to violate the terms of use that the software sets forth: making the source code available, and having a copy of the general product license available to users.

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Trump’s Brand New TRUTH App May Violate Terms Of Open Source Code It’s Built On
The new social network founded by former President Trump may violate the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
8:12 AM · Oct 21, 2021

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nice-start-trumps-truth-app-may-violate-terms-of-open-source-code-its-built-on

The new social network founded by former President Trump may violate the terms of use of the software on which it is based.

On Wednesday night, after Trump revealed the TRUTH social app, Twitter users began to note that the network appeared to be based on an open-source social networking software called Mastodon, which allows people to modify the underlying code so long as they abide by its license.

But the Trump network appears to have taken the publicly available code for the website while violating the terms that make it free to use.

Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko told TPM in an email that TRUTH appeared to violate the terms of use that the software sets forth: making the source code available, and having a copy of the general product license available to users.

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[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. The latter (GPL available to users) is a simple fix I'm sure they'll do ...

The former is big no-no and amounts to theft.

Would anyone expect anything different though from the Grifter-in-Chief?

[CincyDem]

2. Did you say "Trump breaking the law?"...OGM. I'm shocked. Shocked I say !!!

[Volaris]

3. Did anyone NOT see this coming hahaha?

Only trump is grifty enough to try and SELL the social media equivalent of fucking Linux lol. Also, ONLY Trump is dumb enough to think he wouldnt get caught. ALSO also, ONLY his rube cultists would be willing to pay him money for something that's otherwise FUCKING FREE ON THE INTERNET.

2 days. It took all of 2 damned days for some kid to crack his new goose egg open and wreck shop!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This will be fun to watch

How is TFG going to consummate merger with SPAC with this issue being litigated

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[SWBTATTReg]

8. Hilarious! Serves the morons right and in addition, since they're not following terms

of agreement to make available the source code, disable the whole damn thing, period. Clearly a violation of terms.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

5. But of course! -nt

[lagomorph777]

6. "TRUTH" is built on a lie?

Quelle surprise!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Just call it Pravda

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Pranksters have already defaced Trump's new social network

A public company is investing in this piece of crap. There will be some fun litigation

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Former president Donald Trump and his team declared Wednesday night that they would soon launch a “media powerhouse” that would help them triumph in their long-running war against Big Tech. But within hours, pranksters found what appeared to be an unreleased test version and posted a picture of a defecating pig to the “donaldjtrump” account.

The site has since been pulled offline — evidence that Trump is likely to face a daunting challenge in building an Internet business that can stand on its own.

Banned by all major social networks after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Trump has for months agitated to regain the online megaphone that once blasted his voice around the world. In a presentation released Wednesday by his new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, his team hailed the new social network as the first tentpole for a Trump-led media, news and Internet empire that would one day compete with Disney, CNN and Facebook.

But the site’s early hours revealed lax security, rehashed features and a flurry of bizarre design decisions. An open sign-up page allowed anyone to use the site shortly after it was revealed, sparking the creation of the “donaldjtrump” account and the pig posting. A Washington Post reporter was able to register and post under the account name “mikepence” without any stops in place. New sign-ups were blocked shortly after.

[gratuitous]

10. Okay, Boomer - yeah, you with the orange hair (Yeesh!)

You tried your hand at being "hip" and "with it" to relate to the kids. Didn't go so well, did it? Why don't you go back to playing Pong and leaving the tech stuff to more knowledgeable folks?

[bif]

11. Wait! You mean the 400-pound slab of human gristle is breaking the law?

Such a shocker!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. TFG's New Social Media Site Plans to Raise Money With Shell Company Scheme

SPACs are interesting animals where the investors form an acquisition company to buy an existing company or operations and in effect take such operations public without doing an IPO. According to a friend at a big frim, SPACs are sort of loss leaders for SEC corporate types because you are not filing financial statements and the other disclosures about the company/operating going public. Normally a SPAC acquires an operating company with revenues and assets. This SPAC is acquiring a start up operation that does not have a working website and no revenues or operations at a value that "something that surely wasn’t pulled out of the former president’s ass." TFG took the public company that owned his casinos into bankruptcy while taking out large bonuses for himself. This deal smells

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Former President Donald Trump, a white supremacist who barely knows how to use a computer, announced late Wednesday that he plans to launch a new social media platform next year called Truth Social, with beta testing opening up to select users in November. And while the site was almost immediately infiltrated by pranksters mere hours after the announcement—long before people were supposed to be allowed to even create accounts—that’s not the most interesting part of the story.

No, the most interesting thing about Trump’s planned social media platform is how it’s going to be used to make money. Because wherever Donald Trump goes, extremely shady business practices always follow. And it’s going to be very interesting watching MAGA investors almost certainly get fleeced by Trump’s new business endeavor, which is looking to go public through a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.

The business that’s launching Truth Social is called the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), which has a business address listed as Mar-a-Lago but isn’t registered yet with the state of Florida, as far as Gizmodo can tell. TMTG is valued at $1.7 billion according to a very real figure tweeted by spokesperson Liz Harrington—something that surely wasn’t pulled out of the former president’s ass.

TMTG will be merging with a shell company called Digital World Acquisition Corp. for the sole purpose of getting listed on a stock exchange, according to the Wall Street Journal. That way, Trump Media and Technology Group gets to go public by piggybacking on a different company and Trump’s “media and technology” company gets to avoid a ton of regulatory hurdles that exist to keep companies somewhat transparent under the theory that investors are less likely to get screwed.

......Normally, we’d be extremely wary of shady SPAC deals with unproven companies, but this is a special situation. Anyone who invests in Trump or his shell company know exactly what they’re getting into. If you support former President Trump, we encourage you to dump all your money into Trump Media and Technology Group. You’ll get everything you deserve.

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