Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-214 天前France Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoomitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1785arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1781arrow-down1external-linkFrance Just Created Its Own Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Teams and Zoomitsfoss.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-214 天前message-square106linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareE_coli42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·13 天前Its FOSS (or I guess FLOSS for this case since they are French lol), meaning it doesn’t matter if the people creating the app are “good” or “bad” actors. A “good” actor can always create a fork or host their own instance.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·13 天前French people are literally not able to fork it and add e2ee without the government’s permission. France requires government approval for exporting any software with crypto
minus-squareE_coli42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 天前Source? I see the repo as MIT licensed so I don’t see why forking it and hosting our own instance would be a problem.
Its FOSS (or I guess FLOSS for this case since they are French lol), meaning it doesn’t matter if the people creating the app are “good” or “bad” actors. A “good” actor can always create a fork or host their own instance.
French people are literally not able to fork it and add e2ee without the government’s permission.
France requires government approval for exporting any software with crypto
Source? I see the repo as MIT licensed so I don’t see why forking it and hosting our own instance would be a problem.
Non-french people can, of course.
FLOSS makes more sense than FOSS anyway.