SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoIs it possible Lemmy's API changes the way reddits did?message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible Lemmy's API changes the way reddits did?SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
I don’t mean the recent selling API rights at absurd costs but when they went from open sourcish to closed.
minus-squareBlaze@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 years agoIf they go close source, other people will take the last version of the code and build on it
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDid anyone do that with reddit? It used to be open source too.
minus-squaredblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoI know of https://github.com/CrystalVulpine/saidit. Unfortunately the site (saidit.net) is full of right-wing/conspiracy bullshit, at least last I checked.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoOh that reminds me, Voat happened. It wasn’t a code fork but a clone, and it was also filled with right-wing garbage. Tildes is still around too, but I think it’s got even less traction than lemmy.
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·edit-22 years agoI assumed thats what old.reddit was. But idk
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoI’m assumimg the same didn’t happen with reddit bc it was not federated. That right?
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI’m pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThey can’t, at least not while complying with Lemmy’s AGPL license.
If they go close source, other people will take the last version of the code and build on it
Did anyone do that with reddit? It used to be open source too.
I know of https://github.com/CrystalVulpine/saidit. Unfortunately the site (saidit.net) is full of right-wing/conspiracy bullshit, at least last I checked.
Oh that reminds me, Voat happened. It wasn’t a code fork but a clone, and it was also filled with right-wing garbage.
Tildes is still around too, but I think it’s got even less traction than lemmy.
I assumed thats what old.reddit was. But idk
I’m assumimg the same didn’t happen with reddit bc it was not federated. That right?
Was Reddit ever open source?
I’m pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know
They can’t, at least not while complying with Lemmy’s AGPL license.