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[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

False, this is a lie.

Discord is anti-libre software. We do not control it.

It bans us from proving its claims. It bans us from fixing its lies.

It fails to include a libre software license text file, like AGPL. Discord is malware, anti-libre.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Interesting. I was able to access the linked whitepaper and repositories without trouble and the 3rd party stuff too. Do you have local config preventing you from downloading the source code to review?

While I can respect your distaste for non-libre software, you’ll need to back up the malware claim. There are real security concerns out there in common non-libre; labeling things that are not libre as malware solely because they are not libre muddies the waters and makes your message much less palatable.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

Where's the rest of Discord's source code?

While it bans us from proving its claims and more, i'll never let it infect my devices.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what the hell are you doing that you keep being banned from discord?

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It bans us from modifying its source code, sharing its exact and modified copies, using it for any purpose, etc.

We do not control it, anti-libre software.

Which software license do you think Discord is distributed under?

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why put the effort into such a hostile service?

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Replied to the wrong comment?

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Responding broadly to the thread of folks talking about userScripts & add-ons. This effort would be better put to getting folks to a different protocol where client modification & alternate clients are the norm.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, some people never learn.

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been using a modified client for about 2 and a half years now without being banned.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Where's our legal right to modify and share its source code forever? We don't control it.

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