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submitted 2 years ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I don't mean the recent selling API rights at absurd costs but when they went from open sourcish to closed.

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[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If they go close source, other people will take the last version of the code and build on it

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did anyone do that with reddit? It used to be open source too.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I assumed thats what old.reddit was. But idk

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm assumimg the same didn't happen with reddit bc it was not federated. That right?

[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was Reddit ever open source?

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know

[–] amio@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

They can't, at least not while complying with Lemmy's AGPL license.