@ted @gytis @rysiek @h3artbl33d @PINE64 signal's policy is irrelevant. the client is GPL. you can fork it and talk to signal servers just like you can fork chromium and talk to google servers.

@sneak @ted @gytis @h3artbl33d @PINE64 it is relevant, because if they wanted to, they could block your client. Signal is actively hostile to third-party client developers.

The right to fork is there, the right to use their servers is not.

@rysiek @ted @gytis @h3artbl33d @PINE64 example: bob forks signal-client, is not a signal user. permitted under GPL. alice, a signal user, downloads the fork and uses it. permitted under the service's TOS.

@sneak @ted @gytis @h3artbl33d @PINE64 can you please explain to me again how the GPL and client-server architecture works, as I am clearly unfamiliar with those concepts? :blobcatcoffee:

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then you know both developers and end-users have the right to use their servers regardless of client software

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