@aphyr what's better about other ones? i don't use js clients generally, so i'm curious.
@arh@toots.alirezahayati.com a pattern of unwanted sexual harassment is a disqualifier for any leader in any organization that wants to be taken seriously.
the things you cite are symptoms of rms' longstanding pattern of inappropriate and alienating and unacceptable behavior. it's not about the mattress or the pickup lines, it's about the overarching context that those things imply: rms will sexualize the workplace, which professionals have decided is inappropriate and unreasonable.
@abouix both parties in the US complain the opposition is unfair, and use tyrant tactics. your making it a partisan claim says more about you than them.
as usual in the US, the people committing mass murder aren't going to jail, but the guy who exposed the mass murder system is:
https://twitter.com/medeabenjamin/status/1377643945296023552
the thing that bothers me about executive fiat lawmaking is not so much the rules being dictated (such as the president making my wrist braces suddenly illegal, despite congress passing no law related to it, and wouldn't). it's the fact that to make law like that, you have to fundamentally disrespect the concept of the rule of law. you have to become a dictator.
@rysiek @ted @gytis @h3artbl33d @PINE64
then you know both developers and end-users have the right to use their servers regardless of client software
@rysiek @rune @h3artbl33d @ted they're using trademark laws as intended. if you fork the signal-client codebase, you can't (and shouldn't!) use the word or name "signal" anywhere. you should name your fork something else entirely.
@rune @ted @rysiek @h3artbl33d it really doesn't matter if they discourage it or don't like it. the GPL says developers are free to fork the code. the service TOS says users are authorized to use the service. AFAIK there are no cases where an authorized user of a service is only authorized using certain software - they're authorized for the *service*. google.com can't say you're not allowed to use non-chrome browsers.
@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.
@rysiek @ted @gytis @h3artbl33d @PINE64 you are conflating the developer releasing a fork with the end user using the server. there is nothing in the tos that says i can't use a modified client, and technically there is no way to prevent me.
@rysiek @ted @gytis @h3artbl33d @PINE64 they can't block it without making their official client nonfree, as a fork would be indistinguishable to the server.
@rune @ted @rysiek @h3artbl33d show me where in the signal terms of service it says this please.
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