Build an open source chat service…(lascapi.fr)

posted 1 year ago

Do you think that it’s possible to build a web service to chat compatible with email , xmpp and matrix?
(and why not even with activityPub or rocketChat ?? )

[exemple and why in the post…]

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sylphio@lemmy.ml

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1 year ago

Have you heard of Beeper?

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chebra@mstdn.io

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1 year ago

@sylphio @lascapi

> Beeper Clients
> Native iOS and Android clients (closed source forks of Element iOS and Android)
> Mac OS, Windows and Linux clients (closed source forks of Element Web/Desktop)

How can they make a closed source fork of an open source (Apache-2.0) project?

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sylphio@lemmy.ml

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1 year ago

I am not an expert, but I see that the Apache license has no copyleft.

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chebra@mstdn.io

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1 year ago

@sylphio

Oh damn, I always thought Apache2.0 will protect also the derivative works, but apparently I was wrong:

> You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and may provide additional or different license terms and conditions for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, …

https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

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lascapi@jlai.luOP

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1 year ago

Hi :) yes I did. And I tried. 🙂

It’s a great multi protocol app. But you cannot chat in the same conversation with two different protocol. :/

And there is no xmpp support.

Even for the matrix federation it was possible only with the desktop app.