“Team members worried they might not be able to get a license for Signal’s technology at all.”
This line in particular is puzzling because there isn’t any scenario where they wouldn’t be able to license the Signal Protocol, because anyone can use and modify it under GPL v3. Did they mean they might not be able to get a license that included the modified terms they wanted?
Maybe Twitter was trying to license the Signal Protocol from the Signal Foundation so they wouldn’t have the release their modified source code, like they would have if they’d used the Signal Protocol under its GPL v3 license?
Did Meta obtain a non-GPL v3 license to be able to use the Signal Protocol in WhatsApp without having to release the source code of any modifications?
I’ve just never heard about people being apprehensive to use an open source project because of licensing negotiations. Id be interested to hear about similar situations with other open-source projects and companies, if anyone knows of any other examples of this.
It’s certainly needed on the platform, but it seems crazy to trust any feature implementation at this time - especially anything related to security, and especially with such a clear political slant from the person running it all.
But as I re-read that, it all applies to Facebook or TikTok, and that’s not slowing anyone down.
“Team members worried they might not be able to get a license for Signal’s technology at all.”
This line in particular is puzzling because there isn’t any scenario where they wouldn’t be able to license the Signal Protocol, because anyone can use and modify it under GPL v3. Did they mean they might not be able to get a license that included the modified terms they wanted?
Maybe Twitter was trying to license the Signal Protocol from the Signal Foundation so they wouldn’t have the release their modified source code, like they would have if they’d used the Signal Protocol under its GPL v3 license?
Did Meta obtain a non-GPL v3 license to be able to use the Signal Protocol in WhatsApp without having to release the source code of any modifications?
I’ve just never heard about people being apprehensive to use an open source project because of licensing negotiations. Id be interested to hear about similar situations with other open-source projects and companies, if anyone knows of any other examples of this.
It’s certainly needed on the platform, but it seems crazy to trust any feature implementation at this time - especially anything related to security, and especially with such a clear political slant from the person running it all.
But as I re-read that, it all applies to Facebook or TikTok, and that’s not slowing anyone down.