--- title: You Have Power: Making Truth Social Comply With The AGPL description: Republicans have created their own social media platforms to proliferate their version of the truth without moderation. However, Mastodon's AGPL license... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-have-power-making-truth-social-comply-with-the-agpl-wa9oqvchx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You Have Power: Making Truth Social Comply With The AGPL | daily.dev og:description: Republicans have created their own social media platforms to proliferate their version of the truth without moderation. However, Mastodon's AGPL license... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-have-power-making-truth-social-comply-with-the-agpl-wa9oqvchx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Wa9oqvcHX.png og:image:alt: You Have Power: Making Truth Social Comply With The AGPL og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You Have Power: Making Truth Social Comply With The AGPL **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Republicans have created their own social media platforms to proliferate their version of the truth without moderation. However, Mastodon's AGPL license prevents them from redistributing derivative source code without disclosure. The author investigates whether Truth Social complies with the AGPL and finds evidence that they don't. 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