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submitted 1 year ago by sixfold@lemmy.sdf.org to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

Companies have strategically undermined community driven projects in the past many times. We should all keep an eye out for corporate movements in this space. I felt the duty to spread this awareness.

[YSK about corporations' strategies to kill open source protocols] cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/571039

[https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html]

I saw this in another thread on /c/Showerthoughts. I think it's important for this to be circulated widely so that the broader Fediverse community is aligned. We don't want admins second-guessing their decisions when users start infighting. We should be united in our thinking and ready to protect our platform.

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[-] Fickle_Ferret@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

This happened with the open source messaging service that ran on the internet service layer, google killed that I believe.

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

XMPP.

They discuss that whole situation in detail in the linked article.

[-] sliceable_aspirin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yep, should serve as a corollary to the "cloud is just someone else's computer" meme.

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta use the proper open source lincenses.

[-] melonplant@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, I had no idea there was a messaging format like XMPP

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