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Ryan Baumann (ryanfb@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 04:47:27 JST Ryan Baumann

From a “securities fraud” perspective, knowingly violating software licenses to form your core product without ever disclosing it in public filings may actually be worse than a disclosed risk of security vulnerabilities. And in case it’s not entirely clear, Trump is using this IPO to try to make bond on a $454M penalty…for committing fraud https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/business/trump-media-merger-truth-social.html
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  Trump Media Merger Provides Trump a Potential Cash Lifeline
  
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  Having closed the merger of his social media company, Mr. Trump could find ways to raise cash against the value of his stake in the company, estimated at more than $3 billion.
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  Ryan Baumann (ryanfb@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 04:47:18 JST Ryan Baumann
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  As an update, Truth Social's posted Mastodon source code has not been updated since my initial post in this thread, and has seemingly not been updated since at least June of 2022 (compare: http://web.archive.org/web/20220614001551/https://opensource.truthsocial.com/mastodon-current.zip). So if they're still using and updating Mastodon internally, they're no longer complying with its AGPL license at that link.
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  Ryan Baumann (ryanfb@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 04:47:24 JST Ryan Baumann
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  Had a chance to look back at the SEC filings. Pleroma is not mentioned, and they continue to state that they use Mastodon and post the source code publicly for AGPLv3 compliance:
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  1. TMTG must comply with licenses related to the use of free, publicly-available software incorporated in Truth Social products; failure to do so could cause the loss of the ability to use such software which could in turn adversely affect TMTG’s revenues and results of operations. In October 2021, Software Freedom Conservancy policy fellow Bradley M. Kuhn accused TMTG of violating the licensing agreement for the free, publicly available software platform, Mastodon. Although any entity can use the code from Mastodon, according to the licensing agreement (AGPLV3), each user of the software must receive “an opportunity to receive the entire Corresponding Source for the website based on that code.” Early users of Truth Social, Kuhn alleged, did not receive the source code. On October 26, 2021, Mastodon sent a letter requesting that the Truth Social source code be made publicly available in compliance with the license. TMTG has since taken action to resolve this issue by publishing its source code. TMTG may face similar risks in the future, and failure to comply with such licenses could cause the loss of the ability to use such software, which could in turn adversely affect TMTG’s revenues and results of operations.
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  2. Many of TMTG’s products and services rely on, incorporate, and/or license open source software, which may pose particular risks to TMTG’s proprietary software, products, and services in a manner that could have a negative effect on TMTG’s business. TMTG uses and plans to continue using open-source software in its products and services. For example, Truth Social was built using an AGPLv3 license (also referred to “copyleft” or a “viral license™). In addition, TMTG may contribute software source code to existing open-source projects, such as Mastodon, pursuant to applicable licenses or release internal software projects under open-source licenses and anticipate doing so in the future. The terms of many licenses to which TMTG is or is likely to become subject to have not been interpreted by U.S. or foreign courts, and there is a risk that open source software licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on TMTG’s ability to provide or distribute TMTG’s products or services. Additionally, TMTG may from time-to-time face claims from third parties claiming ownership of, or demanding release of, the open source software or derivative works that TMTG developed using such software (which could include TMTG’s proprietary source code), or otherwise seeking to enforce the terms of an applicable license in a manner adverse to TMTG’s interests. [text continues beyond description limit]
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  Ryan Baumann (ryanfb@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:27:06 JST Ryan Baumann
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  I've filed a formal complaint with the SEC regarding Truth Social's potentially misleading statements to investors in public filings
  
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  Ryan Baumann (ryanfb@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:27:07 JST Ryan Baumann
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  Also, if anyone has concrete information showing that Truth Social is actually using Pleroma in production now instead of Mastodon, please get in touch with compliance@sfconservancy.org via email
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  Ryan Baumann (ryanfb@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 03:27:08 JST Ryan Baumann
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  Any journalists interested in informing the public about the uncertainty and risks involved with this now publicly-traded social media corporation, feel free to reach out for inquiries! https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews/112162105752356614
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