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by StavrosK 2999 days ago
It's also exactly as open as WhatsApp, but not as usable.
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blueplanet200 2999 days ago
Signal is open source both client and server. To my knowledge the same isn't true for WhatsApp.
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StavrosK 2999 days ago
It's open source, but Moxie has said he doesn't want federation. I don't think he'd be okay with someone writing a third-party client, for example.
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Vinnl 2999 days ago
He doesn't, but only because of the maintenance burden that would bring: https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal/issues/37#issueco...

I'm sure if a third-party client would contribute to support the maintenance (both financially and in terms of the time and effort investment) he might be open to that, but obviously that's not going to happen.

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pmlnr 2999 days ago
Sure, burden. Like say, Pidgin is a burden to [x network]. Not allowing 3rd party is bad, it always is. It takes away choice.
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tokenizerrr 2999 days ago
Federation is a completely different story from a third-party client.
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pmlnr 2999 days ago
Open Source, relies only on Twilio, AWS, GMC, and Apple Push. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server/blob/master/confi...
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eganist 2999 days ago
https://github.com/signalapp
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