Is it possible Lemmy's API changes the way reddits did?
I don't mean the recent selling API rights at absurd costs but when they went from open sourcish to closed.
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I don't mean the recent selling API rights at absurd costs but when they went from open sourcish to closed.
If they go close source, other people will take the last version of the code and build on it
Did anyone do that with reddit? It used to be open source too.
I know of https://github.com/CrystalVulpine/saidit. Unfortunately the site (saidit.net) is full of right-wing/conspiracy bullshit, at least last I checked.
Oh that reminds me, Voat happened. It wasn't a code fork but a clone, and it was also filled with right-wing garbage.
Tildes is still around too, but I think it's got even less traction than lemmy.
I assumed thats what old.reddit was. But idk
Old reddit was just the old UI. IMO, old UI was way better than new UI.
The reddit open source stuff was only a portion of the website and algorithm. I believe Voat and a few others might have glanced at that code. Last I looked it was still up on GitHub. https://github.com/reddit
I'm assumimg the same didn't happen with reddit bc it was not federated. That right?
Was Reddit ever open source?
Yup. Not a lot of people remember this but it also used to be written in LISP.
I'm pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know
They can't, at least not while complying with Lemmy's AGPL license.