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Post #AvDyixcWVfCWSWcBxw by [email protected] | |
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Exasperated and disturbed the new IP license in the Mastodon TOS has no termina… | |
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I think IP termination clauses are really important! I spent two full years thr… | |
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@mcc are these terms instance specific or are they widely applicable to others? | |
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@dvandal They are instance specific. But what I don't know is whether there… | |
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@mcc when I get a moment I’ll see if I can figure out if that is a boilerplat… | |
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@mcc I think the part you're referencing is under the Intellectual Property… | |
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@mcc Okay, finally took the time to reach through and compare a bit as well as … | |
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@mcc @dvandal I find it difficult to understand, in the instance TOS, the IP cl… | |
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@borisschapira @dvandal The old terms, or the new terms announced today and tak… | |
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@mcc @dvandal https://mastodon.social/terms-of-service/2025-07-01 | |
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@borisschapira @dvandal "The Instance contains content provided by its use… | |
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@mcc @dvandal Yes, I read that. But there is not definition of "users"… | |
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@borisschapira @dvandal I think this would be a contrived reading of the licens… | |
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@mcc @dvandal but if that's the case, how can they handle federated content… | |
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@borisschapira @dvandal "They need some kind of rights to use, copy, store… | |
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@mcc @borisschapira @dvandal I suspect the issue is that you (the content creat… | |
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@jerry @borisschapira @dvandal In my opinion this is flat out nonsense. Mastodo… | |
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@mcc @borisschapira @dvandal I'm not an attorney, but I worked for one for … | |
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@jerry @mcc @borisschapira @dvandal Sorry to hop in, but on first gloss, the ph… | |
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@mttaggart @mcc @borisschapira @dvandal I'm not sure it's an unreasonab… | |
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@jerry @mttaggart @borisschapira @dvandal You are writing fanfic. You are makin… | |
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@jerry @mttaggart @borisschapira @dvandal My assumption is if a dispute over th… | |
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If a user deletes content, should their server be responsible for what happens … | |
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@BenAveling @mcc @mttaggart @borisschapira @dvandal should they be held respons… | |
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@mcc One question I have: is it technically possible, given the limitations of … | |
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@unlambda You can federate a deletion. I don't see why any more than this w… | |
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@unlambda As the IP status of federation is informal *EVEN UNDER THE NEW MASTOD… | |
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@mcc There are some musings on the topic that @sarahjamielewis is making here: … | |
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@unlambda @sarahjamielewis My expectation is that if the Mastodon license were … | |
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@mcc @unlambda The ToS makes explicit reference to automated service interactio… | |
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@sarahjamielewis @unlambda Well, I'll have to read that more carefully befo… | |
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@mcc @sarahjamielewis I think that on closer reading, I'm inclined to agree… | |
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@unlambda @mcc At best its legally murky in scope (see https://neilzone.co.uk/2… | |
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Update:Mastodon has checked its alarming new TOS into git as the new TOS templa… | |
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I've posted a Github issue outlining why I'm freaked out at the word &q… | |
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@mcc I fully support your work on this and hope it works out better for us user… | |
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@mcc Putting their instance's ToS in the shared software repo which other i… | |
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@dalias I think distributing a "known good" default ToS is a good ide… | |
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@mcc @dalias we'd be happy to help write something like that. of course it … | |
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@ireneista @mcc I mean maybe kinda, but I very much question the degree to whic… | |
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@ireneista @mcc Basically "no abuse, we have moderation policies, your pos… | |
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@dalias @mcc that makes sensepersonally, for our own stuff, we draw a hard line… | |
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@ireneista @dalias @mcc Im not sure who or what McKinsey is referring to here. … | |
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@TommyTorty10 @dalias @mcc well, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinsey_%26_Com… | |
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@ireneista @dalias @mcc thank you! | |
Post #AvF6yDeQBTRXJQFWvg by [email protected] | |
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@mcc the irrevocable aspect seems in conflict with EU’s “right to be forgot… | |
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@mcc I don't think a termination clause is *possible* on a distributed soci… | |
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@rcombs The IP license grant is between me and Mastodon gGMBH. No other parties… | |
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@rcombs Moreover, if Mastodon *did* grant a license to federated servers (which… | |
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@mcc I've just read it and it seems to work exactly the way I had understoo… | |
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@rcombs There is no reason why the license granted to mirroring servers needs t… | |
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@mcc they do not have a *legal* means of revoking it; the existing implicit con… | |
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@rcombs If Mastodon gGMBH has not granted a license to federated servers, and I… | |
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@rcombs If Mastodon gGmbH, in consultation with their lawyers, concludes they n… | |
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@mcc @rcombs i do not think you should have a means to revoke a license to stor… | |
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@mcc like, the protocol was designed before the TOS, so the TOS has to be compa… | |
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@mcc the license they grant to other instances isn't written out here becau… | |
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@mcc @rcombs a guarantee of federated delete is 100% impossible. What seems rea… | |
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@mcc excellent job writing up the issue! | |
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@mcc what, if any, instances are out there that have better TOS? I'm with y… | |
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@adanielroth Well, one week ago mastodon.social had a better TOS. I guess we… | |
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@mcc @adanielroth There is a current of thought that migrating between instance… | |
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@Moss @adanielroth Okay. I don't agree, for two reasons:- When you migrate … | |
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@Moss @adanielroth I do acknowledge people use social networks in different way… | |
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@mcc @adanielroth Permanence is inherently at odds with using an instance owned… | |
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@Moss @adanielroth Well, as I think I said above, if I leave mastodon.social I … | |
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@mcc @adanielroth Certainly, but the landscape has changed dramatically between… | |
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@mcc I know that it is one of your Magical Girl Abilities, but I nonetheless wa… | |
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@mcc also, I am too dumb to understand all the nuance here, but I'd be surp… | |
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@ChateauErin @danwing @BrianEnigma I think this thread is a *very* clear summar… | |
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@mcc @ChateauErin @danwing @BrianEnigma erasing direct personal identifiers doe… | |
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@exa @mcc @ChateauErin @danwing @BrianEnigma That is indeed often insufficient,… | |
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@mcc hmm i wonder how a non-perpetual license works out in the federated case w… | |
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@dotstdy I don't care if the content is out there. I only care whether I ha… | |
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@mcc @dotstdy You have that under GDPR rules (if they apply to you). Whatever t… | |
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@derickr @mcc @dotstdy Copyright and data protection are two very different leg… | |
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@derickr @mcc @dotstdy When it comes to GDPR protection in this context, two qu… | |
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@derickr @mcc @dotstdy Regarding the second question, it's important to not… | |
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@derickr @mcc @dotstdy In conclusion, the GDPR ensures that (save for certain e… | |
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@derickr @mcc @dotstdy For anyone interested in diving deeper (besides reading … | |
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@jerry ICYMI | |
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@webhat thanks. I don't know how it could be revocable without exposing th… | |
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@jerry no idea, I just wanted to share, incase you got questions | |
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@webhat thank you! | |
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@mcc @mttaggart @borisschapira @dvandal ok |