Donald Trump's Social Network Broke Software Rules And Has 30 Days To Comply Before Access Is Terminated Or The Platform Is Sued

Former President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will be launching TRUTH Social, his own social network, in the first quarter of 2022. Paul J. Richards/ AFP via Getty Images; Screengrab/ TRUTH Social App Store Truth Social has ripped off code and violated a software licensing agreement, the Software Freedom Conservancy said. Former President Donald Trump's social network has 30 days to comply with the agreement, the nonprofit said. If Truth Social doesn't comply, it could be sued or forced to rebuild the entire platform. Former President Donald Trump's new social network Truth Social has 30 days to stop violating a free and open-source software licensing agreement before its access is permanently terminated or the platform faces legal action, the Software Freedom Conservancy said.The Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), which announced the upcoming launch of Truth Social on Wednesday, appears to have violated a license agreement by snatching the code of the decentralized social network Mastodon and refusing to abide by its terms, The Verge reported.While platforms are entitled to reuse Mastodon's code, as Gab already has, the Software Freedom Conservancy, a non-profit that enforces free and open-source software licenses, said they must comply with the Affero General Public License (or AGPLv3).A condition of the APGLv3 is that every user can receive the complete corresponding source for the website based on that code.