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		paradite on Nov 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mast... What if I deployed my own node and just changed some css styling? Do I also need to somehow open source the changes? Edit: And what if I wrap it with another service, say a CDN, that changed some behaviour and styling (proxying, path rewrite, etc)?

mijoharas on Nov 2, 2021 | [–]

1. yes.

2. I think no, but I believe this is a contentious point, and it depends on whether the "mastodon instance + CDN/proxy/whatever" constitutes a "derived work" or not.

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