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1. Olivier Forget (teleclimber@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 14:17:01 JST Olivier Forget

   In theory open protocols allow "permissionless innovation".

   But here on #Mastodon, built on open protocol #ActivityPub, you do need permission to innovate -- from the community.

   I find this fascinating. It shows that the theory is just a theory and in reality there are other layers at play.

   Similar dynamic happens with FOSS licenses. Lots of talk about copyleft versus liberal as if that's all that needs to be talked about. But other layers exist: legal (trademarks) and community (again).

   • 寮 (ryo@social.076.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 14:50:38 JST 寮

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     It highly depends on who's calling the shots, and who you let in, because even if you allow permission-less innovation, if you don't properly gatekeep, it's a matter of time before it gets subverted from the inside out by a bunch of mentally ill lunatics, I mean the woke left or puritan right.