359 *TWITTER WILL BE DELISTED FROM THE NYSE ON FRIDAY AFTER MUSK COMPLETES DEAL..... Elon Made several declarations to go private & take the algorithm open source... (media.greatawakening.win) posted 2 years ago by purkiss80 2 years ago by purkiss80 +359 / -0 44 comments download share 44 comments share download save hide report block hide replies
Could anyone kindly explain (like I am 5!) what 'open source' actually means, especially what (if any) affect it has on users.
It means a copy of the code is publicly available so anyone can see how it works and even make their own twitter clone by making a few modifications. Instead of a black box, twitter would be a clear box.
Got it, and thank you! That was very helpful!
You’re welcome.
There are different flavors of open source.
Two major licenses are BSD (Berkely Software distribution and GPL General Public License)
BSD is easier to "lockup" new code as proprietary.
GPL encourages you to expand the free code base.
Apple is from BSD
Linux is from GPL
I will make a clone and call it Twatter.
Hunter Biden will make a clone and call it Tweeker.
or tweener.
Or Geekster
twaccer
The key thing is the transparency.
The last thing they want. I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth already.
It means you can make your own Twitter
I find the way twatter "works" to be back-asswards. Whatever CIA guys that made it are fucking morons.
It also means people can make modifications on the platform itself and contribute them to be merged with the official thing.
It also also means one can reduce the workforce CONSIDERABLY, since bug squashing and feature development becomes crowdsourced.
Yep, this is basically why open-source blockchain is the future of government and finance.
We will finally get a cheat proof and fair systems with no bugs or with bugs that get eliminated asap.
At least they could hold votes with smart contracts and nfts and we could actually get the candidate we vote for in office.