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1 year agoMy guess is, that Meta will try to control the public image of the name Mastodon. Yeah the Software itself is OpenSource and protected under AGPL-3, but they still can buy Mastodon GmbH and use that to tie their name to Mastodon for the broad public.
These companies are the worst. They are responsible for a huge chunk of the emissions fueling the climate change we are facing. (https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/05/19/study-fossil-fuel-firms-owe-209bn-a-year-for-climate-damage/)
They promise change and then just sweep it under the rug. (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/01/shell-renwable-energy-spending-sec-global-witness) Even worse is the fact that these companies are misleading the world with a concerted effort on who is to blame. (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/09/oil-companies-discourage-climate-action-study-says/)