Vyr Cossont 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ on Nostr: > You are using Free Software. Customization options, or any fitness for purpose, are ...

> You are using Free Software. Customization options, or any fitness for purpose, are not part of the license agreement. Nobody from Mastodon gGmbH is forcing you, or even asking you, to do it. You are benefitting from the recognition of our trademark. You are charging your users for membership as an entity completely independent from Mastodon gGmbH. If you feel this way, you can develop your own social media platform from scratch and participate in the fediverse that way, or use one of the numerous alternatives.

dude, this is a real bad attitude. especially when you're talking to instance admins. you know, the people who run the communities that give the software a reason to exist.

and if it got that far (unlikely), suing an instance over trademark usage because they applied patches you don't like (or didn't apply patches you do) miiiight not be the best use of donations. maybe stay off that slippery slope.