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		meragrin_ on Nov 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump’s new social media platform found using Mast... > This would immediately go away if they just posted a tarball of the almost certainly unmodified sources. No it wouldn't. NOTHING short of shutting down would ever satisfy the people going after Trump.

margalabargala on Nov 2, 2021 | [–]

Sure, but those people and these people are different.

Currently, the site is beset both by "people who are going after Trump" and "people who care about copyleft".

Posting the tarball would satisfy that second group.

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