It sure is suspicious how meta bothers to do the NDAed meetings though. If all they wanted was to build a product from scratch, they wouldn’t have had to ask.
Yeah, it’s the same way that nothing is stopping you from creating your own internet with all the same protocols that is completely separate from the world wide web or whatever you want to call the “real” internet.
Are there any criteria one must meet to be allowed to use ActivityPub? And who defines them?
I mean, it’s a protocol. Nobody needs to “allow” you to use it any more than HTTP; Meta can set up a service and they’re good to go.
Whether others will want to federate with them is the question.
It sure is suspicious how meta bothers to do the NDAed meetings though. If all they wanted was to build a product from scratch, they wouldn’t have had to ask.
Yea, they’re afraid of potential backlash and wanted to float ideas in a safe space.
Yeah, it’s the same way that nothing is stopping you from creating your own internet with all the same protocols that is completely separate from the world wide web or whatever you want to call the “real” internet.