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Is there anything that stops Elon Musk from buying Lemmy or Mastadon? Even if everyone were to migrate over to the Fediverse, what stops these websites from being bought as well?
Because it’s FOSS. You can’t buy open-source software. You can use it commercially, but you can’t buy it.
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Im assuming this is just more effort by him working for Russian interests. Wikipedia being too credible for the war in Ukraine.
Take the money then we would just call it the site formerly known as wikipedia. Similar to how x is simply formerly known as twitter.
We need a real life Trading Places where Elin ends up under a bridge or in prison.
…into the ground.
Might as well rename this community "musk"