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[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 138 points 10 months ago

It's open standard, not open source

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 10 months ago

but we need to trust them that the standard is actually implemented

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago

Yep. Which is why FOSS development and support of FOSS developers is so important

[-] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 27 points 10 months ago

The definition of words are indeed, critical 👍

[-] cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago

Too many people misunderstand open source and free to use.

[-] fossphi@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

So can I write my own implementation and talk to other people via rcs? If not, then I don't think it deserves being called an open standard

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