The platform is similar to Twitter where users can post “truths” instead of “tweets”. Then the “truth” posts can be shared with others, again and again, to expand reach to other users.
The Software Freedom Conservancy accused The Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) of violating Mastodon’s AGPLv3 license. Because they weren’t sharing the platform’s source code. The website added a dedicated section containing a ZIP archive of its source code two weeks later.