From 964925e5ffb5a1687e18bf086a1cb109cbd46b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: robcolbert Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 19:30:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update open source statement --- app/views/about/more.html.haml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/app/views/about/more.html.haml b/app/views/about/more.html.haml index 1a1e70de..3a73896d 100644 --- a/app/views/about/more.html.haml +++ b/app/views/about/more.html.haml @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ .box-widget .rich-formatting %h3 Open Source - %p The future of online publishing and community building is decentralized and open. You get to own what you build. In the open source world, that includes the code powering the technology you use. - %p Originally forked from the Mastodon project, Gab Social is a fresh take on one of the Internet's most popular applications: Social networking. By releasing the full program source code of Gab Social under the GNU Affero General Public License v3, Gab is not only guaranteeing you ownership of this system but also those who carry on where you might leave off. - %p Gab's development team works on Gab Social as their full-time job. We welcome you to an unprecedented level of access into a commercial effort in decentralized and federated open source social networking. Thank you for taking this adventure with us. + %p At Gab, we believe that the future of online publishing is decentralized and open. We believe that users of social networks should be able to control their social media experience on their own terms, rather than the terms set down by Big Tech. + %p Gab Social is a fresh take on one of the Internet's most popular applications: social networking. Originally forked from the Mastodon project, Gab's codebase is free and open-source, licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPL3). + %p As a result, you, the user, have a choice when using Gab Social: you can either have an account on Gab.com, or, if you don't like what we're doing on Gab.com or simply want to manage your own experience, you can spin up your own Gab Social server that you control, that allows you to communicate with millions of users on their own federated servers from around the world, including users on Gab. + %p Gab.com strives to be the home of free speech online. We work on Gab Social 100% of the time as our full-time jobs. We positively encourage you to either join us on Gab.com or to spin up your own Gab Social server that you control to help take back control of the Web for the People.