ns1@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Not sure exactly what the question is but I’m fairly sure the answer is yes. 😀 Anyone can start a Lemmy/Mastodon instance and anyone can create new software that federates with it.
ns1@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Not sure exactly what the question is but I’m fairly sure the answer is yes. 😀 Anyone can start a Lemmy/Mastodon instance and anyone can create new software that federates with it.
Docker@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My question is that since Lemmy/Mastodon are centred in Europe and hence is bound to follow the EU norms, can anybody create something similar to this - anywhere in the world outside of EU - and then federate it into lemmy/Mastodon ?
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
Not sure what you mean by “centred”. They’re both just software. Some of the developers certainly live there but they’re both open-source projects with contributors from all over the world. And software doesn’t have an originating country.
Docker@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But software developed and working in the EU zone does have to follow certain regulations.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
What does “developed and working” even mean? Both are developed using GitHub, which is owned by an American company. Servers are located around the world. Developers are located around the world.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
What makes you think Lemmy is “centered” in the EU?
Docker@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Anything that doesn’t go down well with the EU norms get banned immediately, sometimes the user too gets blocked.
athairmor@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lemmy and Mastodon aren’t centralized. Instances can federate with other instances as they choose. If your instance has, for example, a lot of bigoted communities and users, you can expect the bigger instances to de-federate from yours.
You can always federate with instances that reject “EU norms”—whatever that means—in a bubble of your own.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Where? I’m not on an EU instance.