SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIs it possible Lemmy's API changes the way reddits did?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible Lemmy's API changes the way reddits did?SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
I don’t mean the recent selling API rights at absurd costs but when they went from open sourcish to closed.
minus-squareBlaze@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf they go close source, other people will take the last version of the code and build on it
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m assumimg the same didn’t happen with reddit bc it was not federated. That right?
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYup. Not a lot of people remember this but it also used to be written in LISP.
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know
If they go close source, other people will take the last version of the code and build on it
I’m assumimg the same didn’t happen with reddit bc it was not federated. That right?
Was Reddit ever open source?
Yup. Not a lot of people remember this but it also used to be written in LISP.
I’m pretty sure it was for a few years. Stopped in 2008 as far as i know