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submitted 9 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 137 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It's open standard, not open source

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

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

[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 27 points 9 months ago

The definition of words are indeed, critical 👍

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

Too many people misunderstand open source and free to use.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 8 points 9 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