Quote from: ehrz22 on March 01, 2018, 09:42:38 PM

Quote from: hivewaynet on March 01, 2018, 03:58:03 PM

Quote from: copperminer on March 01, 2018, 10:57:24 AM

Caution:

SCAMALERT
This project is not what it seems!
The sourcecode is almost a 1:1 clone of this new decentralized network (https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon)

Nothing is mentioned anywhere and it seems as if hiveway has developed all of this.
Luckily there can be still references found in the source code to mastodon.

app/lib/sidekiq_error_handler.rb
Line 6

spec/lib/request_spec.rb
Line 65

app/lib/request.rb
Line 97

DO NOT TRUST DO NOT INVEST

TLDR: SOURCECODE COPIED NOT MENTIONED,GPL VIOLATION!
URL: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/master/LICENSE

This commit is also very funny indeed:

URL: https://github.com/hiveway/hiveway/commit/383e113f0ee3b97a1c2c929762f454df38f8de98
Title: Only store redirect location if not in JSON format
rename lib/tasks/mastodon.rake → lib/tasks/etherhive.rake

It is clearly stated in the whitepaper that Hiveway has Mastodon as its core platform, and that it will be heavily modified. There was a good point regarding the LICENSE though, a COPYRIGHT file was added, mentioning the original authors and changes made until now, in order to comply with the terms of AGPLv3.

If you have other constructive observations, we are happy to listen, and we will implement them. You can also register as a contributor for the project if you want on GitHub. This is a project that will be owned by the community in the end Wink

It's good to know that dev already addressed this issue now. I just hope that there will be no scam accusations in the near future and really hoping that this project is legit and serious in developing.

Indeed, the team must really be serious about this project because I think this is the first "decentralized, self-governed" social media platform that I've heard on the web. Still exploring the whitepaper, hopefully it will let me fully understand the brief info of this platform.