Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

6/17/2025, 3:47:08 PM

Public

@borisschapiraChat-Pirate @dvandalDaniel V. "They need some kind of rights to use, copy, store, display, share, distribute, communicate and transfer the content… "

Do they? Mastodon made it ten years without the user granting any explicit rights to *their own instance* to share the content and there were no problems. IRC and USENET have mirroring, but no such legal grants. A legal system would surely recognize that federation was part of the intent of a user posting on Mastodon and recognize an implied license.

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