in a weird way i think the existence of Bluesky suddenly made Mastodon better I can’t explain it and now it might be time for Mastodon to make Bluesky better; pre-cross-federated social is gonna be a ride; and then cross-federation; whooosh
@profcarroll Bridging content to Bluesky without consent violates users copyright to their content because Bluesky extracts a broad license to all content posted on their platform and transfered over their protocol. Bridge builders do not have the right to grant these wholesale licenses, so any such bridge is illegal. Just because you can technically do something does not make it legal or ethical.
@mastodonmigration @profcarroll I am surprised to hear they have a ToS for the protocol too.
Do you have a link or section name where they assert that?
@WomanCorn @profcarroll Great question.
Right at the top in the definitions:
"To make these Terms easier to read, our Site, Protocol, and App, and our content and services provided therein, are collectively called the “Services.” "
https://bsky.app/support/tos