Just in case anybody was curious, White Noise is free and fully open source. Its code is published on GitHub (marmot-protocol/whitenoise) under the AGPL-3.0 license, and the app is free to download and use (no phone number or email required). It is built on Nostr plus the MLS (Messaging Layer Security) protocol, now part of the open "Marmot Protocol" (Nostr + MLS + Blossom).

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AGPL is the velvet glove of the cartel. If you “fork” their code to bypass them, they own your IP. You’re hacking with a flak jacket. The real game isn’t the chat app, it’s who controls the relay keys.