Fedi Goes Open Source

When Fedi launched, we made a promise:

[I]n order to truly achieve our objective, we need … to give back to our community, and we need to become a Freedom Technology. 

That is why, from May the Fourth 2024, Fedi began the process of going fully open source by transitioning to a business source license for all our software.

And furthermore, as part of the terms of the business source license on January 3rd, 2026, all Fedi software will automatically transition to a full AGPL open source license. 

This is further proof of our commitment to not only using freedom technology, but becoming a freedom technology so that we can do our very best to help some of the most disempowered communities from around the world. 

That day has come. In fulfillment of this promise, Fedi is now officially open source as of Jan. 3.

Of course, this is a date that is heavy with meaning within the Bitcoin community — it’s the day that the Bitcoin “Genesis block” brought the ultimately world-changing ideas of a pseudonymous whitepaper to life, a mere 64 days after publication. 

For a project rooted in community empowerment, this matters enormously. Communities using Fedi to build their own economic and social infrastructure deserve software that evolves in the open, under terms that protect them from lock-in or dependency. The AGPL strengthens that foundation. It encourages collaboration and ensures that Fedi’s development remains aligned with the people and communities it aims to serve.

Head over to Github to take a look and continue following us at @fedibtc for updates.