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That's about the same way that "federation" in the Fediverse works. <br> | That's about the same way that "federation" in the Fediverse works. <br> | ||
Federation just means that different or decentralized servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol. <br> | Federation just means that different or decentralized servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol. <br> | ||
Just like email uses POP, IMAP or SMTP protocols for federation, the Fediverse mostly uses {{Internal | Just like email uses POP, IMAP or SMTP protocols for federation, the Fediverse mostly uses {{Internal link|target=What is ActivityPub?|link-name=ActivityPub}}. | ||
== Free Software == | == Free Software == | ||
''Main article: {{Internal | ''Main article: {{Internal link|target=What is free software?|link-name=What is free software?}}'' | ||
All of the software used in the Fediverse is free software. | All of the software used in the Fediverse is free software. | ||