Diaspora vs. BuddyPress: Open Source Social Networking Matchup - WPMU.org: "Platform: Ruby vs. PHP
Diaspora runs on Ruby, with a bit of Rails and other Ruby frameworks thrown in. BuddyPress runs on PHP, which has a much larger audience. More people are able to jump in and extend the project with a little bit of PHP knowledge. Diaspora may have limited itself in selecting Ruby to develop the project. BuddyPress users are growing and the project has a healthy, thriving development community. Diaspora may not be able to maintain as much momentum, given Ruby’s smaller community.
Licensing: GNU-AGPL-3.0 vs. GPL
Diaspora is sporting a GNU-AGPL-3.0, which will bring the project a very difficult road to walk. Anybody running it on a server needs to publish the modifications for the community. For this reason many companies and startups would be wise to select a platform with a license that protects their innovations on the platform. BuddyPress shares the WordPress GPL licens"
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