allow stuff with Diaspora authors to federate in zot conversations even if the local site has diaspora disabled. This way it won't look like folks are talking to themselves.

include/follow.php

@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ function new_contact($uid,$url,$channel,$interactive = false, $confirm = false)
 		}
 	}
 	else {
+		if(! ($is_http)) {
+			if(! intval(get_config('system','diaspora_enabled'))) {
+				$result['message'] = t('Protocol disabled.');
+				return $result;
+			}
+		}
 
 		$my_perms = 0;
 		$their_perms = 0;

include/items.php

@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ function import_author_xchan($x) {
 	if((! array_key_exists('network', $x)) || ($x['network'] === 'zot')) {
 		$y = import_author_zot($x);
 	}
+	if(! $y)
+		$y = import_author_diaspora($x);
 
 	if($x['network'] === 'rss') {
 		$y = import_author_rss($x);
@@ -879,6 +881,21 @@ function import_author_xchan($x) {
 	return(($y) ? $y : false);
 }
 
+
+function import_author_diaspora($x) {
+	if(! $x['address'])
+		return false;
+	if(discover_by_webbie($x['address'])) {
+		$r = q("select xchan_hash from xchan where xchan_addr = '%s' limit 1",
+			dbesc($x['address'])
+		);
+		if($r)
+			return $r[0]['xchan_hash'];
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+
 function import_author_rss($x) {
 
 	if(! $x['url'])

include/network.php

@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ function discover_by_webbie($webbie) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if($diaspora && $diaspora_base && $diaspora_guid && intval(get_config('system','diaspora_enabled'))) {
+		if($diaspora && $diaspora_base && $diaspora_guid) {
 			$guid = $diaspora_guid;
 			$diaspora_base = trim($diaspora_base,'/');
 

version.inc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2014-09-03.787
+2014-09-04.788