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   Gusted (gusted@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 27-Oct-2022 18:30:38 JST Gusted

   • smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
   • dachary

   Hello everyone, if you're reading about the #gitea changes. It could benefit to understand the full picture, I've written a summary of what happened today and as well what @dachary, @humanetech and I found out today.

   https://forum.forgefriends.org/t/gitea-ltd-company/917/8

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Oct-2022 18:42:41 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
     • ar.al?
     • smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
     • dachary

     @aral @Gusted @dachary @humanetech
     @jwildeboer

     Yes, it's very disturbing if they are accurately quoted.

     VC money never seems to go well for community projects ?

     Either a project is openly all about money, in which case it shouldn't be taking unpaid contributions because that's exploitation.

     Or a project *is* about volunteering and community spirit, in which case it shouldn't be taking VC money because that will destroy the community.

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     ar.al? (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 27-Oct-2022 18:42:50 JST ar.al?

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     • smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
     • dachary

     @Gusted @dachary @humanetech “I’m looking for VC money, a few millions” – this, combined with the announcement yesterday, actually has me more worried.

     It shows that either Lunny doesn’t understand what VC is or that there’s a desire to make a lot of money with Gitea in a way that isn’t compatible with being a community project.

     “Enterprise version” plans are not great either. Just look at GitLab.

     CodeBerg might want to consider sustaining their own fork while the codebase is still simple.

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     • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
     • ar.al?
     • smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)
     • dachary

     @aral @Gusted @dachary @humanetech @jwildeboer

     p.s. Just to be clear, I'm not objecting to projects having grants or sponsors or donations! The FOSS world definitely needs more of these.

     But VCs aren't donations, they're owners who demand profits even if it fundamentally changes the nature of the thing they own. The motivations and the strings attached to VC deals are the problem.