The people should own the town square
blog.joinmastodon.org
It is more important than ever that the social web is not controlled by corporations. Today, Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control.
  • mutant_zz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    7 months ago

    This is a great move. Governance is extremely important for bigger OSS projects, and the “benevolent dictator” model has its limits.

  • Olap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    7 months ago

    No mention of the name Mastodon and copyrights which I seem to recall is one of the bigger complaints

    • andypiper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      7 months ago

      These are part of the assets that will be transferred from the GmbH to the non-profit.

      • Olap@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        Given the concern, it would be good to be explicit in the blog post. What other assets does it genuinely need? The code is open source, people are free to host instances