• dsemy@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Element is literally a private, for-profit company. And they’re asking for donations and public funding?

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      7 months ago

      The Matrix.org is Community Interest Company registered in UK, and its full name is THE MATRIX.ORG FOUNDATION C.I.C., please, consider this as a proof proof.

      Given this information, I would guess it’s relatively safe to donate/give funding to the Matrix.org because its financial flows should be protected by UK law.

      BUT, it seems they never made a full report of incomes/spendings, the first one is expected in April 2024. But it’s already April 2024, and I don’t see a report. Anyway, it’s better to read original Issue in regard of such things, I might understood it incorrectly

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        7 months ago

        This post was made by the CEO and founder of Element

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          And ? Obviously it’s not the for-profit structure which would benefit from donations. VC money is one way of financing things (which has the cash burn rate issue), public money and donations is another, why would changing from one model to another be something bad?

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            7 months ago

            Why is it obvious? See https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/571

            Literally only the last comment gives any real data about how that money is being spent (and the annual report mentioned hasn’t been published yet).

            I think the change is positive in general, but they really haven’t done a good job w.r.t transparency, and the Matrix ecosystem is still reliant on a for-profit company.

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      7 months ago

      Private, for-profit, and let’s not forget antagonistic to the GDPR.