Insanely bizarre, Germany has historically been pro-open source and the EU was just saying that the Fediverse is here to stay.
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit
Submitted 3 weeks ago by makmarian@kbin.social to fediverse@lemmy.world
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/
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simple@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
That doesn’t change the fact that the US has de facto control over most of the web infrastructure
rettetdemdativ@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Could you provide a source for the second part? I’m genuinely interested
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Germany has historically been pro-open source and the EU was just saying that the Fediverse is here to stay
That’s a matter of politics. The tax authority doesn’t care about the political stance of the German government. They also sometimes just take weird decisions that seem pretty random, but it’s nothing political.
JoYo@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I know they were already in the process of the 501c but that’s really gotta come as a bummer.
They’ll lose a lot of donors in the EU if they can’t keep that non-profit status.
Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I thought it was decentralized? Disappointing to learn this.
bilb@lem.monster 3 weeks ago
It is.
Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Why? Bitcoin does not and that is the point. If there is a throat to chock some will chock it or take it over.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Germany doing its utmost best to drive away innovation. Genius.
But why go to the USA? The EU has 27 members and Switzerland is a neighbor…
Anti Commercial-AI license
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t know the answer but they pointed this out further in the press release:
I’d assume that this is for a reason, too. If it were advantageous to run your company out of the EU people would probably do so sometimes.
jmanes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe in the USA it is easier due to our relaxed (almost non-existent) business oversight from the government? Not sure.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Pretty silly for something literally used by the European Union and other European Governments. Am I right in thinking the German Government is one of those?
onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
social.bund.de