Re:Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
by cortesoft on Monday April 06, 2020 @07:59PM
(#22799121)
Your comment is very helpful, but starting it with "You didn't find it because you didn't look" is not very fair. Most native English speakers would not expect 'Imprint' to have that information.
Re:Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
by recursive on Monday April 06, 2020 @05:37PM
(#22798136)
I think a lot of people are probably unfamiliar with any definition of "imprint" that would cause them to look there. I know I can't explain what it means in this context.
Re:Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
by nutjob2 on Monday April 06, 2020 @05:50PM
(#22798252)
It comes from Impressum, essentially a form of identification for publishers, but imprint is the English word used for the German legal requirement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressum
https://www.privacycompany.eu/blogpost-en/the-imprint-requir...
Re:Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
by hundchenkatze on Monday April 06, 2020 @04:22PM
(#22797417)
FWIW I saw the Imprint link at the bottom, but I didn't know that's where I could find company info. However, there was a link to their mission statement in the middle of the page which includes the same info.
Re:Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
by brnt on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @04:19AM
(#22801348)
Still not very informative. No names, no funding info (who, how much, can I help?).
To me, not being able to divine the people behind the I iniative is a bit incongruous to being a community effort. Makes it feel like a company, not a club.
Re:Codeberg: a free, non-commercial GitHub alternative
by hjacobs on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @07:57AM
(#22802373)
It's a German registered association (e.V.), i.e. it's not only a single company or person behind it. Funding is done by membership fees. As a member you also get insights (regular newsletter) into the financial situation, e.g. how much money is on the bank account.
"Codeberg is a non-profit organisation dedicated to build and maintain supporting infrastructure for the creation, collection, dissemination, and archiving of Free and Open Source Software. If you have questions, suggestions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]."
It's a kind of club ("eingetragener Verein" [1]) that is funded by its members and through donations.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_association_(German...