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Re:Mastodon's CEO and creator is handing control to a new no... by wirrbel on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:08PM (#42704600)
It seems they lost the first game in the gGmbH (gemeinnützige GmbH, thus "charitable Ltd") leading to a normal GmbH (similar to a Ltd.).

In Germany only certain purposes qualify as "gemeinnützige" which makes the formation of non-profits at times difficult, especially in the computing space.

Maybe I didn't read careful enough. But it's actually not spelled out which form the new European non-profit is incorporated in.

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Re:Mastodon's CEO and creator is handing control to a new no... by andypiper on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:16PM (#42741491)
> it's actually not spelled out which form the new European non-profit is incorporated in

Correct, this is underway, and we're looking in to the right option for the organisation. As of right now, we have options, but the new entity is not finalised so it is not possible to spell out the format yet.

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