and freenode's side of this whole debacle: freenode.net/news/fosshost-
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I meant more like what his story is, why he's doing business with someone so awful.
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they apparently needed funding to cover their colocation expenses (although i could have thought of many many ways to get those covered tbh), so andrew showed up flashing stacks of cash
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Maybe they should have created it as an actual non-profit instead of the UK version of a public benefit corporation. I realize that's a lot harder in Canada/US/UK but maybe people don't want to donate to a corporation with shareholders able to pay out dividends, etc. It's weird.
It being a public benefit corporation that's required to have social goals and balance those with profits doesn't change that it has shareholders gaining money from growth and optionally dividends.
It's the wrong structure if they truly want it to be a non-profit as they imply.
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The main benefit of forming a legal entity for a non-profit open source project are the tax benefits for donors and the formal implementation of a mission/governance.
A public benefit corporation is just a less sociopathic version of a corporation balancing mission vs. profits.
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