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Sorry that you feel we haven't done a good job of communicating on this. Personally, I think that https://element.io/blog/synapse-now-lives-at-github-com-eleme
by Arathorn 3y ago
Sorry that you feel we haven't done a good job of communicating on this. Personally, I think that https://element.io/blog/synapse-now-lives-at-github-com-element-hq-synapse/ https://element.io/blog/synapse-now-lives-at-github-com-elem... was pretty comprehensive in explaining the rationale.
> This offers no protection against Element dropping open source entirely the next time they hit a "budget crisis."
IANAL, but I think you have this completely wrong. The clarification to the Apache CLA was added to ensure that if Element ever distributed contributed code as proprietary (i.e. by providing an AGPL exception to someone allergic to AGPL) then we will also have to distribute that code as FOSS. It is *LITERALLY* stopping us from dropping open source.
> the consistent failures in communication constantly make it feel like things are going to implode
I wonder how much of the "consistent failures in communication" are due to FUD, and how much is due to bad comms in the first place...
- caslon 3y ago> I wonder how much of the "consistent failures in communication" are due to FUD, and how much is due to bad comms in the first place... As someone who doesn't read outside perspectives on Matrix, but probably checks the Foundation blog once a month, I would say the latter. You've created a perfectly tolerable product, aside from some (admittedly unfortunate) edge cases. More or less everyone acknowledges that Matrix is, at the bare minimum, usable for individuals chatting, if not the best option right now.