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> and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit This is refreshing and exemplary; especially in the light of recen
by thih9 11mo ago
> and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit
This is refreshing and exemplary; especially in the light of recent wordpress, rubygems, or similar power struggle dramas.
- bigiain 11mo agoHere's hoping the Mastodon "non profit" is somewhat better set up than Matt's "WordPress Foundation" and that Mastodon is not now completely under control of one person (with two sock puppets) that also owns a company competing in the same space. I just looked up the board of the Mastodon non-profit, I'm not super comfortable with Biz Stone being listed there, but at least the board is not just Jack Dorcey or Jay Graber and two names with zero googleable internet presence in the last decade...
- james_marks 11mo agoWhat do you dislike about Biz Stone being on the board? He’s a mensch with a highly relevant credential by all accounts I’ve heard.
- bigiain 11mo agoNothing "real", just a knee-jerk reaction to him being a Twitter cofounder (and patent holder).
- james_marks 11mo agoYou might be surprised to learn more about him. Hard to remember the idealism Twitter was founded with now, but I suspect Biz saw where Twitter was headed long, long ago and didn’t want to be party to it. He’s used his status to support awesome projects since then.
- pfraze 11mo agoJay Graber Mike Masnick (techdirt) Jeromie Miller (XMPP) Investor seat
- blackqueeriroh 11mo agoHi Paul
- pfraze 11mo agoHey