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Not sure myself, it seems like some of the founders were kicked out in 2025 for "misuse of funds" according to the auditor of TDF / or the Foundation authoritie

by eisa01 6mo ago

Not sure myself, it seems like some of the founders were kicked out in 2025 for "misuse of funds" according to the auditor of TDF / or the Foundation authorities? https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/well-known-high-contributors-were-removed/12618/20 https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/well-known-high-c... Also found this in the annual report, sounds quite serious: > In 2023, following a request by the Foundation Authorities in Berlin, given the size our foundation has grown into over the last decade, TDF was audited, and a report was sent back to Berlin. The Board of Directors is working with the authorities to implement the improvements suggested by the audit https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/fsqeJZrAtXeR7JD?dir=/&editing=false&openfile=true https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/fsqeJZrAtXeR7JD?d... Would be helpful if the blog post was more clear about this

mschuster91 6mo ago
Yikes. They set up the foundation in Berlin, Germany? A country well known for its braindead tax laws and bureaucracy, particularly when it comes to NGOs?
- janice1999 6mo ago
  There are plenty of non-profit software projects headquartered in Berlin, e.g. KDE since 1997, and they seem to do just fine.
  - mschuster91 6mo ago
    Yeah because they went into existence way before the bureaucracy became a nightmare and have had ample time to evolve with the legal landscape.
- mhitza 6mo ago
  It's stated as conflict of interest, not some bureaucracy. Things are still vague, due to some legal liability, probably. Sounds to me like for some grants/tenders received by the non-profit were contracted out to Collabora. Which in turn, profits from the base project.