From e89df7ac66daf96e08bc4670133c5354cf3be74c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Dachary?= Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 17:02:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] closing the Gitea Open Letter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Loïc Dachary --- closing.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 closing.md diff --git a/closing.md b/closing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f387c70 --- /dev/null +++ b/closing.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +# Gitea Ltd confirms its takeover of the Gitea project + +On 28 October, members of the Gitea Community published the [Gitea Open Letter](https://gitea-open-letter.coding.social/) demanding restitution of the Gitea project after [the takeover announced on 25 October](https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/open-source-sustainment-and-the-future-of-gitea/). + +After discussions via diplomatic channels about the Gitea Open Letter, Gitea Ltd decided to ignore the demands [and further confirmed they now are in total control of the Gitea project](https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/a-message-from-lunny-on-gitea-ltd.-and-the-gitea-project/) in a blog post signed by two shareholders, Lunny and techknowlogick on 30 October. + +This unfortunately concludes the Gitea Open Letter has failed and there is **no alternative but forking the project under a new name**, with a healthy democratic governance. Exactly as it was before 25 October in the Gitea project. But this time in the context of an incorporated non-profit that provides a legal framework.