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Announcing the Zulip Foundation (blog.zulip.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/opensource@programming.dev

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From the newsletter

We’re reaching out to administrators of Zulip organizations to announce a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and the Kandra Labs company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership, and donating the company to a newly created nonprofit Zulip Foundation. The new structure provides stability, a renewed commitment to our values, and new opportunities for charitable fundraising.

The new Zulip Foundation will be the formal steward of the Zulip project, with a mission of developing the best possible team chat experience, with particular focus on public-interest organizations and communities.

Please check out the announcement blog post to learn about the Zulip Foundation’s leadership, and more. If you have any questions or concerns, please join us for a live chat Q&A in the Zulip development community on Tuesday, May 19 at 4 PM UTC (9 AM US Pacific / 12 PM US Eastern / 6 PM CET), or reach out to support@zulip.com.

— Tim Abbott, on behalf of the Zulip team

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[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not sure if this is good or bad news. Tried to find other's reactions and they seem to be quite split. I guess time will tell.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought it was good news, any reason why it might be bad? This seems like a proactive step to prevent potential issues down the road

[–] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

The foundation itself is good, but 1/4 of the team is leaving.

[–] bold_omi@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, Abbott's joining [mis]Anthropic. Ew.

[–] Blaze@quokk.au 1 points 1 day ago

The compensation must be huge, it's an opportunity to create generation wealth. For that alone, if most people could, they would probably join.

Kind of an application of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma : even if you don't do it, someone else will take that position and get the benefits.

[–] Blaze@quokk.au 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good news

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev -1 points 2 days ago

Or... what are they really after?...