Gregory's Server@hexmasteen @fell Yes, but the Matrix foundation is just a non-profit organization front for the for-profit New Vector Limited & Element Software companies. It *technically* owns the protocol but *practically* all of its members are Element employees, so in reality Matrix bends to Element as they are two different names for the same thing.
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 @hexmasteen @fell that is a possibility, but we wouldn't believe in it as it kinda hinges on the CEO's decisions. As far as we know yes, they aren't profitable currently. We are also not affiliated but we worked on some matrix software (mostly around E2EE, UX, and spec compliance) & did some work with the specification.  @ity @hexmasteen Instead of the Matrix Foundation, I probably should've included various independent client and server projects. Despite rumours that the specification is often modeled after the implementation in Element/Synapse and the high difficulty of actually making alternative client/server implementations apart from Element/Synapse, it is certainly possible. I think supporting Matrix as a whole benefits the entire open source community and will lead us to a finished protocol. Eventually. Many independent client devs are quitting (us included). Independent server devs are getting closer and closer to burnout. And yes, it is possible. You will just have to fight the Matrix team at every turn whenever you wanna fix or improve anything in the spec, and we get tired of spending incomparably more time on dealing with corporate bikeshedding than on actual development work. But ye, including independent clients & servers would've been much better :) |
@ity @fell The foundation will be more independent and powerful if it gets more donations.
And afaik Element the company didn't produce any profit yet. They are trying out ways to become financially sustainable and I whish them all the best.
(I'm not affiliated but seemingly a fanboy. ^^)