Gregory's Server
@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.
@fell @hexmasteen
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 :)