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Nicolò Ribaudo
@nicr.dev

So now there are two main European atproto providers (PDS and client), one is open source and one is closed source. Very concerned that the EU talks about how important OSS is, and then they pick the closed source one :/

Emelia
@thisismissem.social

One is non-profit, the other for-profit, too. EU picked for-profit over non-profit social good, that was recommended to them by the JRC report I just shared.

ave
@ave.zone

Then I'd prefer referring to Modal and Eurosky as "not for profit". From what I see, people assume "nonprofit" in the US sense and as such think that you're tax exempt and required to be for public interest, which is not true.

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Sherif EA
@sherif.mu.social

In the UK at least - there are too things: - non-profit which is an org that doesn’t return profits to shareholders - charity as a subset of non-profits that is accepted by the Charity Commission as pursuing specific charitable purposes. ’not for profit’ is not really used here it’s more American

Sherif EA
@sherif.mu.social

But when used it’s understood as the same as non profit. FWIW charitable purpose is narrowly defined. I worked for Amnesty International for a long time and the vast majority of its activities were not classified as charitable so it‘s registered as a non-profit company.

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.ukAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UKAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity
ave
@ave.zone

Yeah at least in the northern/western quarter, we moreso go for "foundation" (Verein, Stichting, can even include football teams) and "with public benefit status" (which at least in germany can be applied to regular GmbHs as well). Doesn't fit so cleanly to english.

Victoria
@vicwalker.dev.br

Sorry but it rubs in the wrong way to require them to fit under US terms Sure, the US is a very populated country that has English as the main language, but that doesn't mean they should bend what they are to fit the US (?), they are under a different country and under a different political region

ave
@ave.zone

They're speaking english, and the word carries an additional meaning in english. I can translate german "sogennante" to english as "so-called* but the meaning completely shifts despite it being a literal translation (german one is positive, english one can be more negative, mocking).