The Mastodon he said setting up a non-profit corporation [501(c) (3)] in the United States to help her collect donations. The new company announced its board of directors including Esra'a Al Shafei, Karien Bezuidenhout, Amir Ghavi, Mastodon CFO Felix Hlatsky and his co-founder Twitter, Biz Stone.
The nonprofit said the leaders were chosen based on their values that overlap with those of Mastodon. With their input, the Mastodon service will continue to offer free, decentralized, open social media code.
The decision to become a non-profit organization in the US comes after the German government abruptly revoked Mastodon's non-profit status given the 2021. Her tax advisor has already appealed.
Why should the creator of a freeware worry about finances?
Pays for developer and designer employees and contractors, and must cover hosting and service charges required for mode. To pay for all this, it receives donations from the community, which are taxed.
The company in its announcement thanked Jeff Atwood and Mozilla for this year's contribution of $100.000 to support the non-profit company. He also said that donations like these are important to support the two-member core development team, which can continue their work seamlessly.
