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I couldn't find any "about" page. Who owns it? Who are the people behind it?

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Here's some info from their blog https://blog.codeberg.org/codebergorg-launched.html

https://codeberg.org/codeberg/org/src/branch/master/Imprint....

You didn't find it because you didn't look. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Imprint". Quote:

"Codeberg is a non-profit organisation dedicated to build and maintain supporting infrastructure for the creation, collection, dissemination, and archiving of Free and Open Source Software. If you have questions, suggestions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at contact@codeberg.org."

It's a kind of club ("eingetragener Verein" [1]) that is funded by its members and through donations.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_association_(German...

Your comment is very helpful, but starting it with "You didn't find it because you didn't look" is not very fair. Most native English speakers would not expect 'Imprint' to have that information.

I think a lot of people are probably unfamiliar with any definition of "imprint" that would cause them to look there. I know I can't explain what it means in this context.

It comes from Impressum, essentially a form of identification for publishers, but imprint is the English word used for the German legal requirement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressum

https://www.privacycompany.eu/blogpost-en/the-imprint-requir...

FWIW I saw the Imprint link at the bottom, but I didn't know that's where I could find company info. However, there was a link to their mission statement in the middle of the page which includes the same info.

Still not very informative. No names, no funding info (who, how much, can I help?).

To me, not being able to divine the people behind the I iniative is a bit incongruous to being a community effort. Makes it feel like a company, not a club.

It's a German registered association (e.V.), i.e. it's not only a single company or person behind it. Funding is done by membership fees. As a member you also get insights (regular newsletter) into the financial situation, e.g. how much money is on the bank account.

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