11:15 <manuels2> How is free desktop group organized? I have a hard time to grasp it. Is it kind of democratic?

11:18 <emersion> there is an elected board of director

11:19 <karolherbst> which doesn't decide on technical directions, so not sure it qualifies really sa how the community is organized

11:20 <karolherbst> though it's more just that projects are doing the things they think is important and that's kinda it?

11:42 <pq> manuels2, what do you mean by the "free desktop group"?

11:51 <manuels2> Xdg

11:51 <manuels2> But I though it has been renamed

12:07 <pq> manuels2, I don't understand what you are trying to refer to. What do you mean by Xdg?

12:08 <pq> some specifications project?

12:16 <daniels> yeah, that’s specs

12:16 <daniels> it’s maintained by Matthias Klumpp and mostly organised through gitlab issues

18:07 <emersion> "In exchange, all we ask for is to be featured as a sponsor on your website and to participate in some co-marketing activities on social media"

18:07 <emersion> :P

18:29 <karolherbst> heh...

18:31 <Consolatis> gives me blockchain or AI startup vibes

18:31 <karolherbst> a risky thing to say, especially as a us company, lol

18:31 <karolherbst> or maybe it's one of the companies with a backbone (well...), but that could end up real funny

18:37 <Consolatis> view from an outsider: physical servers either owned by fdo (either sponsored or bought) or paid rented physical servers at a proper colo facility (like hetzner) for the core infrastructure sounds like the best option to me in regards to long term stability. Looking out for some entity sponsoring the whole setup seems like just repeating the same cycle over and over again.

18:48 <pinchartl> karolherbst: I vote for more backbone