In reaction to the surprise announcement of the creation of Gitea Ltd and the transfer of domains and trademark to this company, worried members of the Community have written an Open Letter to the elected Owners of the project.
The request is to return the assets and manage them by a community-led non-profit organization and furthermore improve the community organization, so that the Trust and Health of the project is restored.
The Open Letter can be signed by sending a PR to the Codeberg repository.
Well, in the end: it became a (soft) fork. In the FAQ, an answer is that Forgejo being similar to LineageOS and Android’s connection towards each other. Or how QT Company & KDE Free QT Foundaion are releated to one another.
For now, looks like Codeberg will be replacing Gitea with Forgejo codeberg/gitea from v1.18
Yes indeed. I am involved in the project and planned launch is mid December. Anyone interested can learn more in the Matrix chatroom.