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<p>Basically ever since Forgejo was created, we have been asked the question of why we stuck to Gitea.</p>
<p>For those unfamiliar, in late-October of 2022, Gitea became a company in order to sustain itself better.</p>
<p>This came with issues such as the trademark and domains being under the company itself instead of a separate community-led organization.</p>
<p>Since Gitea refused to comply, Forgejo was created, a soft-fork of Gitea which was run under the leadership of Codeberg E.V.</p>
<p>For more info about this, see:</p>
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  <li><a href="https://gitea-open-letter.coding.social">https://gitea-open-letter.coding.social</a> - Forgejo's perspective</li>
  <li><a href="https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/open-source-sustainment-and-the-future-of-gitea/">https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/open-source-sustainment-and-the-future-of-gitea/</a> - Original blogpost about the new company</li>
  <li><a href="https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/a-message-from-lunny-on-gitea-ltd.-and-the-gitea-project/">https://blog.gitea.io/2022/10/a-message-from-lunny-on-gitea-ltd.-and-the-gitea-project/</a> - Response to the open-letter</li>
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<p>Our reason for not moving is that there is no reason to&nbsp;:)</p>
<p>It is a soft-fork and currently has no extra features over Gitea, though that might change once Forgejo gets federation support, though the federation will be merged upstream as well.</p>
<p>Gitea also hasn't shown off much evil corporation stuff as of yet.</p>
<p>Additionally Forgejo doesn't have good financing (though this has changed thanks to the NLNet grant).</p>
<p>If you have any questions (or counter-arguments) you can <a href="https://projectsegfau.lt/contact">E-Mail us or contact us through our channels</a>&nbsp;:)</p>