Post Syndicated from original https://lwn.net/Articles/925472/

The Flathub organization (in the form of Robert McQueen) has posted a lengthy
update on the state of Flathub and its plans for the coming year.

So far, the GNOME Foundation has acted as an incubator and legal
host for Flathub even though it’s not purely a GNOME product or
initiative. Distributing software to end users along with
processing and forwarding payments and donations also has a
different legal profile in terms of risk exposure and nonprofit
compliance than the current activities of the GNOME
Foundation. Consequently, we plan to establish an independent legal
entity to own and operate Flathub which reduces risk for the GNOME
Foundation, better reflects the independent and cross-desktop
interests of Flathub, and provides flexibility in the future should
we need to change the structure.