Maybe you are right and an Verein would be a better venue for this. What are your concerns with Ehrenämtern?

the point is that it would be easier to have such a verein recognized as being for public benefit.

	▲	constantcrying 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Would it? E.g. Codeberg is gemeinnützige (for the public benefit) are there any examples of a Verein being denied gemeinnützigkeit based on the fact that open source development is not a recognized Ehrenamt?