Nobody is LARPing an Eingetragener Verein, they're just being one, and the law requires them to have a board and presidium.

As they got hundreds of votes on the issue, that means tens of thousands of euros in membership contributions. It doesn't seem unreasonable to want to create a legal entity for that, and an e.V. is easier to set up in the beginning (although it can lead to a lot of drama later).

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nozzlegear 13 hours ago | parent [-]

I believe you, but it still gives the outside impression of nerds taking themselves quite seriously. Leave it to the Germans to be tediously bureaucratic, I suppose?

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pseudalopex 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You are American? American non profit associations must have officers and a board of directors.

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nozzlegear 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I am, and I'm sure there are rules for non-profits in the US that are just as tedious! Like I said in a different comment, I didn't realize Codeberg had a whole German non-profit thing behind it.

	▲	Valodim 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		This tends to be necessary as soon as you move any non trivial amount of money around. You can't get a bank account without some bureaucratic overhead

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kps 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have German background, so that was a genuine concern for me when I started using Codeberg 3 years ago. It's not a great surprise that they end up being more interested in rulemaking around FOSS hosting than in FOSS hosting itself.