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by dotdi 135 days ago
> In terms of the Matrix Fdn being incorporated in the UK… I guess that means one shouldn’t use the Internet, given IETF is US incorporated? :)

The outputs of the IETF are RFCs. The Matrix foundation does more directly oversee the "de-facto" Matrix, so has more influence, could bow to government pressure or changing laws, etc. etc.
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Arathorn 135 days ago
Hmmm. The main difference between the Matrix Fdn publishing a spec (https://spec.matrix.org) made out of Matrix Spec Changes (https://spec.matrix.org/proposals) versus IETF only publishing RFCs is simply that the Matrix Fdn also maintains a consolidated version of the spec. I'm not sure that makes the protocol governance fundamentally more vulnerable to govt influence?
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pseudalopex 135 days ago
They said they were sure they forgot some of the nuance. UK company Element took server development from UK company Matrix Foundation would have been forgettable nuance. Or they evaluated Matrix before possibly.
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