“Public benefit corporation” is such an oxymoron, I know it’s cliché to say this but it reads like something out of 1984.

If your goal is truly to benefit the public, why wouldn’t you start a non-profit? It’s because they want profits, which will always be at odds with the interests of the public.

Hey sorry for the late reply, I just wanted to say I really appreciate your perspective here! It’s definitely made me simmer down a bit instead of jumping in head first. I’ll try it out for myself and a few friends first before trying to recruit everyone I know :P

Part of why I want to do this is that I do want to learn more about all the stuff you mentioned (except Kubernetes, gosh everytime I look up documentation for it I drown in a swarm of terminology).

As who very much doesn’t work in IT, computer stuff is a fun hobby for me. I can see how assuming the responsibilities for hosting an instance could make it less fun and more work, though.