Open source software host Fosshost shuts down, CEO missing

Non-profit hoster and cloud computing service provider Fosshost hosts several well-known open source projects for free, including GNOME, Armbian, Debian, and the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) — GNOME and Debian don’t depend on Fosshost for their core infrastructure. The Fosshost website fosshost.org issued an announcement that it will be offline soon, expressing its deep regret that it will no longer be able to provide services. The announcement stated that due to the situation beyond the control of the volunteers, the server cannot be guaranteed to continue to be online, and they are expected to be offline soon. They recommend that hosted projects immediately back up their data and migrate it elsewhere. The reason was that the CEO Thomas Markey was unreachable, and the CEO controlled the bank accounts and funds, and they couldn’t pay for the server hosting. Markey has been out of touch for six months and has not responded to any communications.

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