this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
111 points (93.7% liked)

Technology

59534 readers
3195 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
111
The Affinity and Canva Pledge (affinity.serif.com)
submitted 7 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

An update from Affinity and Canva on the acquisition of Affinity/Serif by Canva. They have made 4 pledges, including to maintain perpetual licenses.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nothing here is contractual. It’s just words. The founders at Affinity are now employees. Canva feel no connection to the community - if their agenda for Affinity was exactly the way things are now, there’d be no need to acquire them.