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You goes to BYD dealership???

I said e.V., not EV. Codeberg is an e.V., i.e. a "registered association" in Germany. I am not actually sure if you could technically buy an e.V., but I am 100% certain that all of the Codeberg e.V. members would not take kindly to an attempt at a hostile takeover from Microsoft. So no, buying Codeberg is not easier than DDoSing them.

they can't buy the orgs but they can buy the codeberg or its member

which is basically the same thing

What do you mean by "orgs", and what do you mean by "the codeberg"?

Sure, they could try to bribe the Codeberg e.V. active members into changing its mission or disbanding the association entirely, but they would need to get a 2/3 majority at a general assembly while only the people actively involved in the e.V. and/or one of its projects can get voting rights. I find that highly unlikely to succeed.

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