What's happening with Matrix/Element?

Today, it looks like the Matrix.org Foundation is [stepping back](https://matrix.org/blog/2023/11/06/future-of-synapse-dendrite/) from developing the Matrix servers.

>Last week, Element informed the [Matrix] Foundation that it will be forking Synapse and Dendrite.


They go on to claim that server development wasn't really helped by anybody outside the ([for-profit](https://element.io/copyright)) Element Corp, before saying they will no longer be developing any Matrix servers. If true, this is understandable, but the wording is odd:

>We'd decline to compete with an actively maintained open source project. …

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