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Improvements on the FAQ (#211)

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as proposed by infinitelight in https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Documentation/issues/185

I put the proposed changes into a PR to continue handling #185

Co-authored-by: Jan Klippel <c0d3b3rg@kl1pp3l.de>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Documentation/pulls/211
Co-authored-by: jklippel <jklippel@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-committed-by: jklippel <jklippel@noreply.codeberg.org>
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## Is Codeberg well funded? ## Is Codeberg well funded?
Codeberg is primarily funded by [donations](https://liberapay.com/codeberg). As of July 2020, with all expenses frozen, we have a runway of ~12 years, so you don't have to worry that our service suddenly disappears. Codeberg is primarily funded by [donations](https://liberapay.com/codeberg). As of July 2020, with all expenses frozen, we have a runway of ~12 years, so you don't have to worry that our service will suddenly disappear.
Still, we can always make good use of donations, they will be used to build new features and extend our services. Still, we can always make good use of donations, they will be used to build new features and extend our services.
## Where is Codeberg hosted? ## Where is Codeberg hosted?
We are hosted in Germany by [netcup GmbH](https://www.netcup.de/) as well as on own hardware in a rented facility in Berlin, Germany. We are hosted in Germany by [netcup GmbH](https://www.netcup.de/), as well as on our own hardware in a rented facility in Berlin, Germany.
## Is it allowed to host non-free software? ## Is it allowed to host non-free software?
Our mission is to support the development and creation of Free Software, thus we only allow those repos licensed under an OSI/FSF-approved license. For more details see [Licensing article](/getting-started/licensing). However, we sometimes tolerate repositories that aren't perfectly licensed and focus on spreading awareness on the topic of improper FLOSS licensing and it's issues. Our mission is to support the creation and development of Free Software; therefore we only allow repos licensed under an OSI/FSF-approved license. For more details see [Licensing article](/getting-started/licensing). However, we sometimes tolerate repositories that aren't perfectly licensed and focus on spreading awareness on the topic of improper FLOSS licensing and its issues.
## Why am I not allowed to set up an automatic mirror? ## Why am I not allowed to set up an automatic mirror?
Automatically updating mirrors have been problematic for Codeberg. They can be created easily and - as people tend to not delete their stuff when leaving - consume an increasing amount of resources (traffic, disk space) over time. Automatically updating mirrors have been problematic for Codeberg. They can be created easily and - as people tend to not delete their stuff when leaving - consume an increasing amount of resources (traffic, disk space) over time.
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## What version of Gitea is Codeberg currently running? ## What version of Gitea is Codeberg currently running?
You can check the version of Gitea that Codeberg uses through the [API here](https://codeberg.org/api/v1/version). You can check the version of Gitea that Codeberg uses through the [API here](https://codeberg.org/api/v1/version).
You will get a response like this: `{"version":"1.12.3+20-gb49f2abc5"}`. Here, 1.12.3 is the Gitea version number, and 20 is the number of patches applied on top of the release (which for example includes upstream commits and patches by Codeberg), with b49f2abc5 being the commit ID of the last patch applied on [the Codeberg branch](https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/gitea/commits/branch/codeberg) of Codeberg's Gitea repository. Note that the commit ID is without the leading "g". You will get a response like this: `{"version":"1.12.3+20-gb49f2abc5"}`. Here, 1.12.3 is the Gitea version number, and 20 is the number of patches applied on top of the release (which includes upstream commits and patches by Codeberg), with b49f2abc5 being the commit ID of the last patch applied on [the Codeberg branch](https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/gitea/commits/branch/codeberg) of Codeberg's Gitea repository. Note that the commit ID is without the leading "g".