The Flock is Migrating to a New Domain
The Flock is migrating to https://getflocked.dev and https://github.com/join-the-flock.
A few days ago we received a request from the Flutter team to change our domain name and GitHub organization to avoid the term "foundation". We were notified that some important Flutter customers were worried that Google's role in Flutter was changing, because those customers use a very specific definition for the term "foundation".
We're here to accelerate Flutter, not slow it down, so we complied with the request. If something as minor as a domain name is damaging customer relationships then we have no problem changing it. So we did.
Please update all of your URLs to reflect the new destinations. The existing website will redirect to the new domain to preserve the existing URLs. No additional pages will be published to the old domain.
A note to our friends in the community
Over the years, the abstract concept of a "Flutter foundation" has come up many times. Sometimes I was involved with those conversations, and at other times I wasn't. Across those conversations, there was never any notion that Google needed to be involved with the foundation. Instead, the thru-line across those conversations was the involvement of some number of companies, focused on market interests.
Sometimes the conversation around a "foundation" focused on companies pooling funds. At other times it focused on companies steering development direction. But the conversation was never focused on Google abandoning Flutter, or giving up authority over Flutter, or any similar eventuality.
For those in the community who continue these conversations, please be aware that the Flutter team expects any use of the term "foundation" to involve direct partnership with them. To avoid a similar headache, be sure that you don't use that term in your community work if that's not what you intend to do.