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 * **The Gitea trademark and domains are transferred to the non-profit.**
 * **The name of the company is changed to avoid any confusion with the non-profit.**
 
-These are steps that are needed to help restore the trust we, as Community, have bestowed in the Gitea project. A new non-profit organisation also gives us opportunities to improve and ensure a healthy future, for instance by:
+These are steps that are needed to help restore the trust we, as Community, have given to the Gitea project. A new non-profit organisation also gives us opportunities to improve and ensure a healthy future, for instance by:
 
 - Implementing an intuitive and fair election process.
 - Describing the ways in which democratic decisions are to be made.