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 # Synapse 1.96.1 (2023-11-17)
 
-Synapse will soon be getting forked by Element under an AGPLv3.0 licence (with
-CLA, for proprietary dual licensing). You can read more about this here:
+Synapse will soon be forked by Element under an AGPLv3.0 licence (with CLA, for
+proprietary dual licensing). You can read more about this here:
 
 * https://matrix.org/blog/2023/11/06/future-of-synapse-dendrite/
 * https://element.io/blog/element-to-adopt-agplv3/
 
-Any changes needed by server administrators will be communicated via our usual
-announcements channels, but we are striving to make this as seamless as possible.
+The Matrix.org Foundation copy of the project will be archived. Any changes needed
+by server administrators will be communicated via our usual
+[announcements channels](https://matrix.to/#/#homeowners:matrix.org), but we are
+striving to make this as seamless as possible.
 
 This minor release was needed only because of CI-related trouble on [v1.96.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.96.0), which was never released.