Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects.
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wrote 15 days ago last edited byThe Free Software projects in question: Tor, Let's Encrypt, and F-Droid
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wrote 15 days ago last edited byWell it looks lime most of us are going to have to step up our donations foe the next few years
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The Free Software projects in question: Tor, Let's Encrypt, and F-Droid
wrote 15 days ago last edited byLet’s Encrypt
God damn they literally just want to watch everything burn.
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Well it looks lime most of us are going to have to step up our donations foe the next few years
wrote 15 days ago last edited byYou will never approach the amount they receive from government funding. That is the point.
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You will never approach the amount they receive from government funding. That is the point.
wrote 15 days ago last edited byWe're going to have to try or potentially lose the project
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wrote 15 days ago last edited byElections have consequences. I am no longer on speaking terms w/ trump voters.
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The Free Software projects in question: Tor, Let's Encrypt, and F-Droid
wrote 15 days ago last edited byWell, at least the one he used for thruth is safe (mastodon IIRC?)
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I'm no longer on speaking terms with any voters
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Let’s Encrypt
God damn they literally just want to watch everything burn.
wrote 15 days ago last edited byCut off .gov domains
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The Free Software projects in question: Tor, Let's Encrypt, and F-Droid
wrote 15 days ago last edited byI did not knew that Tor was getting funded by the american state. Thats giving me some spooky vibes.
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wrote 15 days ago last edited byThe solution to this is simple. A change to the MIT license to bar .gov projects to use the open source projects.
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I'm no longer on speaking terms with any voters
wrote 15 days ago last edited byI'm no longer on speaking terms
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The solution to this is simple. A change to the MIT license to bar .gov projects to use the open source projects.
wrote 15 days ago last edited byThese are FOSS projects, not open source. They'd no longer be FOSS and that would be bad. Freedom 0 is important.
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wrote 15 days ago last edited byThis is terrible news, anyone know of alternatives to let's encrypt?
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I'm no longer on speaking terms
wrote 15 days ago last edited byHey! I'm speaking!
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These are FOSS projects, not open source. They'd no longer be FOSS and that would be bad. Freedom 0 is important.
wrote 15 days ago last edited byIts possible to add free for all except US govt and that does not stop it from being free for the rest of the world.
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I did not knew that Tor was getting funded by the american state. Thats giving me some spooky vibes.
wrote 15 days ago last edited byIt was invented by the US Navy.
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wrote 15 days ago last edited byDelta Chat was one of the FOSS projects affected:
https://chaos.social/@delta/114211300446944585
