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AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

US cuts funding to F-Droid, Tor Browser, Let's Encrypt and Tails Linux

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US cuts funding to F-Droid, Tor Browser, Let's Encrypt and Tails Linux

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AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago
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You can find all of these videos as written articles, plus some extra content, at https://thelibre.news You can the channel grow by donating to the following platforms: Paypal: https://paypal.me/ni...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/952648

TEXT VERSION: https://thelibre.news/trump-cuts-funding-to-foss-projects/

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    I didn’t know that the government was funding these things to begin with, but I don’t know many things.

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      I also didn’t know this, but really we should all be putting money behind FOSS (myself included). We don’t need billionaires.

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      Because foss projects like tor are regularly used by the agencies. It’s little money for a lot of work they don’t need to do.

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        Sounds like it may be time for some creative licensing

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