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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/

  • Trailblazing Braille Taser
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    If it’s free, then why are we paying for it?

    • @tanukikabuki@lemm.ee
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      I see what you did there… but freedom costs $1.05.

      • Trailblazing Braille Taser
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        Freedom isn’t free as in beer?

    • @somegeek@programming.dev
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      I can hear ypu americanness from behind the screen darling.

      Free means freedom not “no payments” it takes huge money to develop and maintain software and infrastructures like these. So they need funding to survive.

      • Night Monkey
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        You sound like a smug a-hole.

      • Trailblazing Braille Taser
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        Sorry, I was writing that in Trump’s voice. I am an American who loves and contributes to open-source :)

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