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US cuts funding to F-Droid, Tor Browser, Let's Encrypt and Tails Linux (videos.abnormalbeings.space)
submitted 2 months ago by AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/post/952648

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

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[–] novacomets@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

That would be good for government to cut funding. Users should give away their own cash to support the projects.

Funders of any project can influence decisions, but users giving from their own personal money can keep open source software free from any influences.

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[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Oh course not. They stop people spying on you.

[–] Cattail@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

we shouldn't need the government also we have made it fairly far

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