Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
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Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#2Misleading title. After the publication of this article that 1 Guy got a buncha money.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#32+ year old article.......
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#4Misleading title. After the publication of this article that 1 Guy got a buncha money.
Well, it's misleading now. It wasn't misleading when it was published.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#5GPG is used by some for email sure, but it isn't the only option. S/MIME has native support in pretty much all native mail clients, and is more pragmatic about how you trust an identity.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#6It's worth noting that while GPG's financial situation is better now, GPG is still looking for funds. Here[1] is a post from June about their current donation campaign.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#72+ year old article.......
But there is potential for seeing what has happened since, and for followup. It is useful.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#8Misleading title. After the publication of this article that 1 Guy got a buncha money.
Not overly so. After having an article written about him, one guy got the better part of one year's salary in charity. In exchange for 18 years of work maintaining a piece of software that kinda everybody uses.
Another reminder that selling goods and services in exchange for money still works better than giving things away and hoping somebody gives you a donation.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#9Misleading title. After the publication of this article that 1 Guy got a buncha money.
Not overly so. After having an article written about him, one guy got the better part of one year's salary in charity. In exchange for 18 years of work maintaining a piece of software that kinda everybody uses. Another reminder that selling goods and services in exchange for money still works better than giving things away and hoping somebody gives you a donation.
> After having an article written about him, one guy got the better part of one year's salary in charity. In exchange for 18 years of work maintaining a piece of software that kinda everybody uses.
$60,000 from Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative (one-time)
$137,000 in donations (one-time)
$50,000 a year from Facebook (recurring)
$50,000 a year from Stripe (recurring)
I think he got more than one year's salary in one-time funding alone, plus he's got a "salary" of $100,000/yr from Facebook and Stripe together.
Re: Gnu Privacy Guard relies on one underfunded person (2015)
#10GPG is used by some for email sure, but it isn't the only option. S/MIME has native support in pretty much all native mail clients, and is more pragmatic about how you trust an identity.
I bet that all the non-email uses of gpg are actually greater than the email uses. Its used as a component of many Linux distribution package managers, for example.