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They have been giving out grants for Checking security of open source software. I think that in the past projects such as Rust and curl have gotten grants to ma
by erk__ 6y ago
They have been giving out grants for Checking security of open source software. I think that in the past projects such as Rust and curl have gotten grants to make a review of the code.
- amelius 6y agoCertainly, but how large was the budget? Then compare it to the 10-100 billion euros spent annually on scientific research [1]. I'm not saying that the budgets should be equal, but there should be some proportionality. I also think it should be easier for universities to have scientific programmers (who would write open source software) on their payroll. It's especially important for Europe as more research on open protocols means that the internet can become less dependent on large US corporations. And for this type of research you'd need developers. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01566-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01566-z