This is a nice turnaround from 2015: > Werner Koch wrote the software, known as Gnu Privacy Guard, in 1997, and since then has been almost single-handedly keep

This is a nice turnaround from 2015: > Werner Koch wrote the software, known as Gnu Privacy Guard, in 1997, and since then has been almost single-handedly keeping it alive with patches and updates from his home in Erkrath, Germany. Now 53, he is running out of money and patience with being underfunded. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke https://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encrypti... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9003791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9003791 Recall that this was in the wake of Heartbleed, a vulnerability that exposed our dependence on OpenSSL, another critical, and chronically underfunded project. The project got a nice boost after that article, leading to this Ars Technica story about the windfall: > Given the ramshackle state of massive GnuPG code base, it's not clear what's the best path forward. http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/once-starving-gnupg-crypto-project-gets-a-windfall-but-can-it-be-saved/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/once-starving-gnupg-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9011138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9011138 Nonetheless, a fundraising campaign followed just two years later. It turns out that $150K isn't actually that much of a windfall.