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The German government financially supports the gnupg project, but I guess that didn't fit into your agenda.
by efdee 13y ago
The German government financially supports the gnupg project, but I guess that didn't fit into your agenda.
- lignuist 13y agoI was not aware of that and have no problem with admitting that I'm wrong if I was, but the only source that I can find for that is from 1999. So are they really still supporting GPG?
- nwh 13y agoI suppose by the same token the US government funds the Tor Project. I wasn't aware that the German government funded GPG though, that's incredibly interesting.
- Udo 13y agoThe US government also supports the Tor project, for instance. It's not as if they're one single-minded entity. But as a German I have to say overall lignuist is right: there is no reason to trust the German government (or the EU for that matter) any more than the US government. This "German internet" idea seems familiar somehow, because here in Germany we're used to have a German or Germanized version of everything. You can forget about normal Germans ever using an English website, it has to be at least translated if not re-branded. German people by and large do not watch English TV or movies, they expect everything to be translated and somewhat culturally re-branded. Combine that with existing separatist and isolationist movements, which by the way have always played a part in the inofficial German mindset, I can see this exceedingly stupid idea seriously gaining ground. On a meta level, I think you're overusing the word agenda here to create a polemic atmosphere where none was warranted. Agenda implies that someone wants to bring across a piece of propaganda, disregarding the facts if necessary. What lignuist is doing is called having an opinion. You may disagree with it, but that does not make it an agenda.