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Thanks for the link, just donated!

adl 12y ago
GPG is an integral part of the Open and Free internet. Imagine all the workflows that depend on verified encryption signatures like Debian, Ubuntu, etc and that's just software distribution, not counting privacy issues like journalists, political dissidents, whistle blowers, etc using it for secure communications. It was pretty easy to donate, took me less than 2 minutes. I encourage everybody that is able to make a donation, however small, every euro counts.
malandrew 12y ago
Me too. This software is too important to not have someone dedicated to it full time. I left a note that he (like the EFF and the ACLU) should have a recurring donation option, or at least an option to receive a once yearly email asking for a donation. There are many people that would happily go with a recurring donation if that option were available.
- jsonne 12y ago
  A patreon would be a good option. I would happily give $1 a month
  - ptaipale 12y ago
    Yep, but on the other hand it is probably better to give $20 every two years. Less transaction cost.
eitland 12y ago
This might be one of a few places where I will upvote "me too"-comments. And, as others have pointed out it is easy and you can choose between cc and PayPal.
- clarkm 12y ago
  This is one of the few instances that I've heard about something for the first time and immediately pulled out my credit card to donate.
tempestn 12y ago
Ditto. Was just talking with one of my employees this week about setting up encrypted email. Right now we use OTR chat for any sensitive stuff, but that's not always the most convenient channel. Like most others I had no idea this project was so under-funded.
jgmmo 12y ago
Me too.
- 64598u3wieodsk 12y ago
  Me too! 25EUR. Many thanks for bringing this to my attention
takluyver 12y ago
Watching the bar on the GnuPG homepage is pretty encouraging. Since the article was written, we've donated nearly €30k more. It looks like the problem was that people hadn't heard about it, not that we're all too selfish to donate. I just chipped in $25. Edit: Over €10k more in the hour since this comment. It's now 2/3 of the way to the funding target.
- acqq 12y ago
  It still progresses, now (21:47 UTC) only 12% left to the target.
  - jpatokal 12y ago
    Target exceeded, and I don't think this even includes the EUR 100k from Stripe & Facebook.
- Fuxy 12y ago
  This was posted on HN 2 months before I donated £50 at that time so i wouldn't say it didn't get enough exposure. It's just that it takes a lot of media attention to get you to your goal plus a lot of the donations a coming from regular developer who understand the importance of this instead of the big companies profiting from this software.
eterm 12y ago
(me too) Interesting to see more people have donated so far in 2015 than the whole of 2014.
gcv 12y ago
I donated last year, and just donated again. Really happy to see that this post on HN has traction, and delighted to watch the counter go up. GPG and other security projects need a way better tech PR push.
masmullin 12y ago
Me too!

adl 12y ago

GPG is an integral part of the Open and Free internet. Imagine all the workflows that depend on verified encryption signatures like Debian, Ubuntu, etc and that's just software distribution, not counting privacy issues like journalists, political dissidents, whistle blowers, etc using it for secure communications. It was pretty easy to donate, took me less than 2 minutes. I encourage everybody that is able to make a donation, however small, every euro counts.

malandrew 12y ago

Me too. This software is too important to not have someone dedicated to it full time. I left a note that he (like the EFF and the ACLU) should have a recurring donation option, or at least an option to receive a once yearly email asking for a donation. There are many people that would happily go with a recurring donation if that option were available.

jsonne 12y ago
A patreon would be a good option. I would happily give $1 a month
- ptaipale 12y ago
  Yep, but on the other hand it is probably better to give $20 every two years. Less transaction cost.

eitland 12y ago

This might be one of a few places where I will upvote "me too"-comments. And, as others have pointed out it is easy and you can choose between cc and PayPal.

clarkm 12y ago
This is one of the few instances that I've heard about something for the first time and immediately pulled out my credit card to donate.

tempestn 12y ago

Ditto. Was just talking with one of my employees this week about setting up encrypted email. Right now we use OTR chat for any sensitive stuff, but that's not always the most convenient channel. Like most others I had no idea this project was so under-funded.

jgmmo 12y ago

Me too.

64598u3wieodsk 12y ago
Me too! 25EUR. Many thanks for bringing this to my attention

takluyver 12y ago

Watching the bar on the GnuPG homepage is pretty encouraging. Since the article was written, we've donated nearly €30k more. It looks like the problem was that people hadn't heard about it, not that we're all too selfish to donate. I just chipped in $25. Edit: Over €10k more in the hour since this comment. It's now 2/3 of the way to the funding target.

acqq 12y ago
It still progresses, now (21:47 UTC) only 12% left to the target.
- jpatokal 12y ago
  Target exceeded, and I don't think this even includes the EUR 100k from Stripe & Facebook.
Fuxy 12y ago
This was posted on HN 2 months before I donated £50 at that time so i wouldn't say it didn't get enough exposure. It's just that it takes a lot of media attention to get you to your goal plus a lot of the donations a coming from regular developer who understand the importance of this instead of the big companies profiting from this software.

eterm 12y ago

(me too) Interesting to see more people have donated so far in 2015 than the whole of 2014.

gcv 12y ago

I donated last year, and just donated again. Really happy to see that this post on HN has traction, and delighted to watch the counter go up. GPG and other security projects need a way better tech PR push.

masmullin 12y ago

Me too!