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Apparently Stripe and Facebook just stepped in to pledge $50K/year each. https://twitter.com/stripe/status/563449352635432960 https://twitter.com/stripe/status

Apparently Stripe and Facebook just stepped in to pledge $50K/year each. https://twitter.com/stripe/status/563449352635432960 https://twitter.com/stripe/status/563449352635432960

teamhappy 12y ago
Never forget that you made that happen.
- kluliss 12y ago
  Who?
  - bramgg 12y ago
    Possibly everyone who upvoted this post or shared it one way or another.
    - eru 12y ago
      Slacktivism?
      - rmc 12y ago
        But if it gets results....
tptacek 12y ago
And the Linux Foundation kicked in $60K!
- bndr 12y ago
  Source: https://twitter.com/gnupg/status/563456662024228865 https://twitter.com/gnupg/status/563456662024228865
  - otoburb 12y ago
    Werner Koch will have a very pleasant surprise when he wakes up in a couple of hours. Looking forward to an updated GnuPG splash page and blog post.
- dankohn1 12y ago
  And please note that the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative funded him prior to the article.
  - tptacek 12y ago
    I think we're talking about the same donation. It's recent.
deleted 12y ago
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extrapolate 12y ago
Some more details here[1]. [1] https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/supporting-gnu-privacy-guard/1564591893780956 https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/supporting-...
orblivion 12y ago
Hmm, from the sounds of the article, enigmail could use some love as well. A thousand a year? Now I feel bad about complaining about the interface.
tdicola 12y ago
That's awesome, but it's weird to me that Facebook, etc. will happily pay a senior engineer a total compensation of $200k+ yet only pledge $50k for the maintainer of a critical tool. Not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth here, just odd perception of the priorities here.
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  They have to pay the engineer $200k, or he walks. They didn't have to pay the $50k.
- davmre 12y ago
  Facebook gets all of the value produced by their own developers, but the benefits of GPG are shared. If every big tech company matched Facebook's $50k, the total sponsorship would be equivalent to several engineer salaries.
- 72deluxe 12y ago
  Out of interest, what does this senior engineer have to do? Is it C++ or PHP? EDIT: Someone downvoted me, not sure why, but I am genuinely curious what the senior engineer does?
  - conradk 12y ago
    I'd guess that whoever downvoted you thought this was a troll meant to start a flamewar with C++ vs. PHP and whether one or the other is more difficult (read "better" or "a real language"). It's interesting to note though, that Facebook does uses PHP and C++ extensively. And Facebook maintains a large a number of open source PHP and C++ projects. So I suppose that some Facebook engineers are more involved with PHP and some more involved with C++. But more importantly, I don't think Facebook engineers are bound to a technology. They think about how to solve problems. If PHP is the best tool to solve a problem, they'll use that. If it's C++, they'll use that instead.
    - 72deluxe 12y ago
      Ah I hadn't thought of that about the flamewar. I use both languages (now mainly C++ as I don't need to use PHP for the stuff I am writing anymore). You're right about them using the right tool for the job - their entire HipHop etc. (whatever it is called now) creations to convert PHP to C++ and run a C++ web server are a good indication of this. Good point!

Apparently Stripe and Facebook just stepped in to pledge $50K/year each. https://twitter.com/stripe/status/563449352635432960 https://twitter.com/stripe/status/563449352635432960

teamhappy 12y ago

Never forget that you made that happen.

kluliss 12y ago
Who?
- bramgg 12y ago
  Possibly everyone who upvoted this post or shared it one way or another.
  - eru 12y ago
    Slacktivism?
    - rmc 12y ago
      But if it gets results....

tptacek 12y ago

And the Linux Foundation kicked in $60K!

bndr 12y ago
Source: https://twitter.com/gnupg/status/563456662024228865 https://twitter.com/gnupg/status/563456662024228865
- otoburb 12y ago
  Werner Koch will have a very pleasant surprise when he wakes up in a couple of hours. Looking forward to an updated GnuPG splash page and blog post.
dankohn1 12y ago
And please note that the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative funded him prior to the article.
- tptacek 12y ago
  I think we're talking about the same donation. It's recent.

deleted 12y ago

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extrapolate 12y ago

Some more details here[1]. [1] https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/supporting-gnu-privacy-guard/1564591893780956 https://www.facebook.com/notes/protect-the-graph/supporting-...

orblivion 12y ago

Hmm, from the sounds of the article, enigmail could use some love as well. A thousand a year? Now I feel bad about complaining about the interface.

tdicola 12y ago

That's awesome, but it's weird to me that Facebook, etc. will happily pay a senior engineer a total compensation of $200k+ yet only pledge $50k for the maintainer of a critical tool. Not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth here, just odd perception of the priorities here.

ceejayoz 12y ago
They have to pay the engineer $200k, or he walks. They didn't have to pay the $50k.
davmre 12y ago
Facebook gets all of the value produced by their own developers, but the benefits of GPG are shared. If every big tech company matched Facebook's $50k, the total sponsorship would be equivalent to several engineer salaries.
72deluxe 12y ago
Out of interest, what does this senior engineer have to do? Is it C++ or PHP? EDIT: Someone downvoted me, not sure why, but I am genuinely curious what the senior engineer does?
- conradk 12y ago
  I'd guess that whoever downvoted you thought this was a troll meant to start a flamewar with C++ vs. PHP and whether one or the other is more difficult (read "better" or "a real language"). It's interesting to note though, that Facebook does uses PHP and C++ extensively. And Facebook maintains a large a number of open source PHP and C++ projects. So I suppose that some Facebook engineers are more involved with PHP and some more involved with C++. But more importantly, I don't think Facebook engineers are bound to a technology. They think about how to solve problems. If PHP is the best tool to solve a problem, they'll use that. If it's C++, they'll use that instead.
  - 72deluxe 12y ago
    Ah I hadn't thought of that about the flamewar. I use both languages (now mainly C++ as I don't need to use PHP for the stuff I am writing anymore). You're right about them using the right tool for the job - their entire HipHop etc. (whatever it is called now) creations to convert PHP to C++ and run a C++ web server are a good indication of this. Good point!