+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
two things:
- this happens when projects depend on government handouts, which is why i dislike the EU funding of free software. it adds dependency where none should exist. instead of being taxed people should (and most will) use the extra money to fund projects. being taxed to death isn't a law of nature.
- it's ok to specifically name people who often act against the interests of the ecosystem and work together with governments on AI "misinformation" detection and sentiment analysis.
@Suiseiseki
it's irrelevant for this that they buy proprietary software as well. they also buy "vaccines" in shady deals via SMS.
> The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is a European Commission (EC) initiative that aims to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet of Trust. An Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and the norms all citizens enjoy in Europe.
doesn't get more EU than EU commission. it's like those 100% state funded NGOs.
mastodon received 50k€ (iirc) for either plain development or eunomia which was the sentiment analysis psychopathry. i would have to look that up again.
i can live with liberapay or something. gotta stay realistic. when the real choice is between taxation (pay up or get physically violated) or some proprietary parts i'm free to not use (i can send a mail and ask for other means, my first shell account was payed by putting cash in an envelope.) the proprietary parts are more free. monero would be nice, but it's increasingly hard to exchange to fiat money and people want food.
(side remark: gnu taler is questionable for me as it enables taxation on purpose. that's why it's funded by NGI imho)
I believe it's the NGI group that makes applications for EU grants, which aren't particularity large, so I don't see a massive dependency really.
Unfortunately, actually donating to free software projects is difficult as all payment methods are proprietary except for cryptocurrency like Monero and GNU taler and I haven't seen a project yet that accepts Monero or GNU taler donations.