We are not lawyers, nor our alter egos play as such on the Internet. Ergo in the face of legal challenges we are only rusticos.
If you feel ad idem and want to lend a hand, or head, to #FDroid pro bono and bona fide, you can help in our ongoing efforts ad infinitum.
Quaeritur right here: https://f-droid.org/2025/04/16/strengthening-foss-legal-resilience.html
@thomasfricke @signalapp @OpenTechFund @TheAtlantic The good news is that the #Trump administration had such a weak case, they just rescinded the grant termination once it came to court. The court also kept the case open, despite the Trump admin arguing it was moot, until they actually paid #OTF the money they were owed. Now OTF has been paid:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.19.0.pdf
Scheinbar wird der #OpenTechFund wieder reaktiviert.
#unplugtrump #trump #usa #opensource
Trump restores funding for Radio Free Europe, Tech Fund
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5217360-trump-admin-radio-free-europe-open-technology-fund-voice-of-america/
Die rechte US-Regierung streicht Gelder für den #OpenTechFund. Dieser unterstützte wichtige Projekte wie Let's Encrypt, Tor oder auch der mir persönlich besonders am Herzen liegende Open Source App Store F-Droid. Auch wenn das ganze juristisch noch nicht durch ist, zeigt es wieder einmal, wie dringend es nötig ist, die Förderung von Open Source Projekten mit öffentlichen Gelder in Deutschland und der EU auszubauen.
I mean...sure, you could kill the #OpenTechFund that apparently keeps the lights on at the messenger-service you deem reliable and secure enough to plan your military operations with.
Sounds a bit silly, but what do I know...
Open Technology Fund is suing Kari Lake & others for unlawful termination of its federal grant, arguing it violates statutes & the U.S. Constitution. OTF seeks to protect its mission to advance internet freedom. More details in the complaint: ➡️ https://www.opentech.fund/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1_-_2025-03-20_Complaint.pdf #OpenTechFund #InternetFreedom #Lawsuit ⚖️🌐 #newz
🚨 Let’s Encrypt at risk from Trump cuts to OTF: “Let’s Encrypt received around $800,000 in funding from the OTF”
Dear @EUCommission, get your heads out of your arses and let’s find @letsencrypt €1M/year (a rounding error in EU finances) and have them move to the EU.
If Let’s Encrypt is fucked, the web is fucked, and the Small Web is fucked too. So how about we don’t let that happen, yeah?
(In the meanwhile, if the Let’s Encrypt folks want to make a point about how essential they are, it might be an idea to refuse certificates to republican politicians. See how they like their donation systems breaking in real time…)
CC @nlnet @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz
#USA #fascism #OpenTechFund #LetsEncrypt #SSL #TLS #encryption #EU #web #tech #SmallWeb #SmallTech https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/114223873439053263
We are excited to announce that F-Droid has been awarded a grant from #OpenTechFund designed to support FOSS projects in addressing long-term sustainability challenges.
More details: https://f-droid.org/2025/02/05/f-droid-awarded-otf-grant.html #FDroid #FOSS #Sustainability
#opentechfund's #foss #sustainability #fund public launch could not have been more timely 💜
#xz #security #developers #burnout
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/free-and-open-source-software-sustainability-fund/
The US State Dept's "Global Internet Freedom" funds (#OpenTechFund #StateDRL #USAGM and more) now require #OpenSource: section 7050, "Funds... may only be made available to support open-source technologies that undergo comprehensive security audits...".
Proprietary software companies and anti-end-to-end-crypto politicians are working to shutdown #OpenTechFund, the #FreeSoftware org who funded #LetsEncrypt, #CertBot, #TorProject, #NoScript, TLS ESNI/ECH, #DNSPrivacy, #ReproducibleBuilds, #Wireguard, #DeltaChat, #OpenKeychain, #pypi, #GuardianProject, #Signal Please sign to help stop it: https://saveinternetfreedom.tech
Saw lots of traffic about #OpenTechFund , but nothing about a Steve Bannon acolyte making a worldwide propaganda network funded by the US government
Open Tech Fund is just one part of that #VoiceOfAmerica takeover
Rachel Maddow
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@fdroidorg 🔗 https://mastodon.technology/users/fdroidorg/statuses/104370592678832346
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There's some crazy internal US politics right now that threatens #OpenTechFund,
who funded #LetsEncrypt, #CertBot, @torproject , #NoScript, TLS ESNI/ECH, #DNSPrivacyProj, #ReproducibleBuilds, #Wireguard, #DeltaChat, #OpenKeychain, #pypi, @guardianproject , @signalapp…
[…]. Please sign on to the campaign to try to stop it: https://saveinternetfreedom.tech
The so-called "Open Technology Fund" is reverse proxying their website (www.opentech.fund) through #CloudFlare. They also advertise a #Twitter acct but have no #Mastodon acct. #opentechfund #hypocrisy
