DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?message-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square110fedilinkfile-text
“Trust” as in: trust it enough to run it on your machine. (And assuming that you can’t understand code yourself)
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoWell, you may be surprised then to find it’s being funded by NLnet, which apparently gets its money from the EU.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·2 days agoThat doesn’t mean it’s not also funded by China or Russia. They’ve been able to work on Lemmy for a while without much public funding.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThey get donations, and people can just do stuff on the side
Well, you may be surprised then to find it’s being funded by NLnet, which apparently gets its money from the EU.
That doesn’t mean it’s not also funded by China or Russia. They’ve been able to work on Lemmy for a while without much public funding.
They get donations, and people can just do stuff on the side