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guappa ◴[] No.42144884[source]
They even got some public money from Germany's sovreign tech fund to couple uploads with gigantic USA companies.

This is probably deserving a criminal investigation since it appears the funds were probably misused?

Well done guys! Good job!

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kps ◴[] No.42148242[source]
You can count me among those that are suspicious that this is a frog-boiling step, but it doesn't appear to me that STF money went to this, from https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/python-package-index#what-ar...

Maybe there is a case to be made for STF to fund making Codeberg (a German-headquartered organization) one of the PyPI trusted hosts. If Codeberg were supported, that would go a long way to addressing fears. And conversely, if Codeberg can't meet PyPI's bar, that suggests complete commercial capture.

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1. guappa ◴[] No.42183109[source]
Yes I agree. It'd be nice if codeberg got some funding and could be used to upload stuff in the same way github can.

Then pypi wouldn't just me a means to the end of keeping people on github rather than going to open platforms.