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Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Internet

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473 points edent | 3 comments | 23 Apr 25 07:20 UTC | HN request time: 1.105s | source
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udev4096 ◴[23 Apr 25 12:52 UTC] No.43771549[source]▶
I see no mention of the core projects which have been maintained and being used for decades. xz, libexpat, openzfs, NetworkManager and way too many tiny projects which glue the entire linux system. That's how you start to reclaim the open internet. Where is pihole, who is trying to debloat the web? Where is dnsmasq, which is most widely used dns server?
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1. monade ◴[23 Apr 25 13:10 UTC] No.43771745[source]▶
They did provide funding to dnsmasq: https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html

And DNSvizor: https://nlnet.nl/project/DNSvizor

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2. jay-barronville ◴[23 Apr 25 13:22 UTC] No.43771870[source]▶
> They did provide funding to dnsmasq: https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html

You just reminded me that I need to make a donation to `dnsmasq`. I rely on it every single day (including for a couple critical projects and it has never failed me) and I’ve yet to donate anything to the project. I feel a bit guilty about that!

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3. udev4096 ◴[23 Apr 25 13:56 UTC] No.43772263[source]▶
You are not the worst. There are people who take OSS for granted and demand absolutely ridiculous things from the maintainers as if they owe them something