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F-Droid<p>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.</p><p>If you feel ad idem and want to lend a hand, or head, to <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a> pro bono and bona fide, you can help in our ongoing efforts ad infinitum.</p><p>Quaeritur right here: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2025/04/16/strengthening-foss-legal-resilience.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2025/04/16/strengt</span><span class="invisible">hening-foss-legal-resilience.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/SFLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFLC</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a></p>
Hans-Christoph Steiner<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://23.social/@thomasfricke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasfricke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@OpenTechFund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenTechFund</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAtlantic</span></a></span> The good news is that the <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration had such a weak case, they just rescinded the grant termination once it came to court.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 <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTF</span></a> the money they were owed. Now OTF has been paid:</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.19.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.19.0.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>🚨 Let’s Encrypt at risk from Trump cuts to OTF: “Let’s Encrypt received around $800,000 in funding from the OTF”</p><p>Dear <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span>, get your heads out of your arses and let’s find <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> €1M/year (a rounding error in EU finances) and have them move to the EU.</p><p>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?</p><p>(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…)</p><p>CC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nlnet</span></a></span> @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/TLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/114223873439053263" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@publictorsten</span><span class="invisible">/114223873439053263</span></a></p>
F-Droid<p>We are excited to announce that F-Droid has been awarded a grant from <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> designed to support FOSS projects in addressing long-term sustainability challenges.</p><p>More details: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2025/02/05/f-droid-awarded-otf-grant.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2025/02/05/f-droid</span><span class="invisible">-awarded-otf-grant.html</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a></p>
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