I think it simply reduces to a desire to not be beholden to political interests.
Regardless, I think if they can get the money from the Feds as well as other sources, they will have more money and more resources to build a good program and thus be a better product. The real problem only arises when the fed funding determines the direction of the project as a whole. If they remain transparent as to decision making, then that problem goes away. On 21/10/2013 3:03 PM, Ben Laurie wrote: > On 21 October 2013 16:57, Kyle Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Ben Laurie <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 14 October 2013 14:36, Eugen Leitl <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Guys, in order to minimize Tor Project's dependance on >>>> federal funding >>> >>> Why? >> >> Is that not self-explanatory after everything that happened in the >> federal government this month? >> > > I'm not privy to everything that happened in the federal government this > month. Perhaps you could elaborate? > > > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > -- Kelly John Rose Mississauga, ON Phone: +1 647 638-4104 Twitter: @kjrose Document contents are confidential between original recipients and sender. _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
