Cliche quote about missing 100% of shots not taken goes here.
If nobody else is even going to try, I suppose I will. I am not free until this weekend but I will give it a shot. On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Bert Massop <[email protected]> wrote: > The key parts of the amendment are the following: > > De indieners van dit amendement [willen] de ontwikkeling en versterking > van encryptie ondersteunen door €0,5 miljoen te doneren aan open source > encryptie projecten, zoals OpenSSL, LibreSSL, PolarSSL, etc. > > […] > > Het ministerie van Economische Zaken moet, in samenspraak met deskundigen > uit het veld, projecten selecteren die cruciaal zijn voor de internationale > internet infrastructuur. > > Or loosely translated: > > The authors of this amendment aim to support the development and > reinforcement of encryption by means of a donation of €0.5 million to open > source encryption projects, such as OpenSSL, LibreSSL, PolarSSL, etc. > > […] > > The Ministry of Economic Affairs must, together with field experts, > select projects that are crucial for the international internet > infrastructure. > > I deem it unlikely that Freenet would find any funding as a consequence of > this amendment. > > First, the amount is donated towards "open source encryption projects", > from the rest of the amendment it follows that encryption libraries are > meant—which we are not in my humble opinion. We use encryption, but we > don't provide it to other applications as such. > > Then, I would be lying if I claimed that Freenet is, at this point, crucial > for the internet infrastructure. Wouldn't I? ;) > > If anyone would like to give it a shot regardless of the above, it would > probably most useful to contact the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. > Their contact information is provided in [0]. > > All the best, > Bert > > [0] > > https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-economische-zaken/inhoud/contact-met-ez > Op 9 dec. 2015 01:05 schreef "Ian Clarke" <[email protected]>: > > > Any Dutch Freeneters want to look into this? > > > > > > > http://tweakers.net/nieuws/106723/open-encryptieprojecten-krijgen-half-miljoen-euro-van-nederlandse-overheid.html > > > > -- > > Ian Clarke > > Founder, The Freenet Project > > Email: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [email protected] > https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
