Marc Manthey wrote:

> is this spam or is this true ?


As far as I know, it is a fair representation of NLnet.  CAcert has had 
a few fundings from NLnet, there are two (that I am involved in) 
documented here:

https://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/CAcert_Inc/Funding/



>>> This might be interesting for people on this list:
>>> http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/307791/36fc15b56dc385bf/
>>>
>>> "A little-known organization—at least outside of its native home in 
>>> the Netherlands—has quietly been funding various free software 
>>> projects to the tune of roughly €2.5 million a year. Most of those 
>>> projects have been in the Netherlands or Europe, but it is looking to 
>>> expand its reach to the rest of the world. It is "actively 
>>> encouraging" submissions of funding proposals for projects that 
>>> involve network technology and will be released as open source, 
>>> according to NLnet Foundation <http://nlnet.nl/> Director Valer 
>>> Mischenko."
>>>
>>> "The bulk of funding this year has gone into the Identity, Privacy, 
>>> and Presence theme. A list of the currently funded projects 
>>> <http://nlnet.nl/project/current.html> has a number of interesting 
>>> entries from support for Tor hidden services 
>>> <http://nlnet.nl/project/tor-hidden/> and an improved routing 
>>> algorithm for GNUnet <http://nlnet.nl/project/gnunet/> to hardware 
>>> projects such as RFID Guardian 
>>> <http://nlnet.nl/project/rfid-guardian/> and e-Passport 
>>> <http://nlnet.nl/project/epassports/>."



> Please note that according to the German law on data retention,
> information on every electronic information exchange with me is retained
> for a period of six months.

(well, I don't know if that bit is true!)

iang
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