[minopret]

Can someone explain why GPG in the person of Werner Koch isn't substantially funded under FSFE?

My first thought was the Software Freedom Conservancy. The only reasons I see for them not to take GPG under their wing are lack of will (but why?), sense of funding priorities (but why?), or the possibility that some GPG constituents would be concerned about associating GPG strongly with a US-based organization.

[drzaiusapelord]

Because this article is misleading. Apparantly, Koch has been subsidized by the german government thus felt no need to be used the FSFE. Secondly, gpg isn't really used for enterprise email, SMIME is or commercial php.

There's a history of Koch that is pretty ugly. He tried to start a consulting company with said government money and seems to have a "pay me to fix bugs" attitude. This breathless "omg must donate now" sentiment dominant here is highly questionable.

gpg should be under and funded by FSFE not via begdonations and german government funding.

[skj]

I have that "pay me to fix bugs" attitude, too. After all, my chosen profession is software developer and one of the things my employer pays me to do is fix bugs.

[reiichiroh]

I'm curious to know if there's any proof for this?

[jordigh]

> seems to have a "pay me to fix bugs" attitude

There's nothing wrong with that attitude. There's no reason why he should be doing work without pay.

If people send him bug fixes and he refuses to merge them, that's something else. But he doesn't have to work for nothing. I assume that whatever money he may be receiving from the German government may be used for other kinds of developments, not bugs that don't affect him.

[harkyns_castle]

Yeah I'd be keen to learn more of the nefarious stuff, if it exists, in which case the donation gets pulled back.

[harkyns_castle]

Why wouldn't you be concerned if it fell under a US-based organisation? A country that has admittedly no qualms in doing anything, from torture to murder, to get their own way? Long live the petrodollar.