Re: Crowdfunding critical infrastructure

[Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net>]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 08:41 Eric S. Raymond <esr () thyrsus com> wrote:

> The members of this list are, I think, much more aware tham most that
> a lot of critical Internet software is maintained by unfunded
> volunteers, and of the systemic risks that result from this.

Please explain. This is not true.


> I'm attacking the problem at the root, applying what the Internet has
> taught us about decentralization and avoidiing single poimts of
> failure. In part because I'm currently struggling with medical bills
> (nothing life-threatening, just ankle surgery) but I've been worrying
> about the larger problem for a decade.
>
> Please read http://loadsharers.net


This needs governance and transparency around it. Just launching a page
isn’t going to get you anywhere “sustsinable”

<http://loadsharers.net>
> Of course I would like everyone on here to take the pledge and spread
> the word in technical communities where they have influence. But
> beyond that, there are several members of this list who are clearly
> qualified to join as advisers. We're going to need that as the
> Loadsharers network scales up.


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