Post by @k3ym0@infosec.exchange

2025-08-19 22:12 UTC

It is so hilarious to me that we have FOSS maintainers begging for money to try to keep the development of NTP ongoing. NTP - you know, that protocol that the entirety of humanity relies on for access to the internet (or anything on a network for that matter). Meanwhile the o̶l̶i̶g̶a̶r̶c̶h̶y̶ broligarchy makes billions of the backs of these people. Anyways, they're currently at $495 of $1000 for their 2025 goal. Go throw them some $ if you feel so inclined. https://www.nwtime.org/mills-spring/ #NTP

Replies (5)

@Kadin2048@mefi.social 2025-08-20 00:02

@k3ym0@infosec.exchange Corporate America basically only responds to crises, real or imagined. So if they want the companies that benefit from NTP to get their wallets out, they need to have a crisis. It can't just be "please let's prevent this bad thing"—if stuff like that worked, we wouldn't be staring down the barrel of global warming—it needs to be "THE INTERNET DIES TOMORROW UNLESS..." Then the gears will turn. Capitalism doesn't respond to pleas, it responds to threats.

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@kevm@toot.community 2025-08-20 02:35

@k3ym0@infosec.exchange @siracusa@mastodon.social if I were not an independent. I would be rallying my organization to fund OSS infrastructure. They give us so much!

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@elebertus@mastodon.social 2025-08-20 14:45

@k3ym0@infosec.exchange the goal is set at 8000. Not sure where you’re seeing or getting 1000 from.

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@kirrus@chocolate-teapot.uk 2025-08-20 18:09

@k3ym0@infosec.exchange I wish OSS maintainers'd give invoices. It would make corporate donations & sponsorship a hell of a lot easier :|

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@snarfmason@hachyderm.io 2025-08-20 19:23

@k3ym0@infosec.exchange thanks for posting about this. I signed up for a recurring monthly donation.

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