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How GnuPG is funded
- origin
- EU
- host
- g10 Code GmbH (Düsseldorf)
- host type
- company
- licence
- GPL-3.0 / LGPL
| Channel | Finding | Label | Ev. |
|---|---|---|---|
| employer developers | g10 Code employs the maintainers | fact | A |
| foundation budget | n/a | fact | B |
| public grants | German BSI contracts (Gpg4win / VS-Desktop approved for restricted classified use); Sovereign Tech Fund investment (amount not extracted) | fact | B |
| corporate sponsorship | one-off corporate donations (2015) | fact | B |
| commercial model | GnuPG VS-Desktop licences to German administration; g10 Code announced it no longer needs donations (2022) | fact | B |
| donations | individual donations via gnupg.org | fact | B |
dominant channel: German public-sector licences (VS-Desktop)
top funder: German administration
top funder share: high
funder nationality: DE
public money: true
evidence: B