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## 2018
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We started operations in 2018. In late 2017, we got donations (in the form of
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bitcoins) by friends who were convinced of our mission. This was 54194.91 EUR.
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bitcoins) by friends who were convinced of our mission. This was 54,194.91 EUR.
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So, in 2018 we started with that money, and tried to find a mission, and
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generate income to sustain our salaries.
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Also, already in 2017, we applied for funding from
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[Prototypefund](https://prototypefund.de) on a [CalDAV server](https://prototypefund.de/project/robur-io/),
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and we received the grant in early 2018. This was another 48500 EUR, paid to
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and we received the grant in early 2018. This was another 48,500 EUR, paid to
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individuals (due to reasons, Prototype fund can't cash out to the non-profit -
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this put us into some struggle, since we needed some double bookkeeping and
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individuals had to dig into health care etc.).
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We also did in the second half of 2018 a security audit for
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[Least Authority](https://leastauthority.com/blog/audits/five-security-audits-for-the-tezos-foundation/)
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(invoicing 19600 EUR).
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(invoicing 19,600 EUR).
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And later in 2018 we started on what is now called NetHSM with an initial
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design workshop (5000 EUR).
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design workshop (5,000 EUR).
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And lastly, we started to work on [TLS 1.3](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8446)
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funded by Jane Street via OCaml Labs Consulting. In 2018, we received 12741.71 EUR
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funded by Jane Street via OCaml Labs Consulting. In 2018, we received 12,741.71 EUR
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We applied at NLNet for improving the QubesOS firewall developed in MirageOS
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(without success), tried to get the IT security prize in Germany (without
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| Project | Amount |
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|-----------------|----------:|
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| Donation | 54194.91 |
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| Prototypefund | 48500.00 |
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| Least Authority | 19600.00 |
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| TLS 1.3 | 12741.71 |
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| Nitrokey | 5000.00 |
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|-----------------|-----------|
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| Total | 140036.62 |
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| Donation | 54,194.91 |
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| Prototypefund | 48,500.00 |
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| Least Authority | 19,600.00 |
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| TLS 1.3 | 12,741.71 |
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| Nitrokey | 5,000.00 |
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| __Total__ | __140,036.62__ |
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## 2019
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We were keen to finish the CalDAV implementation (and start a CardDAV
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implementation), and received some financial support from Tarides for it
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(15000 EUR).
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(15,000 EUR).
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The TLS 1.3 work continued, we got in total 68887.53 EUR.
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The TLS 1.3 work continued, we got in total 68,887.53 EUR.
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We also applied to (and got funding from) Prototypefund, once with an [OpenVPN-compatible
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MirageOS unikernel](https://prototypefund.de/en/project/robust-openvpn-client-with-low-use-of-resources/),
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and once with [improving the QubesOS firewall developed as MirageOS unikernel](https://prototypefund.de/project/portable-firewall-fuer-qubesos/).
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This means again twice 48500 EUR.
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This means again twice 48,500 EUR.
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We also started the implementation work of NetHSM - which still included a lot
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of design work - in total the contract was over 82500 EUR. In 2019, we invoiced
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Nitrokey in 2019 in total 40500 EUR.
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of design work - in total the contract was over 82,500 EUR. In 2019, we invoiced
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Nitrokey in 2019 in total 40,500 EUR.
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We also received a total of 516.48 EUR as donations from source unknown to us.
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| Project | Amount |
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| CardDAV | 15000.00 |
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| TLS 1.3 | 68887.53 |
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| OpenVPN | 48500.00 |
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| QubesOS | 48500.00 |
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| CardDAV | 15,000.00 |
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| TLS 1.3 | 68,887.53 |
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| OpenVPN | 48,500.00 |
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| QubesOS | 48,500.00 |
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| Donation | 516.48 |
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| Nitrokey | 40500.00 |
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|----------|-----------|
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| Total | 221904.01 |
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| Nitrokey | 40,500.00 |
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| __Total__ | __221,904.01__ |
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## 2020
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packages in the MirageOS ecosystem. This was a contract where at the end of the
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month, we reported on which PRs and issues we spent how much time. For us, this
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was great to have the freedom to work on which OCaml packages we were keen to
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get up to speed. In 2020, we received 45000 EUR for this maintenance.
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get up to speed. In 2020, we received 45,000 EUR for this maintenance.
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We finished the TLS 1.3 work (18659.01 EUR)
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We continued to work on the NetHSM project, and invoiced 55500 EUR.
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We continued to work on the NetHSM project, and invoiced 55,500 EUR.
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We received a total of 255 EUR in donations from sources unknown to us.
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We applied at reset.tech again with DNSvizor, unfortunately without success.
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We also applied at [NGI pointer](https://pointer.ngi.eu) to work on reproducible
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builds for MirageOS, and a web frontend. Here we got the grant of 200000 EUR,
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builds for MirageOS, and a web frontend. Here we got the grant of 200,000 EUR,
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which we worked on in 2021 and 2022.
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| Project | Amount |
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| OCLC | 45000.00 |
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| TLS 1.3 | 18659.01 |
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| Nitrokey | 55500.00 |
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| OCLC | 45,000.00 |
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| TLS 1.3 | 18,659.01 |
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| Nitrokey | 55,500.00 |
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| Donations | 255.00 |
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| Total | 119414.01 |
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| __Total__ | __119,414.01__ |
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## 2021
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boot parameters. We setup the infrastructure for doing daily reproducible
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builds, serving system packages via a package repository, and a
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[web frontend](https://builds.robur.coop) hosting the reproducible builds.
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We received in total 120000 EUR from NGI Pointer in 2021.
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We received in total 120,000 EUR from NGI Pointer in 2021.
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Our work on NetHSM continued, including the introduction of elliptic curves
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in mirage-crypto (using [fiat](https://github.com/mit-plv/fiat-crypto/)). The
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invoices to Nitrokey summed up to 26000 EUR in 2021.
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invoices to Nitrokey summed up to 26,000 EUR in 2021.
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We developed in a short timeframe two packages, [u2f](https://github.com/robur-coop/u2f)
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and later [webauthn](https://git.robur.coop/robur/webauthn) for Skolem Labs based
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on [gift economy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy). This resulted in
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donations of 18976 EUR.
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donations of 18,976 EUR.
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We agreed with [OCSF](https://ocaml-sf.org/) to work on
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[conex](https://github.com/hannesm/conex), which we have not delivered yet
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| Customer | Amount |
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| NGI Pointer | 120000.00 |
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| Nitrokey | 26000.00 |
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| Skolem | 18976.00 |
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| Total | 164976.00 |
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| NGI Pointer | 120,000.00 |
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| Nitrokey | 26,000.00 |
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| Skolem | 18,976.00 |
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| __Total__ | __164,976.00__ |
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## 2022
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We finished our NGI pointer project, and received another 80000 EUR.
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We finished our NGI pointer project, and received another 80,000 EUR.
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We also did some minor maintenance for Nitrokey, and invoiced 4500 EUR.
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We also did some minor maintenance for Nitrokey, and invoiced 4,500 EUR.
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For Tarides, we started another maintaining MirageOS packages (and continuing
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[our TCP/IP stack](https://github.com/robur-coop/utcp)), and invoiced in
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total 22500 EUR.
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total 22,500 EUR.
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A grant application for [bob](https://github.com/dinosaure/bob/) was rejected,
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but a grant application for [MirageVPN](https://github.com/robur-coop/miragevpn)
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| Project | Amount |
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| NGI Pointer | 80000.00 |
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| Nitrokey | 4500.00 |
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| Tarides | 22500.00 |
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| Total |107000.00 |
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| NGI Pointer | 80,000.00 |
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| Nitrokey | 4,500.00 |
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| Tarides | 22,500.00 |
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| __Total__ | __107,000.00__ |
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## 2023
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We finished the NetHSM project, and had a final invoice over 2500 EUR.
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We finished the NetHSM project, and had a final invoice over 2,500 EUR.
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We started a collaboration for [semgrep](https://semgrep.dev), porting some of
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their Python code to OCaml. We received in total 37500 EUR.
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their Python code to OCaml. We received in total 37,500 EUR.
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We continued the MirageOS opam package maintenance and invoiced in total
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89250 EUR to Tarides.
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89,250 EUR to Tarides.
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A grant application on [MirageVPN](https://nlnet.nl/project/MirageVPN/) got
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accepted (NGI Assure), and we received in total 12000 EUR for our work on it.
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accepted (NGI Assure), and we received in total 12,000 EUR for our work on it.
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This is a continuation of our 2019 work funded by Prototypefund.
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We also wrote various funding applications, including one for
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| Customer | Amount |
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| Nitrokey | 2500.00 |
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| semgrep | 37500.00 |
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| Tarides | 89250.00 |
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| MirageVPN | 12000.00 |
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| Total |141250.00 |
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| Nitrokey | 2,500.00 |
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| semgrep | 37,500.00 |
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| Tarides | 89,250.00 |
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| MirageVPN | 12,000.00 |
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| __Total__ | __141,250.00__ |
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## 2024
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We're still in the middle of it, but so far we continued the Tarides maintenance
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contract (54937.50 EUR).
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contract (54,937.50 EUR).
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We also finished the MirageVPN work, and received another 45000 EUR.
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We also finished the MirageVPN work, and received another 45,000 EUR.
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We had a small contract with Semgrep and received 18559.40 EUR.
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We had a small contract with Semgrep again on porting Python code to OCaml and received 18,559.40 EUR.
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We again worked on several successful funding applications, one on
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[PTT](https://nlnet.nl/project/PTT/) (NGI Zero Core), a continuation of the
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| Project | Amount |
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| Semgrep | 18559.40 |
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| Tarides | 54937.50 |
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| MirageVPN | 45000.00 |
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| Total | 118496.90 |
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| Semgrep | 18,559.40 |
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| Tarides | 54,937.50 |
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| MirageVPN | 45,000.00 |
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| __Total__ | __118,496.90__ |
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## Total
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| 2018 | 140036.62 |
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| 2019 | 221904.01 |
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| 2020 | 119414.01 |
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| 2021 | 164976.00 |
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| 2022 | 107000.00 |
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| 2023 | 141250.00 |
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| 2024 | 118496.90 |
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| Total | 1013077.50 |
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| 2018 | 140,036.62 |
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| 2019 | 221,904.01 |
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| 2020 | 119,414.01 |
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| 2021 | 164,976.00 |
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| 2022 | 107,000.00 |
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| 2023 | 141,250.00 |
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| 2024 | 118,496.90 |
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| __Total__ | __1,013,077.54__ |
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As you can spot, it varies quite a bit. In some years we have fewer money
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available than in other years.
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We have provided an overview of our income, we were three to five people working
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at robur over the entire time. As written at the beginning, we use needs-based
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payment. Our experience with this is great! It provides a lot of trust into each
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other.
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other. From our income, some money flows to Aenderwerk for their amazing
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bookkeeping work - writing invoices, doing the taxes, helping us with contracts.
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We also finance our server, including a severe hard disk failure in June 2024.
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Our funding is diverse from multiple sources - donations, commercial work,
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public funding. This was our initial goal, and we're very happy that it works fine
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over the last five years.
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Taking the numbers into account, we are not paying ourselves "industry standard"
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rates - but we really love what we do - and sometimes we just take some time off.
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We do work on various projects that we really really enjoy - but where (at the
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moment) no funding is available for.
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We are always happy to discuss how our collective operates. If you're
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interested, please drop us a message.
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