Comment on European Commission cuts funding support for Free Software projects
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoIt might be small but I think it’s a good example of successful self-organisation away from government/business/finance.
It’s definitely not small, and backbones and intercontinental cables and such are not self-organization.
Late 90-s and early 00-s web, however were such an example. But they still relied on benevolence of ICQ and AIM owners, OS vendors, organizations making standards.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Sorry, I was referring the Fediverse while you were referring to the internet as a whole. Limitations of written communication and all that!
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
OK, then fediverse still relies on PKI.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Was ist PKI?
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Public key infrastructure, but specifically - the current centralized system with root certificates which everyone trusts, that the Web uses.