[tor-talk] Wikileaks is the Endgame

[Jonathan Wilkes]

If that log is accurate, the most important part of that transcript IMO is the 
discussion about funding.  Both Mike Perry and Jacob Appelbaum agreed 
in it that the current funding model "comprimises" the project (their word).

Preferably someone from Tor can answer this: Why can't Tor use a funding 
model similar to Wikipedia?  For better or for worse Tor is currently synonymous 
with online anonymity (or the best semblance of it available), in the same 
way Wikipedia is synonymous with online encyclopedia.

If you just stood up and said, "Help us get out of this Faustian bargain," the 
people and organizations that rely on your software would certainly help 
find a way to raise the money needed to support your work.  Especially after 
reading a chat log that shows how aggressive and twisted the attacks againstyour work are.

-Jonathan