Post #2088203
2025-01-31 21:54 UTC
Dear People attending #FOSDEM
The maintainer of #XZ is still in need of true support after they were abused by someone who tried to viciously introduce a backdoor to potentially millions of servers and computers.
They opened a Liberapay account here: https://liberapay.com/Larhzu.
They only receive 13,55€/week for now… (EDIT: 39,46€/month by thr end of April 2025)
You know XZ is crucial for lots of critical systems. Please tip them generously.and boost this message!
(Discovery borrowed from @Sylvhem)
NOTE : due to the local laws, as a Finnish, Larhzu cannot accept money from Finnish people.
Replies (5)
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@chebra@mstdn.io 2025-02-01 04:05
@Pandora@eldritch.cafe @Sylvhem@eldritch.cafe is there any confirmation that it's really him?
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@ruari@velocipederider.com 2025-02-01 08:14
@Pandora@eldritch.cafe You might want to edit in a small note, lifted directly from his librepay page. @Sylvhem@eldritch.cafe
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@ppezziardi@amicale.net 2025-02-01 10:07
@Pandora@eldritch.cafe @Sylvhem@eldritch.cafe @sovtechfund@mastodon.social
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@PCSX2@mastodon.social 2025-02-02 01:23
@Pandora@eldritch.cafe We use the .xz format for compression on PCSX2. No FOSS developer should have to go through what Larhzu did, and we hope he springs back from this.
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@amberage@eldritch.cafe 2025-04-27 09:13
@Pandora@eldritch.cafe @Sylvhem@eldritch.cafe what local laws?