So, it's funny the timing of this...

A few weeks ago, I saw this report on the PBS NewsHour:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fighting-the-public-health-threat-of-counterfeit-drugs

I have just (as in haven't even started putting code in GitHub yet) started 
to work on an app which I was thinking might help deal with this and truly 
help folks out, worldwide.

The idea is to use aztec bar codes to encode a manufacturer's ECDSA 
signature and a UUID and possible some other metadata on the label of a 
bottle of pharmaceuticals.

An Android and iOS app would then allow be used by an individual or small 
pharmacy to scan that bottle, verifying the signature against a 
manufacturer's website, where there would be verification against their 
public key and also their cert with their cert authority.

I'm working on the code right now and I'll post things as I progress.

I'm not looking for any money at all because I think the programming task 
isn't really too hard, but, I was thinking that the greater Go community 
might also have an interest.

I'm not sure if there's a charitable team or group or anything, but I 
thought I'd check it out. I'd like to make this totally OSS with a 
non-profit backing it (if it gets to that state eventually). I've 
registered verx.codes as a domain.

I'm not totally sure yet if this is feasible in the real world or if the 
pharmaceutical companies could be persuaded to buy in, but I would think it 
could also be good for their brands and give them a way to track individual 
bottles and provide authenticated info to users like expiration dates and 
extensive use instructions once a person successfully scans and verifies a 
code and then gets passed to the company's website.

Anyway, totally just beginning and I'd welcome and thoughts, comments, 
and/or critisms!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the Go community!

Frank

On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 2:05:28 PM UTC-5, Kevin Burke wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I asked about this last year, and thought I would post again, as it's the 
> holiday season. I started a software consultancy <https://burke.services>last 
> year, and I made a fair amount of money this year. A lot of my success was 
> due to the Go programming language/community and I'd like to give back 
> somehow.
>
> As far as I understand, the core Go team and the build environments etc. 
> are sponsored by Google and don't rely on the community for support. 
> Unlike, say, the Python Software Foundation 
> <https://www.python.org/psf/donations/>, there's no need or 
> infrastructure to donate to the core language.
>
> So I'm trying to figure out the best place/sareas to donate. Is there a 
> list somewhere? Some ideas:
>
> - **Donate to new core contributors** - are there any people who would 
> like to do interesting work on the standard library, or could be 
> contributing improvements in a new area, but aren't being paid by Google or 
> their employer and need a sponsor to spend more time on it?
>
> - **Donate to third party libraries in need of support** - Are there 
> critical third party libraries that need upgrading or infrastructure 
> support, or time to build out new features? (Also: if you run a popular 
> project and would like funding for more time on it, please explain to your 
> readers the best way to pay you!)
>
> - **Donate scholarships** - what's the most cost effective way to help 
> people new to programming, or from a disadvantaged background, get started? 
> To conferences, meetups or to an organization like Hacker School.
>
> - **Donate my time** - Can I provide feature work or code reviews for free 
> to e.g. community, nonprofit or government organizations, writing Go or 
> otherwise?
>
> Apologies if this isn't the best place for this question, but I figure the 
> people who read this email will know the best places to give.
>
> Thanks!
> Kevin
>

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