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 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
