Hello Alex, I wanted to follow up and check if you had a moment to answer my email.
Gus On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 09:55:04AM -0300, gus wrote: > Hello Alex, > > Welcome to the Tor relays community. > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 11:48:51AM +0300, Alex Swabbie via tor-relays wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I’ve been a fan of Tor for many years now, and my affinity for anonymity > > naturally extends to other interests, such as Monero… 😉 > > > > I’ve successfully rallied like-minded individuals who have generously > > supported our cause through various grants, and we’ve even received a > > government subsidy from the Czech Republic to promote freedom of speech in > > oppressive regimes. > > > > Regarding the government subsidy from the Czech Republic that you > mentioned, could you please provide more details and any relevant links? > Transparency is crucial for building a trusted community, and this > information would be beneficial for everyone. > > > With a substantial sum of money at our disposal, we’ve chosen to allocate a > > portion to support the TOR project. Currently, we operate around 60 > > servers. Our main challenge, unsurprisingly, is with exit servers. > > Convincing providers to overlook automatic complaint notifications has > > proven quite tricky. From our original 30 exit nodes, we’re down to about > > 5—the rest had to be shifted to relay nodes. We could switch them to > > well-known operators like RDP.sh, but they already host a large number of > > exit nodes, and we prefer to encourage network diversity. > > > > We’ve initiated something akin to a cost-sharing model for enabling our > > servers to run exit nodes, but it hasn’t made a significant impact. > > I also wanted to share that we're currently discussing a new policy for > the Tor relay community focused on incentivization models. You can check > it out here: > https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/policies/-/issues/22 > > > We want to spend our funds wisely to support Tor. Do any of you have > > suggestions for good, affordable providers in less conventional locations > > (e.g., Eastern Europe like Poland, Hungary, Ukraine)? > > > > Thanks for any ideas, > > > > Alex > > https://tor.foundation > > Lastly, I noticed that your domain name includes "Tor". > Please be aware that we request you avoid using "Tor" in your product or > domain name to prevent any potential confusion. Our goal is to ensure > that people clearly understand what is officially associated with The > Tor Project and what is not. > > From our Trademark FAQ: > > Q: Can I use the word "Tor" as part of the name of my product or my domain > name? > > A: Please don't use Tor in your product name or domain name. Instead, > find a name that will accurately identify your products or services. > Remember that our goal is to make sure that people aren't confused about > whether your product or project is made or endorsed by The Tor Project. > Creating a new brand that incorporates the Tor brand is likely to lead > to confusion, and commercial confusion is a sign of trademark > infringement. > > https://www.torproject.org/about/trademark/#trademark-faq-3 > > Best, > Gus > -- > The Tor Project > Community Team Lead -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead
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