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Longtime GnuPG maintainer Werner Koch has posted an update on the project,
mostly focused on the new associated “GnuPG VS-Desktop” business that is,
it seems, going quite well:

For many years our work was mainly financed by donations and smaller
projects. Now we have reached a point where we can benefit from a
continuous revenue stream to maintain and extend the software without
asking for donations or grants. This is quite a new experience to us
and I am actually a bit proud to lead one of the few self-sustaining
free software projects who had not to sacrifice the goals of the
movement.

He concludes with a request for individuals who have been donating to GnuPG
to redirect their generosity toward another deserving project. This is
good news; GnuPG ran on a shoestring for far too long.