The fastest non-Google controlled web rendering engine...

The fastest non-Google controlled web rendering engine Servo is trying to compete with only $1.6k funding a month:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-Engine-May-2024

Yes, they did have an NLNet grant, but that ran out.

If we want an alternative to Blink/Chrome, we need to fund it. This is a project where even a tiny regular amount could yield oversize returns:

https://servo.org/

#Servo #Rust #Blink #Google #Chrome

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アイアンハンドガンダム

@Blort just started being a backer

3 June at 5:12 | Open on mastodon.social

Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

@mrt181

Thank you for helping to make the web a better place!

3 June at 5:26 | Open on social.tchncs.de

Codrus :archlinux: 🇺🇲

@Blort Chromium is licensed under the 3-clause BSD license and is not controlled by Google. Anyone can fork it, as with any *other* FOSS project.

That said, I'm happy to see Servo's test pass rate climbing closer to 100%!

3 June at 5:13 | Open on linuxrocks.online

Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

@codrusofathens

Control is wielded by more than a license.

To quote Chromium's Wikipedia page:
"in terms of governance, the Chromium projects are not independent entities; Google retains firm control of them."

...and that's only governance which is still just one of many avenues along with funding, development, marketing etc.

3 June at 5:26 | Open on social.tchncs.de

Codrus :archlinux: 🇺🇲

@Blort
Google can absolutely choose which direction to take *Chrome,* but remember that Brave, for instance, is not following them on dropping Manifest v2 support or limiting adblocking.

Also, Microsoft and other companies¹ extensively contribute to Chromium as well, and they're won't agree to anything that gives Google more control. (1/2)

[1] Even Akamai, the FOSS-friendly cloud provider. See here: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2016/12/why-i-contribute-to-chromium.html

@Blort
Google can absolutely choose which direction to take *Chrome,* but remember that Brave, for instance, is not following them on dropping Manifest v2 support or limiting adblocking.

Also, Microsoft and other companies¹ extensively contribute to Chromium as well, and they're won't agree to anything that gives Google more control. (1/2)

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3 June at 13:38 | Open on linuxrocks.online

Codrus :archlinux: 🇺🇲

@Blort
I want to see Servo take off, especially because it's written in Rust, and promises better security than current C++ monstrosities. But to say that Chromium is a Google-only project, or to somehow imply it isn't just as free and open-source as Gecko/Firefox or Servo is disingenuous. (2/2)