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500k$ for the impact OpenCV has is dirt cheap. It is a shame they need to do a fund raiser at all. It is a bigger shame I hear about it only now. There are 7 digits "EU sovereignty of AI" projects, that would be so much more efficient by just putting 10% of that money in OSS projects...

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Yes, it is really important piece of software. I use them time to time. I donated to them.

Thanks for the support

What are the best ways to build and generate binaries for mobile platforms, let's say Android, by reducing the binary/.so size considerably? Let's say if I need only warpPerspective (and nothing else at all) - what is the easiest way to build for that? Are there docs around it, something step by step guide for people who are not well versed with CV coding or even C coding? Or has there been a smaller need based Android port (or a maven artefact) planned? (I am assuming you are related to the project). And thank you for the awesome work!

But aren't the "IT sovereignty" projects mostly about adopting OSS solutions?

Not for the EU. For the EU it just means that the company that makes it is located within the EU.

I wonder how open source works in that framework. I wonder if “we make the device, but use an open source library, we didn’t develop it, but could at least fork and maintain operations if we needed” is acceptable.

I've seen this argument work in other contexts (along with a detailed plan for what "taking over" would look like)

No, even worse, it means the EU has some sort of leverage on it or control over the company or entity.

Politics are playing politics. Also, the EU is pretty liberal and US big tech company are lobbying a lot against FOSS.

Politics don't understand free software, and the people who should be teaching it (GAFAM) don't, because it's not in their interest. As a liberal, free software worth nothing. Big tech worth a lot. They don't understand that's about tools and know-how, not about human resources and money.

i used OpenCV for a facial recognition portion of an engineering graduation project and it was a godsend!! I rememeber OpenCV3 coming out and trying to utilize the functionality. It really is a shame that it needs any funding and more focus isnt on OpenCV!

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