The free and open CA Let's Encrypt is hiring another sysadmin (opens in new tab)

If votes were all that mattered, there'd be a lot more cat pictures on the front page, too. This is the oldest argument on the site, and it is long-settled.

There are non-profit startups that really do geniune work. Do we let them pass? So many like DDG should we let them pass? What about Tor they do hire people to manage the project. Should we let that pass? What about research on cancer? Not saying LE is not important to get a little notice (it’s probably hard for anyone to notice their career page or whatnot to be honest), but we should be fair.

I generally love Let's Encrypt and what they stand for, but the subjective measure of "public good" is a dangerously slippery slope.

Because they didn't want to.