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@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ The goal here is to get to a working, commercially viable 180 nm single-core
 ASIC at around 300 to 350 MHz, suitable for use as a high-end embedded
 controller.  Staf from Chips4Makers will act as the "NDA firebreak" between
 us and TSMC.
+(side-note: Staf ran a
+[Crowdsupply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/chips4makers/retro-uc)
+campaign, and the NLNet funding will help him to realise that project and
+perhaps re-start a new campaign for the Retro-uC one day).
 
 All of these have been approved by NLNet, and, crucially, the external
 independent review process successfully completed for each.  The exact
@@ -42,7 +46,8 @@ up to the limit of EUR 50,000 for each sub-project.
 
 Part of the process was a little tricky, initially: the independent reviewers
 expressed surprise at the amounts being requested for *sub*-tasks when the
-initial application was so small.  The reason was very simple: both Jacob
+initial application back in December 2019 was so small, relative to
+the intended goal.  The reason was very simple: both Jacob
 and I have unique low-income circumstances that simply do not need European /
 Western style living expenses.  Whereas, when we get to much more specialist
 tasks (such as formal mathematical proofs, video assembly-level drivers,
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ Michael puts it extremely well: I have absolutely no problem with the
 ISA itself, it's the abuse of power and the flagrant ignoring and abuse
 of basic tenets of trademark law that are just completely untenable.
 Not only that: one well-paid employee of SiFive has *repeatedly* engaged
-in defamation attacks for over eighteen months, even raising a formal
+in defamation attacks for over eighteen months.  Even raising a formal
 complaint through the newly-established relationship with the Linux
 Foundation failed to keep that individual under control.  Also adversely
 impacted was the newly-established Open Graphics Alliance initiative,