Germany to Fund Open Source Software Maintainers Through New Fellowship Program
Germany to Fund Open Source Software Maintainers Through New Fellowship Program
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund unveils a program to fund maintainers of open source projects that's expected to be operational by year's end.
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund unveils a program to fund maintainers of open source projects that's expected to be operational by year's end.
Imagine if they could one day get the whole EU to agree on something like this...and to even use the software! 😵
This is REALLY cool. This is how public funding should be allocated.
Do you have to be European to get funded?
No.
https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs/applications#requirements
Take a look.
Though, if you have not heard of the program before, you're probably not involved with a project that qualifies.
We invest in projects that benefit and strengthen the open source ecosystem. Examples include libraries for programming languages, package managers, open implementations of communication protocols, administration tools for developers, digital encryption technologies, and more
Wow, some countries are trying to make encryption tech illegal while Germany is just throwing money at tech that could bypass those laws. Amazing.
Jesus 50,000 minimum and conference attendance covered? Sign me up, see you at CCC!
Shower thought: what if the defence budget of every country would be donated to open source software instead of killing devices?
Mmm, GPLv3 killing devices.
Lots of funded projects on this list are ones with recent vulns (log4j, openssh, etc)
https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech
I'm surprised openssl isn't on the list, considering heart bleed