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The OSU open source lab is one of those lynchpins for many Projects in FOSS.

Even small projects like @librecast depend on those servers. To be clear we don't host our project infrastructure with them.

But when we do a Librecast release it gets tested on Debian infrastructure to package it for #Debian and #Guix. Which OSUOSL is a part of.

So if you can spare some cash for this lab, please do so.

Our ecosystem depends on this.

#OSUOSL #FossSustainability #FOSS

osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

osuosl.orgForging Our Future: OSL's Path to Sustainability – A Call for Smart Solutions and Enduring Support | OSU Open Source LabA nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
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@dennyhenke well this is why @ngi and @NGIZero in particular is so important and at the moment there's no future budget for this initiative. #NGIZero has funded fediverse projects.

So post 2027 no new cascade EU funding seems on the cards yet.

Which is why so many of us signed the NGI open letter.

#NGI #FossSustainability

ow2.org/view/Events/The_Europe

www.ow2.orgOW2 - The European Union must keep funding free software (open letter)The European Union must keep funding free software (open letter)

@nlnet will be at #fosdem running a couple of BOFs and will be involved with the Devroom: Funding the FOSS Ecosystem. Which is important for #fosssustainability for the #NGI ecosystem.

We won't be there at FOSDEM, but our hexstickers will as will the stickers for other projects at the NLNet hexstand in Building K level 2.

nlnet.nl/events/20250201/FOSDE

Have a great time but be safe. #FosdemFlu is real. Wear a mask.

nlnet.nlNLnet; Let's meet at FOSDEM 2025

@Framasoft are doing their annual fundraiser so that it can fund it's existing 2025 planned budget. For 20 years they have been working together to create alternatives to google, but also encouraging others to host their own services.

For their existing services they need to raise 200,000 euros. But imagine if there was enough to do even more.

These are the creators of @peertube and so much more.

soutenir.framasoft.org/en/

#FossSustainability #fundraiser

Here's to another 20 years!

soutenir.framasoft.orgSupport FramasoftBecause freedom doesn’t means it’s free…
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But if you're a project looking for mostly Equity Free EU funding then sign-up to getonepass.eu.

We're probably all going to have to sign up if we can't get #NGI Cascade funding to continue.

I know I prefer NLNets way of doing things. Not this nightmare of trying to ape the worst of silicon valley to create unicorns.

It's the last month to sign the NGI open letter created by @ps . If you're part of a #FOSS project in the EU consider signing.

ow2.org/view/Events/The_Europe

www.ow2.orgOW2 - The European Union must keep funding free software (open letter)The European Union must keep funding free software (open letter)

At a time when The EU is seeking to cut FOSS funding to funds like @NGIZero

Perhaps we need to ask the EU to fund smaller, more communal projects, rather than seeking to create Unicorns.

"The report highlighted how 30% of EU startup businesses that had grown to be valued at more than €1bn – known as unicorns – had moved abroad, and mostly to list on stock markets in the US."

theguardian.com/world/article/

The Guardian · EU ‘needs €800bn-a-year spending boost to avert agonising decline’By Phillip Inman
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@EC_NGI @NGIZero @nlnet has one of the simplest accessible applications procedure in this space.

We do have a massive issue with diversity in Tech. Look to the UK with the recent #innovateuk scandal.

There's very little opportunity for community grassroots FOSS.

So we need to be vocal, and united.

Once you've filled in the survey, if you haven't already done so, fill in the open letter.

pad.public.cat/lettre-NCP-NGI#

pad.public.catThe European Union must keep funding free software - HedgeDoc

So there's been some more maintainer burnout again. This was written back in April.

" Our industry constantly flirts with burnout, it's unhealthy and ultimately unproductive. This is how you end up with bad actors taking over projects when the project maintainers burn out. "

We need to think beyond code and just paying coders/maintainers. Sustainable projects need funding for the whole ecosystem.

onepict.com/20240409-sustain.h

We need to consider and think about #fosssustainability

onepict.comA Few thoughts on FOSS Sustainability

We have a threat to Fediverse Project Sustainability and to the general grassroots FOSS project funding in the EU. I'm very grateful to @hackstub for raising the alarm.

Last month @librecast signed the Open Letter asking the EU to reinstate @EC_NGI funding to Cluster 4.

I have some thoughts about the situation. Especially since we got our start with @NGIZero

:BoostOK:

#NGIZero #FOSSsustainability #NextGenerationInternet

onepict.com/20240813-ecosystem

onepict.comSustainability of FOSS: The NGI Ecosystem

Last week @hackstub made many of the folks in #ngizero funded projects aware of the fact that there was no space in the 2025 budget for @EC_NGI funding.

This will be a threat to #fosssustainability for many of us working in Europe in #FOSS.

@nlnet and @NGIZero has funded many #fediverse apps and other awesome software for the commons.

@ow2 has published an English language version of the open letter that @ps published last week.

ow2.org/view/Events/The_Europe

Consider signing.

:BoostOK:

www.ow2.orgOW2 - The European Union must keep funding free software (open letter)The European Union must keep funding free software (open letter)

@hackstub @techcultivation I hope it does come back.

What @NGIZero and @nlnet do needs to be replicated around the world.

#fosssustainability is about more than the money. It's about the community. We have very complex issues to solve and we need many minds and many lived experiences to solve them and not do further harm to our societies.

It's been amazing to see the funded projects on the NLnet site.

nlnet.nl/project/

That's what we could lose if we don't get cascade funding back.

nlnet.nlNLnet; All projects

If you are the kind of FOSS person who is mortally offended by developers/moderators/projects asking for money so they can eat sometime this month.

Take a good hard look at yourself. Try to look outside your bubble. Not all folks can take the time to volunteer their free time.

Maintainers should be paid. Full stop.

Exposure and "It's good for networking for your career", is exploitation and frankly, I'd like to reduce that in FOSS.

onepict.com/20240409-sustain.h

onepict.comA Few thoughts on FOSS Sustainability

It's the annual fundraiser for @conservancy.

If you aren't sure why you should help to fund the Software Freedom Conservancy here are two reasons that help #fosssustainability

1. Supporting @outreachy with its increasing number of interns.

2. Hiring team members to get projects like @reproducible_builds to continue pushing the forefront of software reproducibility.

Plus donate before 2024/01/15 and the total gets matching funding.

sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

Software Freedom ConservancySupport Conservancy!Software freedom is critical to many of today’s most pressing social issues, but it’s only effective when FOSS is for everyone. Support Conservancy today to help make that happen!