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Re: [opensource-wg] Call for support of co-chair candidates
by Andrej Mlinarević 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

Hi, I am writing to highly recommend Luka Perkov for his networking and OpenWRT technology skills. I have had the pleasure of working closely with Luka for 5+ years on various networking projects, where he has consistently demonstrated exceptional skills, dedication, and a deep understanding of networking technologies. > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:27 AM Marcos Sanz via opensource-wg < > opensource-wg(a)ripe.net> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> as explained today during the working group session, three people have >> volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over >> their full name, the candidates are >> >> >> >> -Christian Scheele >> >> -Luka Perkov >> >> -Sasha Romijn >> >> >> >> Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we >> are happy to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced >> themselves and their motivations also during today’s session. In case you >> missed it, you can watch the specific recordings here: >> >> https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214 >> >> https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217 >> >> >> >> >> >> Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO >> WEEKS starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to >> support one (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so >> to this mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please >> finish the e-mail with your name. >> >> >> >> It’s also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to >> be able to break potential ties). If you’d wish to do so, please deliver >> your statement of support with the candidate names sorted by preference. >> >> >> >> Now it’s your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the >> community! >> >> Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter >> _______________________________________________ >> opensource-wg mailing list >> opensource-wg(a)ripe.net >> https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change >> your subscription options, please visit: >> https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg >> > -- *Andrej Mlinarević* CEO at PROTOTYP andrej(a)prototyp.digital +385 95 5147 795 <+385955147795> prototyp.digital Kordunska 12, 31000 Osijek

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Re: [opensource-wg] Call for support of co-chair candidates
by Alexandru Ardelean 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

> Dear all, > Hello, I vote for Luka Perkov. Thank you Alex > as explained today during the working group session, three people have > volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over their > full name, the candidates are > > -Christian Scheele > -Luka Perkov > -Sasha Romijn > > Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we are happy > to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced themselves and their > motivations also during today’s session. In case you missed it, you can watch the > specific recordings here: > > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214 > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217 > > Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO WEEKS > starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to support > one (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so to this mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please finish the > e-mail with your name. > > It’s also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to be able > to break potential ties). If you’d wish to do so, please deliver your statement of > support with the candidate names sorted by preference. > > Now it’s your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the > community! > Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter > > _______________________________________________ > opensource-wg mailing list > opensource-wg(a)ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your > subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg

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Call for support of co-chair candidates
by Paul Arola 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Long time lurker, first time poster. My vote is for Luka Perkov, I have always been a fan of what he's done at Sartura and DENT. -paul arola > > On Thu, Nov 30 2023 at 10:27 AM, Marcos Sanz <opensource-wg(a)ripe.net> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > as explained today during the working group session, three people have volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over their full name, the candidates are > > > > -Christian Scheele > > -Luka Perkov > > -Sasha Romijn > > > > Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we are happy to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced themselves and their motivations also during today’s session. In case you missed it, you can watch the specific recordings here: > > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214 > > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217 > > > > > > Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO WEEKS starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to support one (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so to this mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please finish the e-mail with your name. > > > > It’s also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to be able to break potential ties). If you’d wish to do so, please deliver your statement of support with the candidate names sorted by preference. > > > > Now it’s your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the community! > > Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter > > > _______________________________________________ > opensource-wg mailing list > opensource-wg(a)ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg

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Re: [opensource-wg] Call for support of co-chair candidates
by Valerie Aurora 06 Dec '23

06 Dec '23

Hi all, I appreciated everyone's pitches for the co-chair vacancy and think all three would do a good job. After some thought, I support Sasha Romijn for co-chair, based on the ideas and plans she outlined in her talk. Valerie > Dear all, > > > > as explained today during the working group session, three people have > volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over > their full name, the candidates are > > > > -Christian Scheele > > -Luka Perkov > > -Sasha Romijn > > > > Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we are > happy to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced themselves and > their motivations also during today's session. In case you missed it, you > can watch the specific recordings here: > > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214 > > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217 > > > > > > Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO WEEKS > starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to support one > (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so to this > mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please finish > the e-mail with your name. > > > > It's also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to be > able to break potential ties). If you'd wish to do so, please deliver your > statement of support with the candidate names sorted by preference. > > > > Now it's your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the > community! > > Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter > >

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Re: [opensource-wg] Call for support of co-chair candidates
by Taras Chornyi 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

+1 for Luka On Thu, Nov 30 2023 at 10:27 AM, Marcos Sanz <opensource-wg(a)ripe.net<mailto:opensource-wg@ripe.net>> wrote: Dear all, as explained today during the working group session, three people have volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over their full name, the candidates are -Christian Scheele -Luka Perkov -Sasha Romijn Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we are happy to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced themselves and their motivations also during today’s session. In case you missed it, you can watch the specific recordings here: https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214 https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217 Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO WEEKS starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to support one (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so to this mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please finish the e-mail with your name. It’s also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to be able to break potential ties). If you’d wish to do so, please deliver your statement of support with the candidate names sorted by preference. Now it’s your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the community! Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter _______________________________________________ opensource-wg mailing list opensource-wg(a)ripe.net https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/opensource-wg

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Call for support of co-chair candidates
by Peter Steinhäuser 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

First of all thanks to all the candidates for stepping up - it’s great to see many volunteers willing to contribute to the WG’s work! I would like to express my support for Christian whom I know since many years as a skilled and creative mind who’s building innovative network solutions since many years and has the ability to think out of the box. - Peter > Dear all, > > as explained today during the working group session, three people have > volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over > their full name, the candidates are > > -Christian Scheele > -Luka Perkov > -Sasha Romijn > > Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we are > happy to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced themselves and > their motivations also during today's session. In case you missed it, you > can watch the specific recordings here: > > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214 > https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217 > > Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO WEEKS > starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to support one > (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so to this > mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please finish > the e-mail with your name. > > It's also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to be > able to break potential ties). If you'd wish to do so, please deliver your > statement of support with the candidate names sorted by preference. > > Now it's your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the > community! > > Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter

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[Grants | NGI zero] Open calls for free software, hardware and data activists with a FOSS project
by Xavier Coadic 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Hello from somewhere in the EU, There is currently a call for projects to finance them (donations) which is open until 1 December 2023. This could be of interest to you or even help your friends to finance their work and development. Project funding available varies from 5,000 to 50,000 euros (with the possibility to scale them up if there is proven potential) Full summary is here: https://www.apc.org/en/news/open-calls-free-software-hardware-and-data-acti… A consortium of 12 non-profit organisations is involved in managing the NGI zero program. https://nlnet.nl/entrust/background/#organisation 2 Tracks: + NGI Zero Entrust: Trustworthiness and data sovereignty https://nlnet.nl/entrust/guideforapplicants/ + NGI Zero Core: Moving the internet forward https://nlnet.nl/core/guideforapplicants You don't need to reveal your real name prior to the project being granted. Also, young people that have not yet reached the age of legal consent in their country of origin on the date of the deadline can also apply without any constraints. If you are based outside the European Union and still have doubts, please write to hvale(a)apc.org As well as funding from donations, there is specific support (technical, safety, accessibility, licensing, etc.) for the projects selected. Also, if you'd like to talk about it with me, I'd be delighted ;-) For example: https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/feminist-principles-internet-version-20 Maybe see you in Brussels, Feb. 2024 Warm regards, -- Xavier Coadic Association for Progressive Communications Communications associate for NGI Zero initiative

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Draft agenda open source wg RIPE 87
by Marcos Sanz 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

Dear all, the draft agenda for the upcoming meeting of the working group is now online: https://ripe87.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/os-wg/ As always, we'd still welcome any lighning talks! No formal submission is required ahead of RIPE 87, but please send a short message to the chairs by noon on Tuesday of the meeting week. Talks will be selected on Tuesday afternoon. Best regards, Martin Winter & Marcos Sanz Open Source WG Chairs

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Brussels Open Tech Week 2024 | 31 Jan - 5 Feb (including FOSDEM)
by Vesna Manojlovic 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

FYI https://openforumeurope.org/brussels-open-tech-week-2024-open-technology-an… On 14/11/2023 10:09, OpenForum Europe wrote: > > Brussels Open Tech Week 2024 > > > *Brussels is a hub of open technology and digital policy discussions as > of late. OFE organises the EU Open Source Policy Summit on 2 February, but the main momentum for this week comes from the renowned Free and Open Source Software Developers’ European Meeting (FOSDEM), a fixture in Brussels that has engendered an ever increasing number of ancillary activities and events. Open Forum Europe’s team and partners will participate in various capacities throughout the week, whether as speakers or as attendees absorbing knowledge and insights.* > > So, while we make no claims of being the organisers of everything below, > we feel like an umbrella term is needed. So mark your calendars: *The > Brussels Open Tech Week 2024* from 31 January to 5 February. It promises to be an eventful week for all enthusiasts and professionals engaged in the open tech landscape and EU policy. > > *31 January – Wednesday* > > > *Antitrust, Regulation, and the Next World Order* > The digital regulation experiment has started. But we are also going > through simultaneous major paradigm shifts in antitrust, industrial > policy and trade. Competition is not a silo. Join us for a gathering of > top regulators, judges, legislators and academics to discuss challenges > and goals. > > > *1 February – Thursday* > > *OFE Policy Workshop* > An invite-only session that delves into the policy challenges and > opportunities within the open tech realm. To partake in this workshop, > please contact Ciarán at OFE for an invitation. > > /*Other event yet to be announced…*/ > > > *2 February – Friday* > > > *EU Open Source Policy Summit* > Our event largest assembly of policymakers, Open Source businesses, > community members, developers, foundations, and experts engaged in > diverse digital policy matters. Registration is currently open for those > interested in attending. Seats are limited! > > > *3 February – Saturday* > > > *FOSDEM Day 1* > Legal & Policy DevRoom > Join the main event of the week. FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by > volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source > software. FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe. > > > *4 February – Sunday* > > *FOSDEM Day 2* > Foundations’ Policy DevRoom > A specialised series of discussions focusing on the intersection of open > source foundations and policy. > -- Senior Community Builder, RIPE NCC https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/

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Funding Open Source: a blog post & a web-event
by Vesna Manojlovic 25 Oct '23

25 Oct '23

Dear all, please take a look at a success story of funding open source: https://blog.sentry.io/we-just-gave-500-000-dollars-to-open-source-maintain… ... and join the event on Thursday, October 26th 2023, 7:00 pm GMT+2 "The Future of Open Source: The State of Sustainability" by Chad Whitacre (Sentry), Kara Sowles Deloss (GitHub) & Fiona (*) Krakenbürger (Sovereign Tech Fund) https://sentry.io/resources/the-future-of-open-source-the-state-of-sustaina… Regards, Vesna (*) Fiona is also on the selection committee of RIPE NCC's Community Project Fund) -- Senior Community Builder, RIPE NCC https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/

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Call for Opensource-WG Presentations (RIPE87, Rome, 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2023)
by Martin Winter 20 Oct '23

20 Oct '23

Call for Opensource-WG Presentations (RIPE87, Rome, 27 Nov - 1 Dec 2023) The next RIPE Meeting is coming up again - your chance to present about some interesting Open Source If you would like to give a presentation during the OpenSource WG session, then please contact us (the WG chairs). In general, each talk is 15-30 mins (depending on how much time is needed). If you have some idea and are not sure how/if you should present something then feel free to contact us as well to discuss the idea. For small project updates, we are planning to reserve 30 mins again at the end of the WG session. These short 5..10(max) min updates/talks are decided on the day before the WG session on a time/space available basis. No need to submit anything for these talks at this time. Thanks, Martin Winter & Marco Sanz OpenSource WG Chairs

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Fwd: Can open source be saved from the EU's Cyber Resilience Act?
by Vesna Manojlovic 16 Oct '23

16 Oct '23

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Open Source WG - Call for Co-Chairs Nomination
by Martin Winter 26 Sep '23

26 Sep '23

Martin Winter <mwinter(a)netdef.org> Wed, Sep 29, 2021, 1:07 PM to opensource-wg(a)ripe.net It's soon time for our RIPE Fall meeting - which means it’s time for nominations to become a new co-chair of the WG. Please send your nominations by End of October to the WG chairs: opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net Deadline for nominations: Sunday, Oct 31, 23:59 UTC We are currently 2 Chairs: Martin Winter and Marco Sanz. Ondrej Filip stepped down after the past RIPE meeting. Both of the existing chairs are willing to continue. If there are no nominations, then there will be no change, but we are very open to new candidates and would welcome to add another Co-Chair Details on Chair Selection Policy: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg /open-source-working-group/open-source-wg-chair-selection-process In short: If there are NO nominations, then the existing chairs will continue. If there are nominations, then the existing chairs will have a discussion with the candidates to see if we can come to an agreement (i.e. expand to 3 chairs, replace one of us etc). If there is no agreement between all the existing chairs and the new nominations until RIPE, then there will be a vote during the RIPE meeting. Regards, Martin Winter & Marco Sanz Open Source WG Chairs

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Events of interest : FLOSS
by Vesna Manojlovic 07 Aug '23

07 Aug '23

Dear colleagues, as part of cross-community connections, I am sharing these upcoming events with you: as an invitation to attend, and to promote/represent RIPE Community if you go there -- and to invite those participants back to RIPE community! Cheers, Vesna === "All Systems Go" (foundational user-space Linux technologies) 13-14th September, Berlin https://all-systems-go.io === Open Source Summit Europe 19-21 September 2023, Bilbao, Spain https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe/ === Next Generation Internet (NGI) Forum: Unlocking the power of Digital Commons 15-16 November, Brussels (Belgium) https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-forum-2023/ === OpenForum Academy Symposium 2023, 28 November in Berlin. https://symposium.openforumeurope.org The OpenForum Academy, Carnegie Mellon University, FGV Direito Rio, Keio University, TU Berlin and the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research are proud to announce the programme for the OpenForum.. ... insight into the state of art of Open Source today: Open Source Communities and Cooperatives Legal implications from Open Source Open Source and AI Measuring Open Source ... & not limited to the academic public. === For more events, follow: - https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/calendar) - https://nsrc.net/calendar - https://pch.net/calendar - https://foss.events/ -- Senior Community Builder, RIPE NCC https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/

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Fwd: Three Challenges to Contribute Back to Open Source
by Vesna Manojlovic 06 Jun '23

06 Jun '23

Let’s strengthen the Open Source ecosystem together! https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/challenges/ The Sovereign Tech Fund is looking for developers who use open source and want to contribute back. We need a sustainable ecosystem that enables new software development and ensures the ongoing security of existing dependencies. Many more people use open source software every day than contribute to it. It's time to give back and invest in this ecosystem, to increase its security and sustainability. In three challenges, participants can work on contributing back to open source for up to eight months with a budget of up to €300,000 for each of the four-month rounds. We’re accepting proposals starting today through July 6, 2023 (23:59 UTC+2). What are the Contribute Back Challenges about? The Sovereign Tech Fund is issuing three challenges to encourage active participation in open source infrastructure. With the call to “Contribute Back,” we are making it possible for developers, contributors, and maintainers to actively contribute to and work on the open source projects they depend on over a four to eight period. We want to identify critical issues in the open source ecosystem and empower people to work on them. To do this, the Sovereign Tech Fund is offering short-term challenge funding for participants to explore new solutions and focus on implementing them over a limited period of time. Our goal is to use these challenges is to discover the best ways to strengthen the ecosystem together. The Sovereign Tech Fund is providing up to €300,000 per application over a period of four months, with the possibility of a 4-month extension. We will support the creation and improvement of developer tooling, the production security of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) components, and the documentation of critical open source infrastructure technologies. In the challenges, the STF hopes to answer important questions, for example: Can better developer tooling help FOSS maintainers manage growing technical debt and increase test coverage to provide greater reliability and maintainability in the long term? What software production security mechanisms enable FOSS projects to stay open to contributions while protecting against the increasing threat of supply chain attacks? As the demand on the FOSS infrastructure increases, what documentation is needed to allow new developers to participate and to reduce the load on maintainers? To learn more about the Contribute Back challenges, visit https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/challenges/ Thanks and let’s get to contributing back! The STF Team

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Fwd: Announcement and CfP: OpenForum Academy Symposium 2023
by Vesna Manojlovic 17 May '23

17 May '23

FYI We are excited to invite you to the OpenForum Academy Symposium 2023 The CfP is now open until 29 May Hosted by TU Berlin, the OpenForum Academy Symposium will, on 28 November 2023, bring together researchers and practitioners from all walks of the Open Source research ecosystem at an interdisciplinary conference. Submit a proposal, register to attend and save the date Website and CfP https://symposium.openforumeurope.org As of today there is no academic conference covering questions relating to the social, political and economic impact of Open Source. This hampers the linking of research agendas, growth of the research area, and the societal understanding of the value of the Open Source ecosystem as a whole. The OpenForum Academy Symposium (OFA) fills this space. After a successful first, virtual edition in 2021, the OFA Symposium 2023 will bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to Berlin, in order to explore the transformative power of Open Source Software and Hardware. At the OFA Symposium, we will examine the social, political, and economic implications of open source. We will explore how open source is changing the way we work, communicate, and interact with each other, and how it is shaping the future of technology and society. The Symposium will feature a diverse and group of speakers and participants, including researchers, policymakers, developers, and activists. We believe that the OFA Symposium will provide a unique and valuable opportunity for learning, collaboration, and networking. We hope you will join us for this exciting event, and look forward to exploring the social, political, and economic impact of Open Source together. First keynote speaker announnced Andres Guadamuz, Reader in Intellectual Property Law at University of Sussex and technology commentator @technollama

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Agenda Open Source WG RIPE 86
by Martin Winter 09 May '23

09 May '23

Less than 2 weeks until RIPE. Below is the agenda for the Open Source WG Session. The session will be on Thursday afternoon, just after lunch. Hope to see you all in Rotterdam. Open Source WG Chairs A. Administrative Matters - finalize agenda - approval of minutes from previous WG meeting(s) - review of action list B. NGI-Zero: EU-funded framework for supporting FLOSS projects Niall O'Reilly, Tolerant Networks Ltd This presentation will alert participants to the EU Commission's New Generation Internet (NGI), to NGI funding opportunities, and to project support available from the NGI-Zero coalition led by the NLnet Foundation. Tolerant Networks Ltd is a partner in NGI-Zero. C. From Peering Manager features to standalone library Guillaume Mazoyer, Peering Manager Lead Developer During the process of writing the integration code for Peering Manager and IX-API, an opportunity arose to extract the relevant features from the main code base and create a separate library. As a result, pyixapi was born, providing a user-friendly and straightforward interface for interacting with IX-API endpoints. D. BIRD 2 - Overview and Future Outlook Ondřej Zajíček, CZ.NIC Five years ago, we released BIRD 2, the major overhaul of BIRD Internet Routing Daemon. I will recapitulate recent BIRD development, present new interesting features, and discuss the future outlook of BIRD development, including the upcoming multithreaded BIRD 3. E. Update from Route Server Support Foundation Niels Raijer, Chairman RSSF Why RSSF is there, the technological advances in OpenBGPD and rpki-client and a surprising way in which we received some funding. F. Lightning Talks These are short updates on different relevant OpenSource projects. They should be 5 mins (preferably) with a maximum of 10 mins(if space allows). No formal submission required ahead of RIPE, but please send a short message to opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net by noon on Tuesday during the RIPE if you want to present an update. Selection of talks are done on Tuesday afternoon.

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Agenda Open Source WG RIPE 86
by Martin Winter 09 May '23

09 May '23

Below is the Agenda for the Open Source WG Session during RIPE. One thing not mentioned in the agenda (but will be announced during the Admin section), is that Ondrej is stepping down as OS WG Chair. See you all in Rotterdam, Martin ----- A. Administrative Matters - finalize agenda - approval of minutes from previous WG meeting(s) - review of action list B. NGI-Zero: EU-funded framework for supporting FLOSS projects Niall O'Reilly, Tolerant Networks Ltd This presentation will alert participants to the EU Commission's New Generation Internet (NGI), to NGI funding opportunities, and to project support available from the NGI-Zero coalition led by the NLnet Foundation. Tolerant Networks Ltd is a partner in NGI-Zero. C. From Peering Manager features to standalone library Guillaume Mazoyer, Peering Manager Lead Developer During the process of writing the integration code for Peering Manager and IX-API, an opportunity arose to extract the relevant features from the main code base and create a separate library. As a result, pyixapi was born, providing a user-friendly and straightforward interface for interacting with IX-API endpoints. D. BIRD 2 - Overview and Future Outlook Ondřej Zajíček, CZ.NIC Five years ago, we released BIRD 2, the major overhaul of BIRD Internet Routing Daemon. I will recapitulate recent BIRD development, present new interesting features, and discuss the future outlook of BIRD development, including the upcoming multithreaded BIRD 3. E. Update from Route Server Support Foundation Niels Raijer, Chairman RSSF Why RSSF is there, the technological advances in OpenBGPD and rpki-client and a surprising way in which we received some funding. F. Lightning Talks These are short updates on different relevant OpenSource projects. They should be 5 mins (preferably) with a maximum of 10 mins(if space allows). No formal submission required ahead of RIPE, but please send a short message to opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net by noon on Tuesday during the RIPE if you want to present an update. Selection of talks are done on Tuesday afternoon.

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Fwd: Maintaining the Maintainers 🛠️ Open Collective is employing FLOSS developers
by Vesna Manojlovic 06 May '23

06 May '23

I hope you find this information relevant & informative. === Creating a Healthier Ecosystem Open Source Collective was created to help build a healthier and more sustainable ecosystem for open source creators. And a big part of that is personal health. Many open source projects that we love and rely on are maintained and updated by a small group of people, or sometimes just one. The tasks they need to do vary, but the demands on their time can build up fast. Some maintainers might want to devote more time to this kind of work, but fear losing the healthcare and benefits that come with their regular job. This is why OSC is now looking to employ maintainers on select sufficiently-funded projects, providing them with access to things like paid annual leave, healthcare, and sick leave. That way, they can spend more time maintaining their project, and supporting the wider community. Find out more: https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/open-source-collective-is-hir… https://docs.oscollective.org/what-we-offer/employment-payroll-and-benefits

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Fwd: Request for Implementation Partners for the Bug Resilience Project
by Vesna Manojlovic 02 May '23

02 May '23

I hope you find this information relevant & informative. === From: Sovereign Tech Fund <info(a)sovereigntechfund.de> Dear readers, The Sovereign Tech Fund is pleased to announce a request for partners to help implement a responsible bug bounty program, titled the Bug Resilience Project, to empower small and medium-sized open source projects to lower their risk of harboring bugs and improve their capacity to respond to bugs as they are discovered. The program will provide services to FOSS projects such as helping projects deal with technical debt, working on known security issues, implementing responsible vulnerability disclosure processes, as well as offering a bug bounty for researchers that discover bugs and report them responsibly. We are now accepting applications from interested organizations to partner with us in the implementation of the Bug Resilience Project. We are looking for partners who share our vision of strengthening the open source ecosystem and who are committed to promoting a balanced incentive structure for projects and researchers that fosters an equal and mutually beneficial working relationship. If your organization is interested in becoming a partner for the implementation of the Bug Resilience Project, you can apply to one or more of the following work packages. To find more information on our Bug Resilience Project concept or how to apply, please follow the links below: Work Package 1: Lowering Technical Debt in Participating FOSS Projects and fixing known issues https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/public/company/project/CXP4YWL6ZF6/en/documen… Work Package 2: Implementing Responsible Bug Disclosure Processes https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/public/company/project/CXP4YWL6ZFH/en/documen… Work Package 3: Manage a bug bounty program https://www.dtvp.de/Satellite/public/company/project/CXP4YWL6ZF5/en/documen… We look forward to hearing from you and working together to make the open source ecosystem more secure and resilient. Best, the STF team Sovereign Tech Fund Newsletter by Sovereign Tech Fund Lagerhofstr. 4 Leipzig, Sachsen 04103 Germany

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RV: Webinars on software supply chain
by Marcos Sanz 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

All, attached some info on a series of webinars on the supply chain management organized by the NLnet colleagues, which I think could be of interest to the wg. Recordings of the two past webinars are available online (s. link further down). Also further down you'll details on the two upcoming ones. Enjoy and have a nice weekend! Marcos > NLnet and NGI Zero/NGI Assure are organising a series of webinars on > *Open Software Supply Chain management*. As the dependency of society > on technology continues to increase in every possible direction, it is of the > utmost importance to understand the dynamic life cycle of the free and open > source building blocks that form the basis of pretty much all technology we > use today - and how these can be kept safe and available. > > Not only do we need to improve our understanding of how and where > software is developed, maintained, built and deprecated at macro scale - but > we also need to create mechanisms to ensure that building blocks are kept > up to date, that different versions don't collide, FOSS packages from public > repositories have not "bit-rotted" or even worse: have been tampered with > by malicious actors as part of a "supply chain attack". There has been an > increasing attention to the fact that with software "eating the world", a > healthy and robust software ecosystem should be a key societal (and thus > political) priority. But at the same time, we should do so with full > understanding of the highly specific nature of "digital commons" - as the > controversy surrounding the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act clearly proves. > > In this series of webinars by leading experts such as Armijn Hemel (Tjaldur), > Shane Coughlan (OpenChain), Carlo Piana (OSI), Alberto Pianon (FSFE) and > Philippe Ombredanne (AboutCode) we look at software supply chains from > different angles. What do modern electronics supply chains look like, how is > provenance handled - and how *should* it be handled? What mechanisms > do we have to verify the integrity of deployed code packages and detect > abnormal code changes that may be signs of malicious modifications and > possible attacks? Where do "Software Bill of Materials" come into play? And > what is being done, and perhaps should be done from a legislative and > governance point of view? > > The entire webinar series is available free of charge, and will allow you a > deep dive into the hidden world behind the software and hardware we use - > and will help you get a clear understanding of how open source supply chains > work, and a grasp of what the policy challenges are. > > You can join the webinars via this BigBlueButton link: > > https://bbb.protagio.nl/b/ron-qed-tog-gey -- > The other episodes in the webinar series on Open Software Supply Chain > management are: > > * Thursday May 4th 2023 // 13.00 - 14.30 CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome) > > - Speakers: Carlo Piana & Alberto Pianon. > - Topic: The importance of a Software Bill of Materials in light of the > upcoming Cyber Resilience Act and product liability legislation in Europe. > - More info: > https://nlnet.nl/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3 > > * Thursday May 11th 2023 // 13.00 - 14.30 CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome) > > - Speaker: Shane Martin Coughlan > - Topic: ISO standards and certification. (This talk was previously scheduled > for April 27). > - More info: > https://nlnet.nl/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain- > ep4/index.html > > The first episode with Armijn Hemel already took place on April 6th, with the > topic of Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains. You can find > the link to the recording here: > > https://nlnet.nl/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/index.html > > Looking forward to see you there! > > the NLnet team

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Opensource-WG: Call for Presentations (RIPE 86, 22-26 May)
by Martin Winter 13 Mar '23

13 Mar '23

The next RIPE Meeting is coming up - your chance to present about some interesting Open Source If you would like to give a presentation during the OpenSource WG session, then please contact us (the WG chairs). In general, each talk is 15-30 mins (depending on how much time is needed). If you have some idea and not sure how/if you should present something then feel free to contact us as well to discuss the idea. For small project updates, we are planning to reserve 30 mins again at the end of the WG session. These short 5..10(max) min updates/talks are decided on the day before the WG session on a time/space available base. No need to submit anything for these talks at this time. Thanks, Martin Winter, Marco Sanz & Ondrej Filip OpenSource WG Chairs

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concern re: Cyber Resilience Act effects on open source?
by Maarten Aertsen 29 Nov '22

29 Nov '22

good afternoon list, I would like to understand the number of people/organisations on this list who are concerned about the European Commission's Cyber Resilience Act proposal effects on open source software development. This topic was presented at RIPE85 [1] and covered in a recent blog (see below, should have cross-posted), which was republished at RIPE Labs last week: https://labs.ripe.net/author/maarten-aertsen/open-source-software-vs-the-pr… You would help both me and RIPE NCC staff that are tracking the proposal by speaking up on list. Answers by both developers and users are valuable. A simple +1 is fine. Thanks. kind regards, Maarten -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [cooperation-wg] Cyber Resilience Act effects on OSS on agenda of open source-wg Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:38:00 +0100 From: Maarten Aertsen <maarten(a)nlnetlabs.nl> To: cooperation-wg(a)ripe.net Good morning, I just published an extended, written version of my RIPE talk in the open-source wg [1] with NLnet Labs' perspective on the European Commission's proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act vs. Open Source: https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/open-source-software-vs-the-cyber-resilience-act/ We feel the current proposal misses a major opportunity. The CRA could bring support to open-source developers maintaining the critical foundations of our digital society. But instead of introducing incentives for integrators or financial support, the current proposal will overload small developers with compliance work. At the same time, this is only the Commission's proposal. I hope there is opportunity to raise awareness and influence the coming positions and negotations. I'm very grateful to the many people in the RIPE community that talked to me after my presentation. I feel my understanding of the issue is improving. Curious to hear what you think, how you feel this affects the projects you rely on and what we have yet to learn about the implications. kind regards, Maarten [1] https://ripe85.ripe.net/archives/video/911 -- To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/cooperation-wg

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Minutes of RIPE85 opensource wg meeting
by Marcos Sanz 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Dear all, the minutes of the session are online now: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/active-wg/os/minutes/open-source-wo rking-group-minutes-ripe-85 Have a great start in the day Marcos

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Draft Agenda Open Source WG RIPE 85
by Marcos Sanz 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Dear all, please find attached the draft agenda for our upcoming working group meeting during RIPE 85. Looking forward to meeting you all there, Martin Winter & Ondrej Filip & Marcos Sanz Open Source WG Chairs ---- Agenda RIPE 85 Open Source WG Session Wednesday, October 26, 10:30 - 11:30 (CEST) A. Administrative Matters * finalize agenda * approval of minutes from previous WG meeting(s) * review of action list B. "Cyber Resilience Act effects on OSS", Maarten Aertsen, NLnet Labs NLnet Labs is closely following a legislative proposal by the European Commission affecting almost all hardware and software on the European market. The Cyber Resilience Act intends to ensure cybersecurity of products with digital elements by laying down requirements and obligation for economic operators. In this short talk you'll learn what to expect in the Cyber Resilience Act and why this proposal may matter to you as a developer or user of open source software. If so, let's make sure that policy makers take into account its effects on open source development by professional organisations and volunteers alike. Do get in touch with Maarten when you have similar concerns, want to team up or can help us to provide technical expertise in the right places. C. "Infrastructure as code: Managing IXP services using terraform and the IX-API", Annika Hannig The fabric of the internet in recent years has become more and more flexible. Software defined networking enabled us to provision network services in the blink of an eye. Providing services on the internet nowadays involves, rather sooner than later, dealing with things like virtual circuits, peering and route servers. All this is now part of your infrastructure - just like the cloud compute instances where you are running your applications. In this talk I will cover what is what is infrastructure as code and what is terraform. How can you benefit from this, and how this tool can be used to provision services on an IXP using the IX-API. D. "ARTEMIS: An Open-Source Tool for Detecting BGP Prefix Hijacking", Lefteris Manassakis, Code BGP ARTEMIS (Automatic and Real-Time dEtection and MItigation System) is an open-source tool to monitor, detect, and mitigate BGP hijacks. In this talk, after a short introduction to the project, we will demonstrate ARTEMIS, how it works, and how network operators can use it for real-time BGP hijacking detection. E. Lightning Talks These are short updates on different relevant open source projects. They should be 5 mins (preferably) with a maximum of 10 mins (if space allows). No formal submission required ahead of RIPE, but please send a short message to opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net by noon on Monday during the RIPE if you want to present an update. Selection of talks are done on Monday afternoon.

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