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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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