Hi Vesna,

On 14 Oct 2024, at 16:26, Vesna Manojlovic @ RIPE.net wrote:

What are your thought about this approach?

Thanks for bringing this to the list! I like their approach, it really addresses some of the pain points of open source funding: some organisations generate large revenues building on open source without contributing, the funding problems are harder especially for smaller projects, and funding should not just be a one time effort, but an ongoing thing.

I’d be curious to hear from people who work at organisations this is aimed at, whether they think they can get their employer to join, and what the obstacles are.

And do you have other examples of funding FLOSS ? (in addition to the grants from NLNET, NGI, RIPE NCC Sovern Tech Fund (mentioned in the blog)... ).

Some other ones I am aware of are:

Sasha