N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 26
🎉 Behold the grandiose spectacle of the "World's First Open Source Endowment!" Because, clearly, a whopping $693K from 61 donors will revolutionize the world of open source funding one penny at a time. 🙄 Let's all line up to donate to this "truly sustainable" fund that promises to solve everything but likely ends up funding more FAQs than actual projects. 🤑
https://endowment.dev/ #OpenSourceFunding #SustainableProjects #TechNews #CommunitySupport #HackerNews #ngated
Open Source Endowment — World's First Endowment Fund for OSS

The Open Source Endowment provides truly sustainable funding for critical open source software through a community-driven endowment model.

Open Source Endowment
Farooq | فاروق [Master Patata]Jul 21, 2025

I remember there was a page on #Nlnet website about organizations which would fund open source research and/or development. But I can't find it. Anyone?

Boosts appreciated.

ping @nlnet
#opensource #foss #opensourcefunding #funding #ngi

Wolfgang WagnerFeb 28, 2025

Neuer Artikel im Blog:

TYPO3-Ideen für Q2/2025: Wähle mit und gestalte die Zukunft

https://wwagner.net/blog/a/typo3-ideen-fuer-q2-2025-waehle-mit-und-gestalte-die-zukunft

#TYPO3Community #CommunityBudget #OpenSourceFunding

TYPO3-Ideen für Q2/2025: Wähle mit und gestalte die Zukunft

Deine Stimme zählt! Wähle jetzt aus den besten TYPO3-Ideen für das zweite Quartal 2025.

Kevin Dominik KorteOct 25, 2024
One small step for open-source but a giant leap for mankind.
#opensource #opensourcefunding
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/home/news/nasa-funds-open-source-software-underpinning-scientific-innovation/
NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation

Among the 15 projects receiving grants are two from JPL.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Ben HardillOct 9, 2024

Just checked how many connected NR instances there are combined for my Alexa and Google Home nodes.

If I can convince 1% of them to chip in $1 a month then the costs are covered.

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2024/09/10/end-of-the-free-ride/

#NodeRED #Alexa #GoogleHome #OpenSourceFunding

End of the Free Ride

TL/DR Amazon have stopped sponsoring the AWS hosting costs (for both the Alexa Skill and Goolge Home Action), please consider donating via PayPal or setting up a GitHub Sponsorship Subscription. Mo…

Ben's Place
Pelle WessmanAug 21, 2024

Published a first draft of Collective Funds Guidelines: https://github.com/collective-funds/guidelines

First user will be Mocha and its inspired by prior art of awesome fellow @openjsf projects @eslint and WebdriverIO 🙏

Thanks to (in no special order) @JoshuaKGoldberg, @mcollina, @west, @ulisesgascon, @uzlopak, @bcomnes for review, feedback and suggestions that helped shape this 🙏

#opensource #OpenSourceFunding #opencollective #mochajs

GitHub - collective-funds/guidelines: The Collective Funds Guidelines provides a framework for use of open source funds.

The Collective Funds Guidelines provides a framework for use of open source funds. - collective-funds/guidelines

GitHub
PurismJul 12, 2024
PureOS: Now with optional subscription tiers to accelerate innovation. Support the future of privacy-focused, convergent computing. Your choice, your impact.
https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-optional-subscription-added-to-advance-development/
#PureOS #OpenSourceFunding #Purism
PureOS Optional Subscription Added to Advance Development – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

Purism
Michael DexterApr 4, 2024

"Wait. You mean we can exploit the workers we pay AND the ones we don't pay? Oh hell yeah!"

https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112211957860573246

#OpenSourceFunding

Show threadCassidy James   Mar 12, 2024

So I guess my question is (sorry this is so rambly, nuance is hard!!)… how would you as an ethical open source project with diverse interests and a community of users with strong feelings around “AI” approach this?

I almost feel like we need to distinguish the current generative AI hype from ML-powered features when it comes to public communication—but *also* lean into “AI” when looking at funding. And that distinction is… hard.

#GNOME #OpenSource #OpenSourceFunding #AI #ML

Show threadCassidy James   Mar 12, 2024

Like it or not—and I absolutely *hate* it—“AI” is where the hype is now. I don’t want to play into it. I think “generative AI” is extraordinarily overblown, problematic, and burning an immeasurable amount of resources. So let’s not do _that_.

But if you could secure a grant to “integrate helpful, privacy-respecting AI features” into GNOME… wouldn’t you? To be clear, this would include the features I mentioned earlier—not generative AI.

#GNOME #Linux #AI #ML #OpenSource #OpenSourceFunding