The Matrix.org Foundation

Open source infrastructure *must* be a publicly funded service, and funders need to support maintenance – not just new feature development 📣

This is on our minds this week in the wake of the #xz news, and as we continue to seek funding to support #Matrix.

Read the latest from project lead, @matthew: https://matrix.org/blog/2024/04/open-source-publicly-funded-service/

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Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service.

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Apr 4, 2024 at 4:46pmWeb
Show threadCopie PubliqueApr 5, 2024
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@matthew thanks for the mention 🤗
Show threadsimpleApr 8, 2024
@matrix @matthew ok, many people could *maybe* be convinced by this argument. But what is almost always lacking on this subject are the funding criteria. Most FOSS projects are just playgrounds for inexperienced developers. And even the established projects lack many of the components of a proper organizational structure, with professional UX designers, customer service, lawyers, professional managers etc. Not all FOSS projects deserve funding.
Show threadMatthew HodgsonApr 8, 2024
@simple honestly, the funding criteria could be simply whether the EU public sector is operationally dependent on the project or not. If the project is indeed under-resourced (no UX, CS, etc) then it's even more important to try to fix that, no? :)