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Germany to Fund Open Source Software Maintainers Through New Fellowship Program (fossforce.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund unveils a program to fund maintainers of open source projects that's expected to be operational by year's end.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine if they could one day get the whole EU to agree on something like this...and to even use the software! 😵

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

EU has a similar program called Horizon Europe, which spent around €95.5 billion so far. Though it's broader in scope, not limited to just software, but includes various open source research too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do you have to be European to get funded?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You just have to sit while peeing if you're a guy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I made my German girlfriend watch me pee while standing to show that it's a controlled stream.

Then she pulled out her funnel and made me watch her pee while standing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah checks out here's your funds 💰

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No.

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs/applications#requirements

Take a look.

Though, if you have not heard of the program before, you're probably not involved with a project that qualifies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We invest in projects that benefit and strengthen the open source ecosystem. Examples include libraries for programming languages, package managers, open implementations of communication protocols, administration tools for developers, digital encryption technologies, and more

Wow, some countries are trying to make encryption tech illegal while Germany is just throwing money at tech that could bypass those laws. Amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some german politicians have also tried time and time again to establish data retention policies because "think of the kids" argument blablabla. But so far they have failed to do that as it was proclaimed unconstitutional by our federal court. Some politicians play with the idea from time to time tho.