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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/115943284368464695">Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 17:57:26 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" title="aral@mastodon.ar.al"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/4627-48-20260927134620.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Aral Balkan" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Aral Balkan</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>“I really like the Small Web. Thanks for NOT supporting it.”</p><p><a href="https://ar.al/2022/10/20/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected/" rel="nofollow">https://ar.al/2022/10/20/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected/</a></p><p>(We tried one more time after that, got rejected again, and then stopped wasting time with <a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet">@nlnet</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">@NGIZero</a>. The Small Web will launch this year with ZERO EU funding in its six years of development from NGI/NLNet. If you want to support us before it does, please see <a href="https://small-tech.org/fund-us" rel="nofollow">https://small-tech.org/fund-us</a>. After we launch, we aim for it to be self sustaining. So NGI/NLNet have been and are irrelevant as far as the Small Web is concerned.) </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@jmaris/115940504761958251" rel="nofollow">https://eupolicy.social/@jmaris/115940504761958251</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallWeb" rel="tag">#SmallWeb</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallTech" rel="tag">#SmallTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/funding" rel="tag">#funding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FOSS" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenSource" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EUpol" rel="tag">#EUpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenSourceSustainability" rel="tag">#OpenSourceSustainability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/NextGenerationInternet" rel="tag">#NextGenerationInternet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/NGI" rel="tag">#NGI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/NLNet" rel="tag">#NLNet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallTechnologyFoundation" rel="tag">#SmallTechnologyFoundation</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6084326#notice-11982242">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-01-23T17:57:26+09:00" title="Friday, 23-Jan-2026 17:57:26 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115943284368464695" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.ar.al via ActivityPub">mastodon.ar.al</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115943284368464695">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1755064">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@jmaris/115940504761958251#SmallWeb">Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO (@jmaris@eupolicy.social)</a></h5><div> from <span>Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO</span></div></header><div>Even if you just send feedback saying "I really like (funded project) thanks for supporting it", that is the kind of thing that really makes a difference!The commission struggles to measure the value of Open Source funding, so we have to speak up so they know it makes sense!#OpenSource #EUpol #FOSS #OpenSourceSustainability</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 23-Jan-2026 17:57:26 JSTAral Balkan
- NGI Zero open source funding
“I really like the Small Web. Thanks for NOT supporting it.”
https://ar.al/2022/10/20/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected/
(We tried one more time after that, got rejected again, and then stopped wasting time with @nlnet and @NGIZero. The Small Web will launch this year with ZERO EU funding in its six years of development from NGI/NLNet. If you want to support us before it does, please see https://small-tech.org/fund-us. After we launch, we aim for it to be self sustaining. So NGI/NLNet have been and are irrelevant as far as the Small Web is concerned.)
https://eupolicy.social/@jmaris/115940504761958251
#SmallWeb #SmallTech #EU #funding #FOSS #OpenSource #EUpol #OpenSourceSustainability #NextGenerationInternet #NGI #NLNet #SmallTechnologyFoundation
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  Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO (@jmaris@eupolicy.social)
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  Even if you just send feedback saying "I really like (funded project) thanks for supporting it", that is the kind of thing that really makes a difference! The commission struggles to measure the value of Open Source funding, so we have to speak up so they know it makes sense! #OpenSource #EUpol #FOSS #OpenSourceSustainability

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