Notices by NGI Zero open source funding (ngizero@mastodon.xyz)

We're organizing a NGI Zero network meetup at #FOSDEM. Everyone who is part of or interested in the Next Generation Internet is welcome for a meet and greet on Saturday at 13.00 CET in room AW1.121.
Besides the BoF room there are also many other NGIZero related events like booths, devrooms and over 60 talks.
For and overview of all, see: https://nlnet.nl/events/20250201/FOSDEM/index.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI

Two projects we love are currently running a crowdsource campaign. The modular Open Hardware laptop MNT Reform Next is up on Crowdsupply where you can support them by buying a T-shirt or treat yourself to an OH laptop in pre-sale. [1]
And the Pixelfed and Loops team is seeking backers to support the development of these federated social networks with no ads, no algorithms and no tracking. [2]

[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next/updates/mnt-reform-next-campaign-is-now-live
[2] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks
#OpenHardware #FOSS #Fediverse #NGI #NGI0

Happy 2025 everyone! On this first day of the fresh new year we are happy to announce 50 Free and Open Source projects were selected to receive NGI Zero grants.

We'd like to congratulate all the teams and individuals and thank them for working on a better internet for us all.

Come over and meet the projects:
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250101-announcing-grantees-June-call.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGIZero

If you are working on Free and Open Source technologies that improve the digital landscape for everyone, know that NGI0 offers financial & practical support.
We offer grants between €5k - €50k, open to everyone.
Calls currently open:
NGI0 Commons Fund: Reclaim the public internet
NGI TALER: Privacy-preserving digital payments
NGI MobiFree: More ethical mobile software
NGI Fediversity: Creating the hosting stack of the future
Deadline February 1, 2025
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241201-call.html
#FOSS #NGI #NGI0

In the latest episode of the NGI0 podcast we talk to Adrian Georgescu. He was part of the Voice over IP revolution & in this episode you’ll learn much about that history and the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). With his company AG projects, Adrian created Blink, a pure SIP client and Sylk Suite which combines SIP with WebRTC.
He also talks about what it’s like to run a #FOSS company & having to compete with Big Tech offering services for free.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/the-voip-revolution-blink

#NGI #NGIZero #podcast

badkeys is an open source tool to check cryptographic keys for known vulnerabilities. Its developer @hanno gave a talk at German OWASP Day where he discussed how old bugs never die. He tested for the Debian OpenSSL bug discovered in 2008 & found hundreds of DKIM setups still vulnerable. Vulnerable hosts included prominent names like Cisco, Oracle, Skype, and Github. But he sees even older vulns including one which is over 300 years old.
Watch the talk here: https://media.ccc.de/v/god2024-56276-the-debian-openssl-bug-and
#NGI #NGI0

"It is important to be able to communicate freely", says Jérôme Poisson aka @Goffi in the NGI0 #podcast. He is the main developer of Libervia, a communication ecosystem based on #XMPP.
XMPP is mostly known for chat but Libervia offers many more features such as blogs, fora, events & file sharing. It has gateways to other open protocols like #ActivityPub & email. He talks about Libervia, the political side of technology & offers advise about #NGI0 grants.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/technology-is-not-neutral-libervia
#FOSS

What if someone could help you with your documentation? Or offer advice on user retention. A person to talk to about testing or how to get things translated. How about untangling gnarly issues with the help of an all-round troubleshooter?
These people exist!
They are @JennyList Marjolein Kassenaar, Julian Harty, Dwayne Bailey & @eric_herman
We just had a #webinar where they introduced themselves and their services. And the recording is now live: https://nlnet.nl/events/20241128/index.html

#NGI #NGI0

This Thursday we're having a #webinar about support services. That is, practical help with your free and open source project. We'll be discussing: Technical writing, Testing, Translation & localisation, UX testing, & Troubleshooting.
Speakers are the people who provide the support so it is a nice way to get to know them.
The webinar is open to everyone. But note that the services can only be requested by people who've received an #NGI grant. Nov 28, 13.00 CET
https://nlnet.nl/events/20241128/index.html
#NGI0 #FOSS

Let's get rid of all the binary blobs. In S01E02 of the NGI0 podcast we talk to @janneke, founder of GNU Mes. The project helped to significantly reduce the number & size of binary seeds used in the bootstrap of GNU Guix 1.0.
He talks about working on GNU Mes, its community, NGI0 funding & calls for a 5th freedom: freedom 4. The freedom to build a program from source. "If you can't build a binary from source, how would you exercise freedom 0?"

https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/janneke-gnu-mes

#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI #podcast

Besides financial grants NGI0 also offers practical support to beneficiaries. In the upcoming webinar Ask Us For Help we will introduce four support services: technical writing, testing, translation & localisation and troubleshooting. They will be presented by the experts who deliver the services.
The webinar is open to anyone who is interested but note that the support services are only open to NGI beneficiaries.
November 28, 2024. 13.00-14.00 CET
more info: https://nlnet.nl/events/20241128/index.html

#NGI #NGI0

We are happy to let you know that 49 fantastic free and open source projects will receive NGI0 Core grants.

It's a wide variety of projects covering all 10 layers of the technology stack, from open hardware to applications.

But what unites them is they all contribute to alternatives and improvements to core internet architecture.

Together they are working on an open, resilient and trustworthy internet for all.

Come over and meet the projects! https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241003-announcing-Core-call.html

#NGI0 #NGI #FOSS

We are really happy to see collaboration emerging between @liberaforms and @Framasoft. LiberaForms produces free and libre software to create online forms & manage the outcomes. Framasoft, known for its work to develop and popularize free software, is testing LiberaForms to power its suite of services that help people get away from Big Tech cloud services.
To quote LiberaForms: "More participation should mean better software."
More about the collaboration: https://blog.liberaforms.org/2024/06/24/collaboration-framasoft-and-liberaforms/
#NGIZero

Request for input:

The @fsf are curious to learn more about current practices of those who advise projects to accept LLM-generated source code contributions & whether they follow any rules or guidelines.

The FSF have therefore started a survey published at https://my.fsf.org/llm-contributions.

Please respond to the survey if you are in any way involved in or have opinions about accepting LLM-generated contributions to software projects. Feel free to spread the link.

CC: @fsfe

Fourty-five free and open source projects have been selected to receive NGI Zero grants in the February round.
Each of these projects offer a unique contribution to an open, resilient, human-centered internet and a more open information society.
We want to thank the 45 teams and individuals for their efforts to build the Next Generation Internet for us all.

Here is an overview of the projects with a short description https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240618-Call-announcement.html

#NGI #NGIZero

Hi @chfkch, Mobifree is part of the #NextGenerationInternet initiative* and there are other programmes as well. If you think your project does not fit Mobifree perhaps look at the NGI0 Commons Fund which has a broad scope.
See: https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/

If you're unsure which fund to pick, choose the open call and mention you are okay with your proposal being allocated to the most suitable fund. https://nlnet.nl/propose/

*https://www.ngi.eu/

@larma @fdroidorg @e_mydata @delta @deltatouch

Radically Open Security, the nonprofit computer security company donates 90% of its profits to NLnet. Today @ros turned 10 years old *and* crossed the magical number of 1 million euro in donations to NLnet.

Happy birthday ROS! And thanks a million :-).

We interviewed ROS co-founder and CEO Melanie Rieback to learn why she decided to give the company such an unusual business model.

https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240507-ROS-10y.html

#FOSS #postgrowth #degrowth #opensource

Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize!

Dnsmasq provides network addressing for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot.

Dnsmasq creator & maintainer Simon Kelley said: "This prize is valuable financially, but much more so as a mark of public recognition that dnsmasq is still something that's worth doing."

https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html

The € 10 000 BlueHats prizes aim to place maintainers of critical #FOSS in the spotlight.

#bluehats #opensource #maintainers

We have 4 new open calls for funding for projects that contribute to an open, trustworthy, human-centered internet. Projects must be free and open source and papers published

Deadline is June 1, 12.00 (noon) CEST
#NGI0 #opensource

“Email is a minuscule text file that you transmit across the internet. To claim that you don’t have the competence to arrange that yourself is a sign of administrative incompetence”, says Michiel Leenaars in an interview on Radio 1. He’s is responding to a recent report of Clingendael Institute warning the Dutch government has squandered cloud sovereignty by outsourcing storing vital & sensitive information to American providers. Listen to the interview here [In Dutch] https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/spraakmakers/643d3e2d-6056-4d44-bdb9-ab3df4ad90d4/2024-03-11-michiel-leenaars-we-zijn-slaven-van-bedrijven-als-google-en-microsoft