Notices by NGI Zero open source funding (ngizero@mastodon.xyz), page 2

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

As the Digital Markets Act comes into effect today, Device Neutrality starts to become a tangible reality in the EU, says @fsfe. But it's only the first step and further commitment is necessary. FSFE launched https://deviceneutrality.org/ to raise public awareness about #DeviceNeutrality. Taking control of digital devices is a matter of freedom and #FreeSoftware is key to that.
Read all about the #DMA and FSFE's next steps
https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240307-01.en.html

CC: @EC_NGI

Data Autonomy and Academic Freedom: great piece by philosophy scholar @tstahl arguing that Big Tech in academia not only fosters digital dependence but can undermine academic freedom. With a shout out to @SURF for creating a cooperative social media platform for Dutch scholars and students on Mastodon.
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/data-autonomy/blog/data-autonomy-and-academic-freedom

We're having a BoF at 10.00 for anyone interested in NGI0. Room AW1.121 https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3680-ngi-zero-network-meetup/

For all NGI0 related events during #FOSDEM see https://nlnet.nl/events/20240203/index.html

We are happy to announce the launch of the new NGI0 Commons Fund. Its aim is to reclaim the public nature of the internet.

Offering small and medium-sized grants for free and open source projects across the entire technology stack.

First call opens February 1. If you are working on a project that contributes to reclaiming the public nature of the internet, do apply.

With many thanks to the @EU_Commission 's #NextGenerationInternet initiative.

https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20240109-CommonsFund-starts.html

55 new projects have been awarded an NGI Zero grant. A big thank you to all 55 teams and individuals for contributing to the open internet!

Here is an overview of the 55 projects: https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231123-announcing-projects.html

With thanks to the @EC_NGI European Commission's Next Generation Internet initiative.

Adblockers are legal, German courts ruled. Their argument: users not only have the right to receive information but also to refuse it.
That sounds about right. It'd be positively dystopian if companies can claim the right to force-feed information. A win for internet user freedom :).
One of the downsides of the ruling is that a company can exclude users with an activated adblocker from accessing its website.
@fsfe wrote an interesting article about the case
https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231220-01.en.html

We want a more resilient, trustworthy and open internet. We need your contributions to get there.

Are you working on free and open source projects in open hardware, open software, open data or open standards?

Apply for funding from NGI Zero. We are looking forward to your proposals!

Apply before February 1st 2024 (noon).

https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231201-call.html

#FOSS

We invite you to nominate a FOSS project for the Bluehats prize. There are four prizes of €10.000 each, to be spent freely.

Bluehats are civil servants who promote the use and development of Free Software in public administrations.

The French public administration has established the Bluehats prize for maintainers of critical Free Software. To be eligible the software must be in use by at least one agency of the French administration.

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

In the latest round of NGI0 grants, 55 FOSS projects received funding. Quite a few of these are #Fediverse related. The @fediversereport has written up an overview of these projects and their goals. Have a look here: https://fediversereport.com/a-fediverse-look-at-nlnets-latest-grant-round/.

(Btw, a new call for proposals just opened. The next deadline is February 1th.)
https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231201-call.html

@LaurensHof #FOSS

Congratulations @peertube with releasing version 6.0.1! Thank you for enabling everyone to create their own video platform!

@EC_NGI

Pouhiou Lafon Roudier of @Framasoft presents @peertube at #NGIFORUM23 "We built a videoplatform based on old internet values such as decentralization. Not one big platform but many small federated platforms." More than a 1000 instances & a million video's. All that in six years and one paid developer. (A 2nd dev recently joined. Yay!)
"With little means we can do a lot in the open source community",

Thanks @nlnetlabs for the referral :).
@theruran @civodul
@cbaines

NGI0 turned 5 today! Since 2018 we've been on a mission to make a better internet for everyone. This has always been a collective effort with many many many people pitching in. To celebrate this collaboration we invite everyone to our Call for Participation. Send us your cartoon, meme, sound bite, ascii art, essay, one-liner, text-based game, picture, 8-bit video, gif, drawing, recipe, ..., to share your vision of a better internet for everyone.
Prizes for everyone :) https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231101-FiveYearsNGI0.html

Just a reminder that today we host the webinar How To Make Your Digital Product Accessible For All at 13.00 CEST

Charlotte Swart, lead of the #accessibility auditing team for NGI0 projects, will demonstrate how an accessibility audit works.

For more info and the link to the BigBlueButton platform see: https://nlnet.nl/events/20230921/index.html. Registration not needed, just join the room.

#a11y

@wvdraay Thanks, that really means a lot to us. For all who don't know Wytze: he is one of the original folks behind NLnet and among others its financial director from 1989 to 2007 - and winner of a well-deserved NLUUG Lifetime Achievement award. We probably would not be around without him...