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Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest.

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sovtechfund, to foss
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We’re seeking input from #FOSS maintainers as we design a fellowship program pilot. We want to test a support mechanism that addresses structural issues in the FOSS ecosystem, and support maintainers who work on open digital infrastructure in the public interest.

If you maintain open source projects, we would be very grateful if you could take ten minutes to respond to the survey:
https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/968766

Please also repost and share with FOSS maintainers you know. Thanks!

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We’re happy to announce the Sovereign Tech Fund’s investment in @nlnetlabs's domain project, expanding this comprehensive, memory-safe library for building privacy and security-conscious DNS applications. This is another step towards a safer and more resilient internet:

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/domain

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Today, STF co-founder @krakenbuerger is taking part in Bitkom's open source working group meeting: “The Future of Open Source — Fair” with a session on the Sovereign Tech Fund's investments into FOSS infrastructure. https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Organisation/Gremien/Open-Source.html

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Did you know that we have an email newsletter? About once a month, we share updates about the Sovereign Tech Fund, the FOSS technologies we've invested in, as well as events and talks. Sign up here: https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/#newsletter

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In case you missed it, we're hiring for three positions:

  • Technologist
  • Program Manager
  • Bug Resilience Program Manager

Join the Sovereign Tech Fund's team to strengthen digital infrastructure in the public interest. Please share; we're looking forward to getting your applications!

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/jobs#open-positions #FOSSjobs #GetFediHired

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Today at STF co-founder @krakenbuerger called for acknowledgement of the diversity of needs and stakeholders within the FOSS ecosystem, and that reconciling all of them into a single strategy isn’t possible. Iterating and testing at STF is helping us identify some needs, and address some of them, but not all. There need to be more actors in the space to address more of what’s needed.

“When we talk about sustainability, we shouldn't just focus on the individual FOSS project…” 1/2

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Today at CEPS Ideas Lab, STF co-founder Adriana Groh will share STF's expertise & lessons from our experience supporting critical open source technologies. Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund has commissioned work on 40 projects since beginning Sept 2022. The panel "Should the EU create a Sovereign Tech Fund on AI and digital commons?" is at 17:15, don't miss it! https://ideaslab.ceps.eu/programme/

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Der STF investiert in die Neu-Implementierung der GNU coreutils in Rust @uutils, um die Speichersicherheit in kritischen Bereichen zu erhöhen. Diese Umstellung sichert die betroffenen Betriebssysteme.

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/de/tech/coreutils

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We’re excited to share that STF is investing in the re-writing of GNU coreutils in Rust @uutils. This move toward memory safety in critical file management, display and formatting, and other utilities secures the targeted operating systems.

https://sovereigntechfund.de/tech/coreutils

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Next week, some of the STF team will be at @FOSSBackstage in Berlin. We're looking forward to all the sessions and meeting folks in person. Say hello to Abigail, @krakenbuerger, Jacky, Paul, and @polexa if you're at #FOSSback and get a sticker!

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We're glad to be working with the @ostif Open Source Technology Improvement Fund for code audits as part of the https://ostif.org/stf-brp-announcement/

The first two audit reports have been published, links in the thread:

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cURL Audit: https://ostif.org/curl-audit-complete/

Jackson-Dataformats and Jackson-Datatypes: https://ostif.org/dataformatsdatatypes-audit-complete/

sovtechfund, to foss
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Come work for the Sovereign Tech Fund! The STF is expanding and looking for talented individuals to join our mission!

We're hiring:

  • Technologist
  • Program Manager
  • Bug Resilience Program Manager

Interested? We look forward to your application! Please share this opportunity with your network.

Find more information about these positions here:

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/jobs#open-positions

#Jobs #FOSS #Hiring

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I came to a realisation yesterday.

Noone read the Road and Bridges report in the FOSS advocacy world. They are all focused on end user FOSS applications.

None of them realised 80% of all apps are FOSS code. And noone seems to ask where it comes from.

We are legitimately infrastructure at this point, as noone realise we exist.

And we are crumbling under the maintenance. And we are not organised to change that. I have no solutions to offer.

Get loud i guess.

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@Di4na Everyone at STF reads Roads and Bridges when we start. It definitely influences how we approach our work and mission!

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On the panel on EU OSS fund, Adriana Groh shares learnings from STF:

On how an EU fund might interact with national actors: “We need more actors in this field, not fewer, especially actors with public money for the public interest. More actors creates desired resilience and redundancy, which is a good thing. With just 1 or 2 actors providing support, it’s dangerous for communities…”
1/3

@OpenForumEurope

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On the panel on security and resilience, STF's @krakenbuerger has four main points:
“The infrastructure that we base all modern society on is neither sustainable nor healthy; it’s a threat for any security concept. It doesn’t work without securing these core technologies”1/4

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@krakenbuerger "For any kind of regulation that affects open source developers, it can’t be an afterthought in how we support them in complying with these rules. They don’t owe us anything, they’re not our suppliers. We can’t create a hazardous environment for them to develop in." 2/4

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@krakenbuerger On AI and automation: “AI-powered tools can be very effectively used by developers. We would be well-advised to look into how reliability and security are affected. It’s going to impact how code is written, evaluated, and even how bug reports are submitted.”

“There are not enough people in the space, and this is a hazard and a structural issue. It’s our responsibility to think about how we can grow in a reasonable and sustainable way.” 3/4

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@krakenbuerger On trustworthiness: “There’s nothing inherently trustworthy or untrustworthy about open source. It’s like asking whether we should trust water. There are ways to make water trustworthy. We can filter it, we can process it, we can put processes in place to make it safe and usable.” 4/4

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We’re excited to announce that we’re supporting #ActivityPub Test Suite and investing in the establishment of developer tools to ensure compatibility among ActivityPub implementations. This #interoperability also benefits users and will lead to individuals having more control over their data.

https://sovereigntechfund.de/tech/activitypub-test-suite/

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Wir freuen uns mitzuteilen, dass wir die ActivityPub Testsuite unterstützen und in die Entwicklung von Entwickler:innen-Tools investieren, um die Kompatibilität zwischen ActivityPub-Implementierungen sicherzustellen. Diese Interoperabilität kommt auch Endnutzer:innen zugute und wird dazu führen, dass jede:r mehr Kontrolle über die eigenen Daten hat.

https://sovereigntechfund.de/tech/de/activitypub-testsuite/

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Next week, catch up with a good chunk of the STF team in Brussels:

Drop us a line if you'd like to meet and chat about open digital infrastructure, technology, and public interest funding!

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We're thrilled to announce the five FOSS teams selected for round 2 of STF's #ContributeBackChallenges! Let's meet the projects receiving a total of €858,560 for work in 3 areas.

  1. Improving FOSS Developer Tooling
  1. Securing FOSS Software Production
  • Rusty SBOMs / CycloneDX Module for Rust (Cargo)
  1. FOSS Infrastructure Documentation
  • p5.js Documentation Organization & Accessibility

More details in the blogpost 👉 https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/contribute-back-challenges-second-round

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Wir stellen jetzt die ausgewählten FOSS-Teams der 2. Runde der STF vor! 5 Projekte, die insgesamt 858.560 €
für Arbeiten in drei Bereichen erhalten.

  1. Verbesserung von FOSS Developer Tooling
  1. Sicherung der FOSS-Softwareproduktion
  • Rusty SBOMs
  1. Dokumentation der FOSS-Infrastruktur
  • Organisation & Barrierefreiheit von p5.js Dokumentation

Weitere Details im Blogpost:
https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/de/neuigkeiten/contribute-back-challenges-zweite-runde/

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We’re excited to announce that the Sovereign Tech Fund is supporting @gstreamer and investing in the re-writing of foundational components of the multimedia streaming framework in Rust. This move toward memory safety in crucial GStreamer plugins makes the project more sustainable, more secure, and will help attract more contributors.

Learn more about GStreamer and why it's important:
https://sovereigntechfund.de/tech/gstreamer

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