Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Internet
a year ago
- #Open-Source
- #Digital-Commons
- #NGI-Zero
- 42 free and open-source projects received funding from the NGI Zero Commons Fund to enhance the public nature of the internet.
- Projects include open hardware (MNT Reform Touch, Solar FemtoTX motherboard), privacy tools (Open Terms Archive), and decentralized solutions (LLM2FPGA, DIDs for SASL).
- The NGI Zero Commons Fund supports technologies that promote transparency, accessibility, and democratic oversight.
- Selected projects span categories like trustworthy hardware, operating systems, middleware, decentralized solutions, and AI/data applications.
- Applicants are informed of selection outcomes before public announcements, with application numbers indicating call rounds.
- Notable projects: bcachefs (next-gen Linux filesystem), KDE Plasma Gestures, Maemo Leste (mobile OS), and Reproducible Builds for Scala.
- Other initiatives include Alaveteli (FOI requests), Wiktionary QA tools, and PeerTube improvements for institutions.
- Funding aims to foster innovation in open-source ecosystems, privacy, and digital sovereignty.