NGI Zero open source funding @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

Hi there! Are you an avid free software user or open source developer? NGI Zero is an R&D funding program for open source software & hardware to enhance online privacy and improve open search and discovery. Together with @fsfe, @APC, Radically Open Security, Translate House and many more we fund and support projects like @pixelfed, @delta, @cryptpad... Check it out here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroDiscovery.html and here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html or submit your own idea to make the internet a better place!

If you are not attending in person, you might be interested to follow the streamed version: https://redirect.invidious.io/channel/UC_djHbyjuJvhVjfT18nyqmQ

So many awesome talks at https://cfp.3mdeb.com/qubes-os-summit-2022/schedule/#

So sorry to hear the news that Peter Eckersley (https://pde.is) has today passed away. We got to know him through the SSL Observatory, after that he went on to do many amazing things like Let's Encrypt, Panopticlick and HTTPS Everywhere. He was a wonderful, smart and kind human being, and a lot of fun to be around. May he rest in peace, he will be remembered fondly by many.

In case you are near or able to travel to Ghent (Belgium) next month, do check out the talk from Jonathan McHugh about Icebreaker at Newline 2022: https://events.hackerspace.gent/en/newline2022/public/events/115

The 4th edition of the @QubesOS summit will be held live this year!
Save the date - 9th to 11th September, hosted in Berlin!

More information about this event & CFP that is now open is available at: https://qubesos.3mdeb.com

BTW: in case folks reading this have a cool FOSS project that needs funding, please be aware that we have a deadline for submitting these tomorrow (August 1st) noon.

Don't feel intimidated - it is really light-weight to submit something (you can do it in less than an hour if need be).

Have a look at https://nlnet.nl/propose -

And of course if you don't have an #ActivityPub account but still want to stake your claim for a free #MCH2022 ticket you can just get in touch via https://nlnet.nl/contact #neverexcludepeople

Many of the #mch2022 sessions can be streamed online, but if you want to attend in person to smell what a few thousand hackers are like - and missed out on tickets or could not afford one: as a sponsor we have a full ticket to give away to the #NGI community!

Please send a direct message to us ASAP, we'll find a good random number generator to make one of you happy! #freeticket #hacker

During the event there will be quite a few talks from NGI funded projects like ARPA2, Libresilient, IRMA, PDS Interop and Metapress-es. In addition there are informal daily sessions on how to apply for grants to work on free and open source projects within NGI Zero and NGI Assure. More information and the entire programme can be found on: https://mch2022.org

In the coming days you can find NGI Zero at May Contain Hackers, a large nonprofit outdoors hacker camp taking place in Zeewolde, the Netherlands. The event has a long and rich history, dating back a third of a century - all they way to 1989 when NLnet was formally founded. Thanks to the many volunteers from around the world which will bring together over 3500 people to attend hundreds of lectures, talks and workshops!

BTW: there are some interesting similarities between the #Tauri logo and the NLnet one - but we can assure you our relationship is purely platonic ;)

Congratulations to Daniel and the rest of the team at #Tauri on their 1.0 release: https://tauri.app - a more robust and secure way to create web technology based applications for many different platforms. #NGIAssure

In my experience pretty much everyone listens to reason, and convergence can be achieved by pointing out aberrant behaviour. And yes, the words ''in the spirit of cooperation' are explicit part of our otherwise pretty short agreements with projects...