I think this is great, but I can’t help but notice that these projects applied for this funding in November 2024 or earlier. Is it normal to take seven months to decide which projects to fund? It makes it difficult for the projects to do any kind of planning, right?
diggan•2h ago
> Is it normal to take seven months to decide which projects to fund?
Is not normal for FOSS projects to get funding to use however they see fit at all, so the whole situation is "not normal" from the get go. Might be too long for your schedule, but at least they're getting funding from somewhere.
> It makes it difficult for the projects to do any kind of planning, right?
What planning do you think they engaged with before the funding? I haven't checked all the projects, but most projects seems to be "first time receivers" of this sort of funding, so unlikely they had much plans beyond "it'd be nice if we could eventually do this sometime" before the funding, and now they could hopefully feel a bit more stable to start doing some planning.
aorth•4h ago
This is great news. It's nice to see alternative (ie non-US, non-FAANG) funding for open source projects. Another one I saw was the Sovereign Tech Fund.
JimDabell•4h ago
diggan•2h ago
Is not normal for FOSS projects to get funding to use however they see fit at all, so the whole situation is "not normal" from the get go. Might be too long for your schedule, but at least they're getting funding from somewhere.
> It makes it difficult for the projects to do any kind of planning, right?
What planning do you think they engaged with before the funding? I haven't checked all the projects, but most projects seems to be "first time receivers" of this sort of funding, so unlikely they had much plans beyond "it'd be nice if we could eventually do this sometime" before the funding, and now they could hopefully feel a bit more stable to start doing some planning.