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NGIZero

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NGI Zero is a grant making programme for R&D within free and open source technology, coordinated by NLnet Foundation in collab with https://mastodon.social/@fsfe, https://mastodon.social/@APC, https://ps.s10y.eu/@ps, https://chaos.social/@techcultivation, @ros, https://mastodon.f-si.org/@fsi, https://chaos.social/@nixos_org, Tolerant Networks, HAN University, Brno University, APELL, https://fosstodon.org/@ISOCSwitzerland, OW2, OFE & more | delivers technology for the #NextGenerationInternet

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olea, to random
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@NGIZero Hi. Is there an expected date for the resolution of the first call of the NGI Zero Commons Fund? Thanks.

NGIZero,
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Hi @olea this will probably be around the end of June.

chfkch, to linuxphones
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My fellow fedizens, i have done it.
I have applied to https://nlnet.nl/propose/ in the category "Open Call". Well at least 2 features i want to implement.
Wish me luck.

If you have an awesome Mobile FOSS Project, maybe you want to apply too? Deadline is 2024-06-01 so this friday. Application process took me about half an hour, so that's doable.

@NGIZero


NGIZero,
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@chfkch That is great to hear! And happy to learn that the application process did not take you a lot of time. That is precisely what we hope: not to waste anyone's time.

fdroidorg, to random
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Friendly reminder if you're an open source developer in the mobile ecosystem:

You still have time until 1st of June to apply for a grant.

https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/

NGIZero,
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Hi @chfkch, Mobifree is part of the 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

NGIZero,
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Hey @newhinton what kind of questions do you have? Or, put an other way, what kind of information would help you to get a better idea? We'd be happy to try and provide it.
@fdroidorg

NGIZero,
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Hi @newhinton. That is a quite common situation in the NGI programmes: people/communities who have done a project on a voluntary basis. One of the aims of the NGI Zero grants is to give them well-deserved support. So your situation applies well to the NGI programmes.

NGIZero,
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@newhinton I like your idea of asking someone who has applied for a grant to tell about their experience for the benefit of others. Will look into arranging that.
And yes, the money is free for you to allocate. It takes the form of a donation: you get the money, it is yours and you decide what to do with it.
So it's up to you including your example of working a day less to have more time for your project.

NGIZero,
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@newhinton The grant is not paid in full. Instead you divide your project in milestones and allocate an amount to it. Once you reach the milestone you send in an request for payment. So for instance: You divide your project in milestones A, B, C and D. And you allocate amount € X to milestone A. Once you have milestone A finished, you request the payment for it and move on to milestone B.

NGIZero,
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@newhinton To decide what amount to allocate to milestone A a much used method is: number of hours you think it will take times an hourly rate. You can write it down like that in the application.
And about your hesitation to apply for a grant for something you have done for free, don't hesitate. FLOS is free as in libre not gratis. One of the points of the Next Generation Internet is to support the enormous efforts of those dedicated to Free Libre Open Source.

NGIZero,
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@newhinton Here is an example of the Memorandum of Understanding that would be drawn up if your application is selected. It gives you an idea of how to think about formulating milestones. https://nlnet.nl/foundation/request/sample_MoU.pdf
Hope you will apply! The proposal form is deliberately simple so you don't have to waste much time on it. I recommend just giving it a shot and apply for June 1. There will be more open calls but there's no time like the present :).
https://nlnet.nl/propose/

NGIZero,
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@newhinton that's great! Good luck :)

NGIZero, to security
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Security in Times of Surveillance, the 1-day, in-person event of @Ei_PSI (Eindhoven Institute for the Protection of Systems and Information) will take place on May 31 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

NGI0 fellows Stephen Farrell (Trinity College Dublin / Tolerant Networks) and Wouter Bokslag & Carlo Meijer (Midnight Blue / TETRA:BURST) will be speaking. (As well as other great speakers like Jaap-Henk Hoepman and Bart Preneel).

https://www.win.tue.nl/eipsi/surveillance.html

NGIZero, to random
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Happy to announce the (official) launch of Mobifree. The @mobifree NGI Pilot Project focuses on the development of ethical mobile software, prioritizing the digital rights of users, including privacy and freedom of speech.
https://mobifree.org/

Part of the project's budget is reserved for funding third-party contributions. The current open call for proposals between 5 & 50k is open till June 1. (More open calls will follow this year.)
www.nlnet.nl/mobifree/

NGIZero, to opensource
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There'll be an breakout session during OW2con'24 for NGI beneficiaries. It's a chance to meet up with fellow contributors to the open internet, share a presentation about your project and to explore new collaboration possibilities.

Throughout the conference there'll be an NGI Community corner for projects to provide demos & meet open source professionals

OW2con'24 is held 11-12, June in Paris-Châtillon. Registration is free but mandatory.

https://www.ow2con.org/view/2024/Breakout_Sessions/NGI-Search

NGIZero, to random
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Daniel Thompson-Yvetot co-founder of @TauriApps will be speaking at The Web Conference where he'll announce the launch of Verso.
Verso is a web browser that plays old world blues to build new world hope: a new open-source project that seeks to make a cross-platform, Rust-based browsing engine, webview, and browser.

On May 16, it's an in-person event but live stream will be provided. https://crabnebula.dev/events/the-web-conf-2024/
https://www2024.thewebconf.org/program/full-schedule/

NGIZero, to foss
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Apply for Summer of Nix 2024 to join one of four teams in making selected free and open source software (FOSS) projects work reliably on a whim using Nix and NixOS.

Deadline May 10.

Summer of Nix is a rare opportunity for students or early-career professionals with diverse technical skills and interests to practice disciplined software development with Nix while contributing to the public good and receiving some payment for it.

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2024-call-for-participants/43249

NGIZero, to foss
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Listen to the @projetslibres_podcast with Walid interviewing Lwenn Bussière, Technology Assessor at NLnet, about and NLnet.

Lwenn: "The Internet infrastructure that we know very well comes from free software and is based on an often invisible, often unpaid work of volunteers and enthusiasts. We fund people who actually build sustainable solutions for the Internet."

The podcast is in French with transcriptions in both French and English.

https://www.projets-libres.org/en/nlnet-foundation-funding-free-software-in-europe-lwenn-bussiere/

NGIZero, to foss
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Congratulations BlueHats @codegouvfr for the Projects of Social Benefit Award from @fsf!

The jury said: "The French Free Software Unit has made great strides in increasing the use of free software like LibreOffice into the daily departmental work of the French government, a space where nonfree software like Office365 typically dominates."

Also congrats to Bruno Haible and @nlogozzo for their awards!
https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-awards-winners-announced-bruno-haible-french-free-software-unit-nick-logozzo

NGIZero, to foss
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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

NGIZero, to opensource
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Join us in less than an hour for a tech talk with Andrew "bunnie" Huang. He's currently working on IRIS: (Infra-Red, In-Situ) inspection of silicon, a project to facilitate the non-destructive verification of silicon chips.

There will be lots of time for questions and comments as he is interested to hear peoples' thoughts about IRIS.

Today at 11.00 CEST (Brussels time) / 17.00 SGT (Singapore time). For the link to the BBB video room see: https://nlnet.nl/events/20240502/index.html.

NGIZero, to random
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NLnet co-founder prof. dr. Frances Brazier has received a knighthood for her exceptional contribution to society.
With her contribution to NLnet Brazier promoted IP-connectivity in the Netherlands and helped bootstrap the open internet in Europe. Later, in 1999, she co-founded @nlnetlabs for long-term research projects.
We congratulate Frances with her well-deserved Knighthood and want to thank her for the important work she has done for the open internet in general and NLnet in particular.

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