NGI project may lose funding
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) project, an initiative of the EU's European Commission (EC), provides funding in the form of grants for a wide variety of open-source software, including Redox, Briar, SourceHut, and many more. But the NGI project is not among those that would be funded under the current draft budget for 2025, as The Register reports. More than 60 organizations have signed on to an open letter asking the EC to reconsider:
We find this transformation incomprehensible, moreover when NGI has proven efficient and economical to support free software as a whole, from the smallest to the most established initiatives. This ecosystem diversity backs the strength of European technological innovation, and maintaining the NGI initiative to provide structural support to software projects at the heart of worldwide innovation is key to enforce the sovereignty of a European infrastructure. Contrary to common perception, technical innovations often originate from European rather than North American programming communities, and are mostly initiated by small-scaled organizations.
Posted Jul 19, 2024 19:06 UTC (Fri)
by koverstreet (✭ supporter ✭, #4296)
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Posted Jul 20, 2024 9:24 UTC (Sat)
by garloff (subscriber, #319)
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Posted Jul 19, 2024 19:10 UTC (Fri)
by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
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The funding models and the choice of supported software for these two scenarios are completely different.
Posted Jul 20, 2024 6:58 UTC (Sat)
by oldtomas (guest, #72579)
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Otherwise, shareholders, the ultimate decision point, will always be pushing to skimp on quality.
(You don't believe me? Solarwinds is still around!)
Posted Jul 20, 2024 22:53 UTC (Sat)
by mtaht (subscriber, #11087)
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Posted Jul 22, 2024 16:55 UTC (Mon)
by ttuttle (subscriber, #51118)
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Looking at their website, it's super unclear to me what NGI's actual purpose is. I expected a focus on projects developing and maintaining the dependencies for future Internet usage: new networking hardware, protocols, and software; core dependencies for web and mobile apps; etc. I found no clear focus, and projects like this: I'm not sure how NGI can fund this dystopian shit with a clear conscience, and I have no clue how it connects to the "next generation Internet". I wouldn't fund an org funding that either. Sympathies to the well-liked projects NGI funds and those who depend on them, though.
Posted Jul 22, 2024 16:59 UTC (Mon)
by ttuttle (subscriber, #51118)
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(Actually looking at NGI's "about" page, their stated aim is to which fire4talent seems completely irrelevant.)
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We want bcachefs to have some sustainable funding.
What is their focus?
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NGI's purpose seems unclear
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NGI's purpose seems unclear
to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet of Trust. An Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and the norms all citizens enjoy in Europe.