German state pilot program to hire open-source maintainers

Posted Oct 12, 2024 2:23 UTC (Sat) by rcampos (subscriber, #59737)
Parent article: The Open Source Pledge: peer pressure to pay maintainers

The German Sovereign Tech Fund has launched a new pilot program to provide compensation to individual contributors in 2025.

They offer lot of flexibility in the way to hire (so whatever is best for you), it's for 1 year and people living in Germany is eligible only.

The deadline to apply is October 20.

Posted Oct 18, 2024 23:50 UTC (Fri) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

That isn't about individual contributors, but about project maintainers.

Posted Oct 18, 2024 23:54 UTC (Fri) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

It is available to folks outside Germany too, but you have to choose the Freelance Contracting option instead of the Employment option.