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Re:EU to vote regulation that has a considerable potential t... by thayne on Saturday July 15, 2023 @06:42PM (#36741591)
That would probably be better at providing funding for OSS. For projects that aren't backed by a company that sells support, customers could pay a third party company like Red Hat, Canonical, Tidelift, Collabora, etc. to certify the security of dependencies.
Re:EU to vote regulation that has a considerable potential t... by smarx007 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:13PM (#36742136)
Isn't Tidelift a bit of a joke?

https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/npm/d3 offers $25/mo.

https://tidelift.com/lifter/search/maven/org.apache.jena:apa... is not covered despite being an Apache project with 1k stars and quite a lively mailing list with some corp users.