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Re:Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service by richardwhiuk on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:44PM (#39935578)
No, it's born out of Element not funding Matrix, and Matrix being desparate for funding.
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Re:Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service by neiljohnson on Friday April 05, 2024 @04:32AM (#39939994)
The OP is calling out the need for any large org that depends on a FOSS project to contribute to its maintenance.

Currently we don’t have good mechanisms to make this happen.

The post uses Matrix as an example but it applies equally to any project deemed as critical infrastructure which would of course include XMPP, IRC and plenty of others.

To solve this, FOSS projects must work together to advocate for practical funding mechanisms. This is not a zero sum game.

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