FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels

Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by direwolf20 on Monday February 02, 2026 @08:35AM (#46855872)

I guess not. Can you specify it in more concrete terms? They're not just buying your project for an arbitrary price, or VC-investing, they're paying your living costs and hosting costs while you create a donation to the public good, that's how grants work.

They give you 500k if you have a really good reason why you need that... and why the result is worth it... and why your project is more worth it than all the other several projects, combined, they could spend the same 500k on. Most of them are one or two people's living cost for 6 months to a year or so.

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Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by menaerus on Monday February 02, 2026 @08:54AM (#46856062)

I genuinely hope you're a bot. If you're not then please consider being respectful in your conversations and address the question being asked rather than moving goalposts - it is extremely annoying. If you're out of your arguments, learn to say "I don't know".

And I also do hope, if you're a human, that you're not sitting anywhere close to decision making committee be it in NLNET or any other grant program because if you do, it fits into the (terrible) narrative of software market in the EU.

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Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by direwolf20 on Monday February 02, 2026 @02:40PM (#46860278)

You have repeatedly resorted to ad hominem to avoid answering questions.

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Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by menaerus on Monday February 02, 2026 @03:34PM (#46861101)

Ad hominem does not apply to bots or trolls and you're one of those two. And I'm not sure what was ad hominem about my response. You're the one being ignorant here

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