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Re:Open Source Endowment – new funding source for open sourc... by kvinogradov on Friday February 27, 2026 @08:01PM (#47188530)
Software has its own lifecycle, and the funding should not stick indefinitely to a specific project. Meanwhile, our grant format might evolve into some type of limited tenured positions for maintainers, which support the most critical yet risky projects. But this target scope should be dynamic and adapt to the market—global consumption of OSS; otherwise, we may end up maintaining COBOL in 2100...

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