I signed an open letter to the @EUCommission requesting continued funding of open source software innovation and maintenance via the @EC_NGI program.
Free and open source software is not free. Supporting it is vital to the EU economy and innovation competitiveness.
@nlnet and @NGIZero funded the development of many social web apps years before they were needed and likely much underlying software in the devices you depend on every day.
https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/2024-eu-ngi-funding/?ref=Mastodon
The European Union must keep funding free software
The current draft of the European Commission’s 2025 budget does not include continued funding for the Next Generation Internet program.Jeremiah Lee (www.jeremiahlee.com)
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