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STF
On Rust, Memory Safety, and Open Source Infrastructure
Addressing memory safety in critical infrastructure is a complex issue with multiple approaches. The Sovereign Tech Fund supports several initiatives, and technologist Tara Tarakiyee reflects on the long road ahead.
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Newsletter
Newsletter: xz Incident, Hiring, Investments in PHP, GNOME, and Mamba
Email newsletter on 25 April 2024: xz incident & structural challenges – Hiring an administrative managing director – New investments & bug bounty programs launched
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STF
xz incident shows the need for structural change
At Sovereign Tech Fund, we're following the xz incident closely and listening to the many voices in the FOSS maintainer community.
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STF
Open Source Maintainer Fellowship Survey
The Sovereign Tech Fund is asking FOSS maintainers for input as we design the pilot program for a paid fellowship to support critical digital infrastructure. Help us by sharing this with maintainers you know. The last day to submit a response is Sunday, 7 April 2024.
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Newsletter
Jobs @ STF; Reproducible Builds, coreutils, Domain; Maintainer Fellowship Survey
Email newsletter on 18 March 2024: Three opportunities to work at STF – investments in Reproducible Builds, coreutils, Domain – Surveying maintainers about a fellowship program
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Newsletter
FOSDEM, Challenges Round 2, GStreamer, ActivityPub Test Suite
Email newsletter on 1 February 2024: Meet STF in Brussels – 5 teams in next Contribute Back Challenges round – GStreamer & ActivityPub Testsuite Investments
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News
STF awards €858,560 for 2nd round of Contribute Back Challenges
In June 2023, the Sovereign Tech Fund launched the Contribute Back Challenges, calling for companies, organizations, and others using free and open source software to participate actively in FOSS projects. Here are the five participants in the second round, which runs from January through April 2024.
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News
Looking towards 2024
As part of our transition to a permanent organization, STF is refining and expanding how we support the open source ecosystem and critical FOSS infrastructure, as well as developing new approaches for strengthening the ecosystem. This means we’re not taking new submissions on our application platform until spring of 2024.
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Technologies
Securing the Fundamentals: Our Support for Log4j
It is with great excitement that we announce the Sovereign Tech Fund's support of the continued development of Apache Log4j, a cornerstone in the architecture of Java-based software applications.