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 development 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

#FOSS #OpenSource

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)}