"You have to understand, we’re responsible for taxpayer money here. We can’t just make a donation to your open source project."

— a national government who relies on #Matrix when being asked to support it financially

Read more about the problem and some initiatives that are responding to it:

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/04/open-source-publicly-funded-service/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #funding #xz #sustainability

Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service.

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Matthew Hodgson (matrix.org)}

« Opening up communication silos with Matrix 2.0 & the EU Digital Markets Act »
› https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3345-opening-up-communication-silos-with-matrix-2-0-and-the-eu-digital-markets-act/ [ @fosdem talk by @matthew ]

#Matrix Foundation (@matrix) need our support ! 💰
› https://matrix.org/membership/ [ Support ]

#Funding #FLOSS

Why become a member?

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^matrix.org

#Matrix needs our help.

https://youtu.be/s5BrVVf0B1I?t=503

Support: https://matrix.org/membership/

#LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/matrixdotorg
#Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/matrixdotorg
#DonorBox: https://donorbox.org/keep-matrix-exciting

#funding #fosdem #foss

For my 40th birthday, I'd like for you to consider donating to one of these things that regularly makes me happy or one of these causes that are worth supporting:

Open Source Software
- @keepassxc - https://keepassxc.org/donate/
- @Tusky - https://opencollective.com/tusky
- @thunderbird - https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/
- @lutris -https://lutris.net/donate

Good Causes
- Eden Projects - https://www.edenprojects.org/
- Set Free Movement - https://setfreemovement.com/donate
- IJM - https://www.ijm.org/

#opensource #funding #birthday

Tusky - Open Collective

Tusky is a beautiful Android client for Mastodon.

^{opencollective.com}