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Are you working 🤓 on free and #opensource technologies that benefit other people too? Consider applying for funding for the upcoming open calls. 👍

Join @nlnet Office Hour on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 16:00 CEST - and ask any questions 🎯 you have!

👉️️️️️️ https://nlnet.nl/events/20260826/office-hour/index.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #opensoftware #openhardware

On August 8, a new batch of 60 free and open source projects was selected for the NGI Zero Commons Fund.

We want to thank these project teams for working on the digital commons and contributing to open, secure and trustworthy digital infrastructure for all.

This brings the total of grantees within the programme to 494 projects. There are still two more calls currently under evaluation for the program.

Meet the projects! https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260808-60-new-projects.html

#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS #opensource

On August 8, a new batch of 60 free and open source projects was selected for the NGI Zero Commons Fund. This is the outcome of the fund's 11th round.
Here is a description of all 60 projects: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260808-60-new-projects.html

On August 11, five newly selected projects were announced in the NGI Taler and NGI Fediversity pilot programs. You can find them here: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260811-5-new-projects.html

We're looking forward to see the results of these important contributions to the digital commons.

#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS

Yay! Proof of concept is taking shape!
I have to admit..its a quite bold take on the #NGI #EU credible-exit-idea:

a FOSS XR webplatform (XRForge)..which can also be used as static site generator like #faircamp.
Thanks #nlnet + #janusxr communityfor supporting my efforts!

First static output example can be seen here: https://github.com/coderofsalvation/xrforge-website-example

@nlnet and its partners in #NGIZero are happy to announce that 60 new projects have been awarded grants 🤩 in the 11th open call of the NGI Zero Commons Fund (deadline February 2026). 🎉

This round has #free and #opensource #projects working in a rich variety of areas - from personal information management to secure encrypted communication, independent mobile operating systems, trustworthy open worthy hardware, and end-user facing applications. 🎯

👉https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260808-60-new-projects.html

#NGI #NGI0 #fossfunding

A perspective on Software Supply Chain in recent years with insights from NGI funded parties:
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/The-Answer-Was-Already-on-the-Shelf
@nlnet #opensource #NGI

The second article in our series on digital autonomy looks into the open source software supply chain.

Author Jeffrey McGuire talks to Armijn Hemel (DeviceCode) & Philippe Ombredanne (AboutCode). Both have a long track record building tools to manage the FOSS supply chain.

Read "The Answer Was Already on the Shelf: How public money built defenses for open source software (way) before the law required them" on the @linuxmagazine website.
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/The-Answer-Was-Already-on-the-Shelf

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #opensource

After a year of hard work and dedication, we are happy to announce the v2 release of Himalaya CLI:

https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya/releases/tag/v2.0.0

For those who come from the v1, here the migration guide:

https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya/blob/master/MIGRATION.md

Special thanks to @nlnet and #NGI for their support during all this time.

#FOSS #Email #cli #pim

Are you working 🤓 on free and #opensource technologies that benefit other people too? Consider applying for funding for the Next Generation Internet open calls.
✍️ Deadline: August 1, 2026.
More details on 👉️️️️️️️ https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260601-call.html

Join @nlnet Office Hour on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 16:00 CEST - and ask any questions 🎯 you have!
👉️️️️️️ https://nlnet.nl/events/20260729/index.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #opensoftware #openhardware

The calls of NGI TALER and NGI Fediversity are still open! 🤓 Deadline: August 1, 2026.
See the list of #eligible #activities:
✅️️ scientific research
✅️️ design & development of free and #opensource software and #openhardware
✅️️ validation / constructive inquiry into existing or novel technical solutions
✅️️ software engineering aimed at adapting to new usage areas / improving software quality
✅️️ etc.

Find more 👇
📌 https://nlnet.nl/taler/eligibility/
📌 https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/eligibility/

#NGI #NGI0 @Taler @fediversity

Changing the Chip Industry: How Public Investment Has Grown Open Silicon.

This article by Jeffrey A. McGuire talks about the current state of Open EDA, and how it contributes to technological sovereignty. With contributions from #Naja and @[email protected].
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Changing-the-Chip-Industry-How-Public-Investment-Has-Grown-Open-Silicon

It's the first in a five-part series we're doing with @linuxmagazine on how public funding of open source contributes to digital autonomy, featuring open ecosystems supported by #NGI0.

#NGI #openhardware #FOSS #EDA

The 12th call of #NGI Fediversity is still open! 🤓 Deadline: August 1, 2026.
Apply now! It's your chance to get your idea funded! 🎯

NGI Fediversity - Creating the #hosting #stack of the future - is a comprehensive effort 🤩 to bring easy-to-use, hosted cloud services with service #portability and #personal #freedom at their core to everyone. 🤝

Check out the FAQ 👉️ https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/faq/

#NGI #FOSS #fossfunding #opensource @nlnet @fediversity

The 14th call of #NGI TALER is still open! 🤓 Deadline: August 1, 2026.
Apply now! It's your chance to get your idea funded! 🎯

NGI TALER - Privacy-preserving #digital #payments - has the very concrete objective to roll out a new, best-in-class electronic payment system that benefits 🤩 everyone: people, merchants, banks, financial authorities, auditors and anti-corruption researchers. 🤝

Check out the FAQ 👉️️ https://nlnet.nl/taler/faq/index.html

#NGI #FOSS #fossfunding #opensource @nlnet @Taler

📢 On June 30, 2026 at 10:00 Chișinău time, the Online #Infoshare for the Moldovan community on NGI Zero Calls will take place. 🤓
#NGIZero provides financial #support for free and open source projects. 🤝 Project proposals should have #research and #development as their primary objective. 👍️️️
This session will cover the scope, eligibility, and assessment procedures, and give an opportunity to ask your questions. 🎯

Register 👉️️️️ https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/t41cAEJnlwnj38ZyaJeiClB+niFeG4kBIIf2+0INoTQ/

#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS #opensource

@johan @jmaris

Can we use more #4opens social versions of working models like #NLnet to mediate the corruption and incompetence that dominates when funding becomes too centralised?

The problem is not simply government involvement, public funding is important. The challenge is the structure around it.

Too much bureaucracy slows development, freeze experimentation and turns living projects into paperwork exercises. Too little accountability creates capture, favouritism and closed networks. The balance matters:

The current #EU funding, like #NGI shows the danger when this balance fails - lots of money moving, but the process rewards safe, institutional and already-legible projects that fail rather than messy grassroots innovation that might work.

The #openweb needs funding paths that work more like commons: Open processes - Transparent decisions - Community review - Diverse participation and thus clear accountability.

A useful tool for this is the #4opens that are not just technical principles. They are social infrastructure for keeping power visible and preventing both state and market capture.

#OMN #4opens #FOSS #openweb

Are you working 🤓 on free and #opensource technologies that benefit other people too? Consider applying for funding for the Next Generation Internet open calls.
✍️ Deadline: August 1, 2026.
More details on 👉️️️️️️ https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260601-call.html

Join @nlnet Office Hour on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 16:00 CEST - and ask any questions 🎯 you have!
👉️️️️️ https://nlnet.nl/events/20260624/index.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #NGIZero #fossfunding #opensoftware #openhardware @nlnet

Hi @rafaelmartins @jwildeboer,
I made an even more radical experiment (installing doesn't require #root) and brought it to alpha: https://Seppo.mro.name #Seppo #NGI #NLNet
I held several talks, but have recordings in german only, e.g. https://fair.tube/w/jgF8cFw5u4K1puFNscWcQh
Or english #slides from #fosdem 2025: https://marcus.rohrmoser.name/talks/2025/offdem/slides.pdf

"The NGI will be scaled up under the new name 'Open Internet Stack'. A new Open Source Maintenance Instrument will fund the 'maintenance and security upkeep of essential components'. The Commission will also create a list of critical and security-relevant Open Source dependencies to inform funding decisions and promote Open Source solutions as the default approach in Horizon Europe funding."

https://opensource.org/blog/osi-welcomes-the-european-unions-tech-sovereignty-package

Call me soppy, but I literally wept with joy when I read this.

(4/?)

#NGI

But sometimes we win. In 2024, I blogged in support of Petites Singularités' open letter to the EU, calling for continued funding for the Next Generation Internet project. A grant programs that has funded many improvements to the fediverse and other decentralised tech;

https://disintermedia.net.nz/open-letter-the-european-union-must/

This morning I posted good news from the OSI about a new EU tech sovereignty strategy;

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116778822837919480

But as I read on, I saw good news there for NGI too.

(3/?)

#EU #NGI #PetitesSingularités

The 12th call of #NGI Fediversity is still open! 🤓 Deadline: August 1, 2026.
NGI Fediversity - Creating the #hosting #stack of the future - is a comprehensive effort to bring easy-to-use, hosted cloud services with service #portability and #personal #freedom at their core to everyone. 🤩 It wants to provide everyone with high-quality, secure IT systems for everyday use. 🤝

Find more on 👉️️ https://nlnet.nl/fediversity/ - and apply for funding! 🎯

#NGI #FOSS #fossfunding @nlnet @fediversity

📢 Join the NGI Commons webinar: Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package: Key Takeaways and Next Steps

🎫 Register here: https://commons.ngi.eu/event/europes-tech-sovereignty-package/

🎤 Zuzanna Warso will assess the European Commission’s Tech Sovereignty Package from the perspective of NGI Commons.

🫵 Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the future of Europe’s digital strategy and the role of the NGI community in shaping it.

#NGICommons #DigitalSovereignty #TechSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalPolicy #Europe #NGI #Innovation

🇪🇺 We’re pleased to announce that @GemmaCarolillo, Deputy Head of the Future Internet Unit at DG CONNECT, European Commission, will deliver the keynote introduction at our upcoming NGI Commons webinar:

Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package: Key Takeaways and Next Steps

Join us to hear her perspectives on the future of an open, secure, and resilient internet.

🎫 Register: https://commons.ngi.eu/event/europes-tech-sovereignty-package/

#NGICommons #NGI #TechSovereignty #OpenSource #DigitalEurope #Cybersecurity #EuropeanCommission

Let’s explore how we might root out or mediate corruption within the #EU, particularly in relation to processes like the #NGI funding programs https://hamishcampbell.com/lets-flot-a-look-at-curuption-in-the-eu-funding-draft/

📢 At the upcoming @NGICommons webinar, Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package: Key Takeaways and Next Steps, @andrea.gallo CEO of @riscv will be speaking and share his expertise!

📅 Monday 22nd June
⏰ 13:00 - 14:30
💻 Online - @bigbluebutton

Join the conversation on Europe’s path toward digital sovereignty.

Get your ticket here: https://commons.ngi.eu/event/europes-tech-sovereignty-package/

#NGICommons #TechSovereignty #DigitalPolicy #NGI

@OpenForumEurope @martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation @EC_NGI @openfuture

We're happy to share that 67 free and open source projects have been awarded NGI Zero support. We want to thank them for their contribution to fixing the internet by righting one wrong at a time.
The projects will receive financial and practical support from the NGI Zero Commons Fund, NGI Taler and NGI Fediversity.
All programs kindly made possible with funding from the @EUCommission by way of @EC_DIGIT

Come over to meet the projects!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260616-67-new-projects.html
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS

67 projects will receive NGI0 grants to support the great work they are doing to keep our internet fair, open, resilient and secure with us, the users, at the center. Together they are fixing the internet across the entire technology stack, from open hardware to end user applications. Each project is free/libre/open source meaning everyone can use, study, share and modify them. A true digital commons.

Come over to meet the projects!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260616-67-new-projects.html

#NGI #NGI0 #foss #fossfunding

The book Building a Free Internet of the Future tells the story of of people working for an inclusive & accessible digital future. A series of interviews with people working on open technology projects supported by NGI0, gives insight in the concrete challenges of digital exclusion and the projects they work on to overcome them. The book highlights practical, community-based initiatives & replicable models.
The book is made freely available by @APC.
https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/building-free-internet-future
#NGI #NGIZero #FOSS