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@EC_NGI @NGIZero @fsfe

As we said in our #NGIAssure interview:

NGI recently published an article on the lack of diversity in Tech. This is partly because of the lack of funding available to the general pool of expertise in the EU. Suppose you want to continue to build the Next Generation Internet for every resident of the EU and beyond. In that case, it needs to fund people outside the social structures within the tech sector to help create a diverse ecosystem.

https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreCastLiveStudio/interview.html

Working on Librecast allows us to do something positive while working on exciting and challenging technical problems.

We don’t do this alone. We have no competitors. Everyone who is working to improve and protect Human Rights is our ally. There are many paths to the top of this mountain.

We spoke to @EC_NGI about our work funded by @NGIAssure and what we've been able to build thanks to the support from @nlnet and it's partners.

#NGIAssure #multicast #librecast

https://ngi.eu/ngi-interviews/esther-payne-and-brett-sheffield-librecast/

🙏 Finally, a huge thanks to the NLnet foundation (@nlnet) for their support and funding through the #NGIAssure program. This project wouldn't have been possible without their commitment to open-source innovation.

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🎉 The #NLnet Libervia-AV project is officially complete! 🎉

https://nlnet.nl/project/Libervia-AV/

I've successfully implemented one-to-one calls, desktop sharing, group calls & more, plus ported #Galène #SFU to #XMPP.

Huge thanks to everyone who supported this project!

I'll probably post a blog about the work done around the end of the summer.

Now it's time for some vacations 😎.

#Libervia #FOSS #NGIAssure

@NGIZero enabled us to start work on Librecast. We wouldn't have been able to keep working on Librecast without being funded by @EC_NGI

The projects we work with wouldn't have been able to do what they do without NGI Funding.

We've signed the Open Letter posted by @ps

We encourage our fellow projects in #NGIZero, #NGIAssure, #NGISearch and #NGIPointer to do the same.

https://librecast.net/ngi-lettre.html

We've got some awesome functionality coming soon in the 0.9 release of #librecast!

How do we support large numbers of #multicast groups without putting undue strain on routers?

Current solutions of simple linked lists don't scale to lots of multicast groups.

We've got a good idea for how to solve this. Counted Bloom filters for your Outgoing Interface List. (OIL) filter.

Thanks to @nlnet and #NGIAssure for funding this work.

https://lists.sr.ht/~librecast/librecast-announce/%[email protected]%3E

So we just did a new release of lcrq, our RaptorQ C library for Forwards Error correction, a very important part of @librecast.

Without the cascade funding provided by @nlnet as part of #NGIAssure we wouldn't have been able to work on this and take the time we needed for it.

We got funded to improve our code and take the time to incorporate research on #simd to improve our efficiency.

Small seed grants can further R&D just as much as the larger #HorizonEU funds.

https://chaos.social/@librecast/112769260880297953

In previous versions, it was necessary to build from source on the target machine to achieve optimal performance. However, most users of linux and *BSDs install their software from binary packages provided by their distribution. These packages need to run on the lowest common denominator in their CPU family e.g for x86_64 binary packages target a CPU released in 2004 (20 Years ago)!

#lcrq #NGIAssure

It's a new release of lcrq!

lcrq now makes use of a CPU dispatcher to detect the available SIMD instruction sets at runtime, ensuring that the code runs as fast as possible on the target machine.

Thanks to @nlnet and #NGIAssure for funding this work.

https://codeberg.org/librecast/lcrq/releases/tag/v0.2.0

#simd #RaptorQ #lcrq

Happy to announce that I've got an extension on my current #NLnet A/V grant for #Libervia to work on S.F.U. (Selective Forwarding Unit), it's a service needed for large A/V conference rooms, à la #Jitsi.

However, the delay is really short (hard deadline in August), so lot of work planned in coming weeks.

It will be based on #Galène and parts will be available for whole #XMPP ecosystem.

Thanks again to #NLnet and @EUCommission #NGIAssure for their support.

https://nlnet.nl/project/Libervia-AV/

Another set of sshd-openpgp-auth and ssh-openpgp-auth releases is out:
This server and client-side tooling for managing the #authentication of #SSH host keys with the help of an #OpenPGP #certificate as trust anchor is now feature complete.
https://crates.io/crates/sshd-openpgp-auth
https://crates.io/crates/ssh-openpgp-auth
Many thanks to @wiktor for the great collaboration and #NLnet / #NGIAssure for funding this work!
#DNS #KeyOxide #KnownHosts #OpenSSH #PGPKI #Rust #Rustlang #Software #SSH #WebKeyDirectory #WebOfTrust #WKD #WoT

We have just issued the first #release of #sshd-openpgp-auth and #ssh-openpgp-auth.

Using this server and client-side tooling it is possible to manage the #authentication of #SSH host keys with the help of an #OpenPGP certificate as trust anchor.

https://crates.io/crates/sshd-openpgp-auth

https://crates.io/crates/ssh-openpgp-auth

Many thanks to @wiktor for the great collaboration and #NLnet / #NGIAssure for funding this work!

#DNS #KeyOxide #KnownHosts #OpenSSH #Rustlang #Software #WebKeyDirectory #WebOfTrust #WKD #WoT

Happy New Year from us here at Librecast!

To help folks see what we will be working in for #NGIAssure we updated the tech tree and road map. We've also linked to the #multicast experiments that #fed4fire enabled us to test our IoT updater code.

We also wanted to show how what we are building now, links back to our work funded by @NGIZero.

https://librecast.net/techtree.html

It's a new release of Librecast! 🎉

We've added recursive directory syncing to librecast. It's still very experimental, we had fun testing it by syncing the linux kernel.

It's available on Sourcehut.

https://git.sr.ht/~librecast/librecast/refs/v0.8.0

For IPv6 Access it's available on Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/librecast/librecast

More information on the changes for 0.8 can be found on our change log.

This release would not have been possible without @NGIZero as part of #NGIAssure

@toxi @plexus This will affect lots of already funded projects that have been funded by @EC_NGI . Lots of projects have one developer only or a small group of developers working.

I'm sure @NGIZero would agree as they've funded lots of small projects on behalf of the EU.

#FixTheCRA #NGIAssure #NGIZero

After several month of hard work we are pleased to announce that we just released Monal 6.0! 🥳

This version comes with new artwork by Ann-Sophie Zwahlen, support for Audio-Calls funded by the EU’s #NGIAssure via the NLnet Foundation and many, many other improvements and bugfixes. The full list of changes can be seen in the following posts.

@NGIZero @xmpp #Monal #NLNet #federated #iOS #macOS #prosody #ejabberd #webrtc #voip

This isn't just an idle fear either.

@librecast is funded by #NGIAssure to produce #EndToEndEncrypted #multicast applications.

We're currently working on the building blocks for that.

https://www.ngi.eu/funded_solution/librecastlivestudio/

We believe in #HumanRights and #Privacy is one of the cornerstones of digital rights online.

Commissioner Johanssons proposal is a threat to the #DigitalSingleMarket.

This release would not have been possible without the help of @Uilebheist and @vagrantc who tested this release.

It also would not have been possible without the funding from @EC_NGI from the #NGIASSURE fund.

Many projects including fediverse projects and #librecast are funded thanks to @NGIZero

Have you got an idea you'd like funded? The NLNet foundation run a bi monthly call for proposals. The next deadline is October 1st 2023

https://nlnet.nl/propose/

New progress note (W22)! Unveiling A/V call implementation with #Jingle for #Libervia, funded by #NLnet. Updates on ActivityPub Gateway and upcoming talks in #Paris. Read the full note: https://www.goffi.org/b/libervia-progress-note-2023-w22-x3Wa

#XMPP #ProgressNote #ActivityPub #OpenSource #WebRTC #NGIAssure

The libmld integration is our first milestone for #NGIAssure so thanks to the team at @NGIZero (NLNet) and @EC_NGI for funding our project.

We've more to come. Go forth and #multicast devs!

@dentangle would like to have a chat about #multicast and the #FosburyFlop

https://spectra.video/w/wNCt1qQ127odxUisFXafeZ

The team here at librecast are happy to start the next tranche of funding thanks to #NGIAssure and the team at @NGIZero

We'd also like to thank Dick Fosbury for being an inspiration. RIP Dick.

We are excited to announce that we will be implementing #OMEMO end-to-end encryption in Mellium with a grant from #NLNet and the #NGIAssure fund! #XMPP has never been better, and we hope to improve the entire ecosystem with the project. https://opencollective.com/mellium/updates/mellium-to-receive-grant-for-end-to-end-encryption

RT @NGIassure: How to regain data sovereignty from tech oligopoly? We got the solution(s)! 🧠

Discover these Network Infrastructure Solutions developed by NGI Assure subgrantees and look at how the Internet will look like!

Discover more here! 👉🏽https://spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-community-ngi-assure-1/635fa452400e090ef6ce900b?utm_campaign=Solutions-Assure&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

#NGIAssure #OpenCall

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/NGI4eu/status/1587703240040349696

It gives me great pleasure to announce that we're going to receive further funding from the #EuropeanCommission 's #NGI. This next work is going to focus on APIs for developers: we're going to provide SDKs for incorporating the wyrd #CRDT into apps.

This work is going to happen under #NGIAssure (https://www.assure.ngi.eu/)

RT @NGIassure: 5 steps to reach the moon? 🚀

Sure! Learn how to apply to the 12th #NGIAssure Open Call and get up to €50K for your Research and Development (R&D) project.

We have the funding, you got the idea: let's match together! ✊

Apply here: https://ngi-assure-opencall.fundingbox.com/?utm_campaign=Assure-12OC&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

#OpenCall

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/NGI4eu/status/1579855501281878016

RT @NGIassure: How to fight against the lack of anonymity on the Internet? 🔓

These 10 Software Engineering NGI Assure Champions seem to have the answer! 🔑

Find more about their solutions here 👉 https://spaces.fundingbox.com/spaces/ngi-community-ngi-assure-1/62deb15d350b060799339616?utm_campaign=Solutions-Assure&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

#softwareengineering #internetofhumans #NGIAssure

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/NGI4eu/status/1551875401911353346

Congratulations to Daniel and the rest of the team at #Tauri on their 1.0 release: https://tauri.app - a more robust and secure way to create web technology based applications for many different platforms. #NGIAssure

Creating an OpenPGP Web-of-Trust Implementation – A Series

I am excited to announce that PGPainless will receive funding by NGI Assure to develop an implementation of the Web-of-Trust specification proposal!

The Web-of-Trust (WoT) serves as an example of a decentralized authentication mechanism for OpenPGP.

https://blog.jabberhead.tk/2022/05/06/creating-an-openpgp-web-of-trust-implementation-a-series/

#freesoftware #ngi #ngiassure #nlnet #openpgp #opensource #pgpainless

Before the weekend, I'd like to point your attention to two webinars we host next week, on #opensource (crowd)funding & applying for the #NGIAssure open call. First on Tuesday we are happy to have Melanie Rieback from Radically Open Security and @bunniestudios talk about the opportunities of open source business models and (crowd)funding -> https://nlnet.nl/events/20210921/index.html. Then Thursday join our Q&A on the NGI Assure open call for privacy & security assurances -> https://nlnet.nl/events/20210923/index.html. See you there!