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Our application platform is now open! 🚀

We welcome subsmissions from projects that seek support for Open Source Infrastructure in the public interest.

Would you like to see support for a specific library, developer tool or any other critical open source component? Please let us know!

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in reply to Fiona Krakenbürger

Would you like to see support for a specific library, developer tool or any other critical open source component?

Yep.
The thing you announced this through: #ActivityPub and the #Fediverse 😀

The Fediverse is probably the most critical infrastructure to save democracy.
ActivityPub is the world’s leading federated social web standard.
A large community had given their last shirts to make it happen. It feels like a locomotive which is pulled by sewing thread.
Co-organised some Confs
https://redaktor.me/#home
The next Community meeting is Mar 29 virtually.

PS: Please all, see also https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/public-broadcasters-create-public-spaces-incubator/
in reply to Sebastian Lasse

@sl007 I agree! I would actually really like to see an application from folks working on ActivityPub. Would that be you?
in reply to Fiona Krakenbürger

Well, yes.
I hope me and millions of others – currently linking your post in W3C mailing list 😀
in reply to Fiona Krakenbürger

@sl007 we have been working at the core of this area for the last 5 years. Can't quite understand from the text if these two #OMN projects are applicable or not: "governance" https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody and "news" https://visionon.tv/w/jqTdss1qrdk4yEZiQsnMU3

Can you clarify the text please.
in reply to vagabond

@Hamishcampbell
Did ask directly cause this was also discussed in the W3C mailing list and a lot of people asked in the official forum and fedi already (probably in fediforum and socialhub too), in particular due to 1 sentence.
But I think it would be strange if my gov. asked some years ago and now it would turn out those projects are not applicable.
This would then be the same like prototype fund who even did not support all the ActivityPub applications …

@krakenbuerger
Could you answer public about this?
Maybe also about “bundling projects”?
Thank you so much.
in reply to Sebastian Lasse

@Hamishcampbell
/me thinking privately 😀
if those projects would not be applicable, the whole fund would fail and my gov. would just repeat the same fail like with Putins gas again.
A while ago it really seemed superclear to me that they _did_ understood that we have to prevent the next monopoly (also here) and it seemed clear to me that the gov. understood that we need an ActivityPub Client Ecosystem which is as _diverse_ as possible …
This _would_ without a doubt include such prosocial projects of all kinds. Currently we seem to be on a tipping point.

@krakenbuerger
in reply to vagabond

@Hamishcampbell

Re. ActivityPub funding I think that @darius and @bobwyman made valid points in the Social CG mailing list.

ping @mariha @cpmoser
@iconet
@maxlath
too

My personal believe is that nearly all active projects _need_ some of _the same_ milestones, we could talk about teaming up on Wednesday, see
[in case you had not subscribed]
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2023Mar/0158.html
Maybe @krakenbuerger can confirm if this impression is fine.
in reply to Sebastian Lasse

Any updates on this? If they are going down the same #NGIzero path then they are the problem rather than the solution, the value is in #openweb culture more than the hard tech which at best if a manifestation of this value.

Let's hope this is not a fuckup, please? Send me info when you get it, as we need to talk about this stuff at the #fediforum event.
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in reply to vagabond

@Hamishcampbell @darius @bobwyman @mariha @cpmoser @iconet @maxlath

@krakenbuerger
Really many people did ask.
My personal believe is that nearly all active projects _need_ some of _the same_ milestones
(the projects are maybe “user-facing” but these milestones are infrastructure for sure).
Although I would ask myself what a huge power line means if there are no users cause power sockets for users are forbidden.

Can you confirm if this would be the right path then?
--> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2023Mar/0158.html
in reply to vagabond

@Hamishcampbell I deeply believe the value is in both, culture of openness and decentralized infrastructure which works as a scaffold to support the people who participate in that culture. Without it it's too easy to fallback to the old power structures, even for the best intented people. Have experienced it both sides.

@sl007 I'll be happy to join the discussion, maybe it will help me rebuild some of the lost believes in this world.

@darius @bobwyman @cpmoser @iconet @maxlath @krakenbuerger

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