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Germany to Fund Open Source Software Maintainers Through New Fellowship Program (fossforce.com)

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Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund unveils a program to fund maintainers of open source projects that's expected to be operational by year's end.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I had no idea. Even though I've been travelling Germany regularly, I have never heard of or noticed anything related to this weird trend. However, multiple sources including the survey data that this article is based on confirms the rumor.

I'm still thinking "why?" ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile the Germans are cursing you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've read a book on it.

It wasn't particularly good.

But I did.

Also all cultures are weird