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GNOME Recognized as Public Interest Infrastructure(foundation.gnome.org)

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The GNOME Foundation is thrilled to announce the GNOME project is receiving €1M from the Sovereign Tech Fund to modernize the platform, improve tooling and accessibility, and support features that are in the public interest.

This investment will fund the following projects until the end of 2024:

  • Improve the current state of accessibility
  • Design and prototype a new accessibility stack
  • Encrypt user home directories individually
  • Modernize secrets storage
  • Increase the range and quality of hardware support
  • Invest in Quality Assurance and Developer Experience
  • Expand and broaden freedesktop APIs
  • Consolidate and improve platform components
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caesaravgvstvs@feddit.de
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Sovereignty from whom though??

Turns out, the Germans.

Seems like a cool initiative

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twei@feddit.de
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yes, we are quite good at funding foss

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pingveno@lemmy.ml
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Sovereignty as in it is sponsored by or own by a nation-state. Similarly, Norway has a sovereign wealth fund derived from its oil profits.

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Yes! I just kinda posted it as a rethorical question. I think it’s important to know where the money is really coming from :)

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