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fromInfoQ
3 days ago

New NuGet.org Sponsorship Feature Enables Developers to Support Package Authors

NuGet.org now lets package maintainers add sponsorship links to receive direct financial support from users.
fromBitcoin Magazine
2 weeks ago

Tether Donates $250K To OpenSats To Support Bitcoin And Freedom Tech

"We at Tether believe that Bitcoin, and the free, open-source software that powers it, are indispensable to a freer and decentralized future,"
Cryptocurrency
Software development
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Open source registries signal shift toward paid models as AI strains infrastructure

Donation-based funding for major open-source package registries is dangerously fragile and may lead to changes in access, pricing, or service levels for high-volume commercial users.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

OpenSSF to freeloaders: Open source infra isn't free

A coalition of heavyweight open source foundations issued a joint statement via the foundation on Tuesday, declaring that "open infrastructure is not free" and warning that the critical machinery behind modern software development is being stretched to breaking point. Package registries like Maven Central, PyPI, crates.io, npm, and Packagist handle billions of downloads every month, yet the organizations running them are often scraping by on donations, grants, and the goodwill of a few sponsors.
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fromTheregister
1 month ago

Key KDE developer Jonathan Riddell quits

Jonathan Riddell, long-time KDE leader, has departed following corporate-structure changes and funding uncertainty involving Blue Systems' backer.
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