[Eg-oversight-board] Fwd: new Mozilla program to fund projects they rely on

[Ruth Frasur]

What say y'all?

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From: Karen Sandler <karen at sfconservancy.org>
Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:36 PM
Subject: new Mozilla program to fund projects they rely on
To: project-reps at sfconservancy.org
Cc: Staff <staff at sfconservancy.org>


Hi project reps!

I want to point your attention to the fact that Mozilla has announced an
"open source support program" where they have allocated $1 million that
they will distribute to up to 10 projects that Mozilla relies on:

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/10/23/mozilla-launches-open-source-support-program/

The program is being finalized and is described in detail here:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS

They have a list of projects that they already identify relying on, which
already includes some Conservancy projects like bro, buildbot, git,
mercurial and selenium:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS/Projects_in_use_by_Mozilla

To apply you need to team up with someone within Mozilla, and it looks like
you have to submit a formal grant request which we would be happy to assist
with. Mozilla does state that they have a reasonably strong preference for
funding legal organizations, which is good news for Conservancy's member
projects. There is also a reference to "Other Tracks" where they will also
consider security audit and remediation for key projects in the future
(though no process is identified for this at the moment).

The deadline for this grant process looks like it's in December, but I
think the biggest component is getting a strong advocate within Mozilla to
start working in your favor right away. Let me know if you'd like to
discuss further!

karen



Karen M. Sandler
Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy
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