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

[Grace Dunbar]

Though when Firefox is one of the two supported browsers for the web client
there may be some opportunities to leverage that for further
collaboration/funding.
-grace

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Historically Evergreen uses Mozilla code not the other way around and even
> that connection is going away with our move to the web based staff client.
> And while the modern Mozilla code base is a very different beast then what
> we are using I think most of us will be glad to put a tombstone up over xul
> 14 when the time comes.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Ruth Frasur <
> director at hagerstownlibrary.org> wrote:
>
>> What say y'all?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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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>>
>>
>>
>>
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