@libreleah @NGIZero I'm not sure.
We've seen issues recently with #innovateuk and the shenanigans with the Womens Innovation funding.
UK funding for FOSS grassroots is pretty thin on the ground.
Although @nlnet is pretty good at managing other non EU Funds. So perhaps more NLNet like funding bodies, spread out.
@onepict @NGIZero @nlnet NLnet is great, and they've existed since the 90s if I'm not mistaken. I would argue for the creation of a body similar in concept to, say, the W3C, but geared to free software, open source hardware and right to repair. Member-led, fully democratic and transparent.
What NGI actually does is amazing but we can't trust the Commission. The fact that NGI isn't on Horizon 2025's budget proves this fact even if it's later added to the budget; the EC can still cancel it later.
@libreleah I think there's a lot of us in FLOSS who are feeling the lack of an organisation that does represent us.
I used to hope OPENUK could be that for UK folks in the EU. The OSI and FSF are for a different purpose entirely.
I want an organisation that does represent Human Rights and consumer rights like the right to repair. I want more local decentralised organisations that could link in with right to repair cafes and hackerspaces.
I want the focus on community not AI.
@onepict @libreleah
I'm on the board of OpenUK. Always happy to take feedback about what we could be doing more of.
