Dear Osmocom community,
during the past years, we've been applying for (and often receiving) grants
for the development of certain parts of the Osmocom project.
There are two organizations (NLnet foundation and the German prototype fund) where the
next call for proposals ends in 10 days from now.
So if any of you has some ideas about Osmocom related work that you would want
to see implemented and for which you can argue that it fits the scope of the
related funds, please feel free to bring them up here.
For NLnet, the scope should fit either
*
https://nlnet.nl/entrust/
*
https://nlnet.nl/useroperated/
For prototype fund, the scope should fit
https://prototypefund.de/jetzt-bewerben-fuer-runde-13/ - specifically I think
it is likely that we could fit a number of "our" topics in
https://prototypefund.de/softwareinfrastruktur/ which explicitly lists
implementation of communication protocols.
Given that I have plenty of experience with both funds, I'd be willing
to work on a concrete proposal and submit it before the deadline on Sept
30 / Oct 1.
In terms of "who would do the actual work": With NLnet projects we can
involve freelancers across Europe, with prototype fund probably only
in Germany. In the worst case, if you propose some idea but have no
time to work on such a project yourself, or you are not eligible due
to the restriction to EU/DE, sysmocom could carry out the
implementation.
Let me know if anyone of you has some ideas as to what kind of osmocom
related topics might be suitable candidates.
Thanks,
Harald
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- Harald Welte <laforge(a)osmocom.org>
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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