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See our <a href="/2025/support/donate/">donations</a> page for more information. </p> <div id="s-quick-links"><br /> <ul class="logo-list"> <li class="logo-sponsor-cornerstone logo-sponsor-name-google"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#google">Google</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-cornerstone logo-sponsor-name-redhat"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#redhat">Red Hat</a></li> </ul> <ul class="logo-list"> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-arm"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#arm">Arm</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-block"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#block">Block</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-bloomberg"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#bloomberg">Bloomberg</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-cncf"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#cncf">Cloud Native Computing Foundation & The Linux Foundation</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-codethink"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#codethink">Codethink</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-colt"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#colt">Colt</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-dstny"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#dstny">Dstny</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-eclipsefoundation"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#eclipsefoundation">Eclipse Foundation</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-element"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#element">Element</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-mozilla"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#mozilla">Mozilla</a></li> <li class="logo-sponsor-other logo-sponsor-name-ulb"><a href="/2025/about/sponsors/#ulb">Université Libre de Bruxelles</a></li> </ul> </div> <hr /> <h2 id="cornerstone">Cornerstone sponsors</h2> <span class="muted">(in alphabetical order)</span> <h2 id="google"> <a href="https://opensource.google/" title="Google website">Google</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://opensource.google/" title="Google website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Google" src="/2025/sponsored-by/google-584bf0228e13b16504db469f1cb705330570ee9f682c0673b584a471f7524636.png" width="192" height="62" style="width:192px; height:62px; min-width:192px; min-height:62px;" /> </a> <p>Google believes that open source is good for everyone. By being open and freely available, it enables and encourages collaboration and the development of technology.</p> <p>Google supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="redhat"> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/" title="Red Hat website">Red Hat</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit s-unit-last"> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/" title="Red Hat website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Red Hat" src="/2025/sponsored-by/redhat-f87c679c1e0ecd756de35c6c07092f2e17046ba8b2812b3fe685c4cf13899fed.png" width="226" height="53" style="width:226px; height:53px; min-width:226px; min-height:53px;" /> </a> <p>Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers develop cloud-native applications, integrate existing and new IT applications, and automate and manage complex environments. <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/about/trusted?sc_cid=70160000000e5syAAA">A trusted adviser to the Fortune 500</a>, Red Hat provides <a href="https://access.redhat.com/recognition">award-winning</a> support, training, and consulting services that bring the benefits of open innovation to any industry. Red Hat is a connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and communities, helping organizations grow, transform, and prepare for the digital future.</p> <p>Red Hat supports the event financially.</p> </div> <hr /> <h2 id="main-sponsor">Main sponsors</h2> <span class="muted">(in alphabetical order)</span> <h2 id="arm"> <a href="https://www.arm.com/" title="Arm website">Arm</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.arm.com/" title="Arm website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Arm" src="/2025/sponsored-by/arm-4a876138b9ceaaa6217ffb0405d8a0b7256b2fac41d73185660d44ffb04f9b51.png" width="198" height="60" style="width:198px; height:60px; min-width:198px; min-height:60px;" /> </a> <p>Arm is leader in global semiconductor design and software. Our energy-efficient processor designs and software platforms have enabled advanced computing in more than 270 billion chips to date and are defining the future of computing. Collaboration is at the heart of all we do. With more than 1,000 technology partners, Arm provides a trusted foundation for a vast range of applications, from the sensor to the smartphone and the supercomputer. We support thousands of open-source software <a href="https://www.arm.com/resources/open-source">projects</a>, enabling more than 15 million developers who target Arm platforms to build, deploy, and manage their projects seamlessly, enabling top performance across the wide spectrum of hardware on Arm.</p> <p>Arm supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="block"> <a href="https://block.xyz/" title="Block website">Block</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://block.xyz/" title="Block website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Block" src="/2025/sponsored-by/block-ee03a2c5a60b47c5ad33589df39fb4a3080089a27e7be8e3101aa30285b020e9.png" width="300" height="40" style="width:300px; height:40px; min-width:300px; min-height:40px;" /> </a> <p>At Block, engineering is at the heart of everything we do. From developing seamless payment solutions to creating new tools for financial inclusion, our engineers are not just building products — they’re shaping the future of financial services and more. Since the founding of the company, open source software has been central to our technology.</p> <p>Block supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="bloomberg"> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/company/values/tech-at-bloomberg/" title="Bloomberg website">Bloomberg</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/company/values/tech-at-bloomberg/" title="Bloomberg website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Bloomberg" src="/2025/sponsored-by/bloomberg-3d77636dca6816d66648260bad27a2e885a077929e9b1eee4e4a5bc5faf39b0b.png" width="172" height="69" style="width:172px; height:69px; min-width:172px; min-height:69px;" /> </a> <p>Bloomberg is building the world’s most trusted information network for financial professionals. Our 9,000+ engineers are advancing and building new systems for the Bloomberg Terminal to solve complex, real-world problems – preferably relying on open source in our infrastructure and solutions.</p> <p>Over the last two decades, Bloomberg has undergone a journey and cultural shift in becoming an ‘open source first’ company. Today, our engineers are actively engaged in the open source ecosystem as users, participants, contributors, and leaders. Hundreds of global employees, including senior leadership, support our open source efforts, with Bloomberg’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO) spearheading our efforts to use, produce, publish and support open source software.</p> <p>We’ve also infused Bloomberg’s unique culture of philanthropy into our open source strategy, through a partnership with the company’s Corporate Philanthropy team for Bloomberg’s FOSS Contributor Fund, our Open Source Dollars For Your Hours program, and a successful skills-based volunteer program.</p> <p>Bloomberg supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="cncf"> <a href="https://www.cncf.io/" title="Cloud Native Computing Foundation & The Linux Foundation website">Cloud Native Computing Foundation & The Linux Foundation</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.cncf.io/" title="Cloud Native Computing Foundation & The Linux Foundation website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Cloud Native Computing Foundation & The Linux Foundation" src="/2025/sponsored-by/cncf-cf79e5358dbd3cea80526661280fd853cd105464c54d5bfdeee4280f8f3e424c.png" width="274" height="44" style="width:274px; height:44px; min-width:274px; min-height:44px;" /> </a> <p>The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is an open source software foundation dedicated to making cloud native computing universal and sustainable. Cloud native computing uses an open source software stack to deploy applications as microservices, packaging each part into its own container, and dynamically orchestrating those containers to optimize resource utilization. We host and nurture components of cloud native software stacks, including Kubernetes, Envoy and Prometheus. Come and meet the CNCF team at stand 16 on level 2 of the K building.</p> <p>The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="codethink"> <a href="https://www.codethink.co.uk/" title="Codethink website">Codethink</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.codethink.co.uk/" title="Codethink website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Codethink" src="/2025/sponsored-by/codethink-476a1ba8900d64eb859f0c905299df4ee460dc36db5135540c21fb08d0d5af5d.png" width="236" height="50" style="width:236px; height:50px; min-width:236px; min-height:50px;" /> </a> <p>Codethink has established an international reputation as a world-class provider of software engineering and consultancy services. Codethink delivers critical, high-performance software projects for international companies in a range of industries. We provide expert teams to help our clients tackle their most challenging software problems.</p> <p>Codethink supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="colt"> <a href="https://www.colt.net/" title="Colt website">Colt</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.colt.net/" title="Colt website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Colt" src="/2025/sponsored-by/colt-a40469a624a33a789db0b1e0079d2fabd8a0a18ec86dc39068792193e6869860.png" width="174" height="69" style="width:174px; height:69px; min-width:174px; min-height:69px;" /> </a> <p>Colt provides network, voice, and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure. Customers include 18 of the top 25 banks and diversified financial groups and 19 out of the top 25 companies in both global media and telecoms industries (Forbes 2000 list, 2014). In addition, Colt works with over 50 exchange venues and 13 European central banks.</p> <p>Colt operates across Europe, Asia and North America with connections into over 200 cities globally. It completed the acquisition of KVH in 2014, an integrated managed communications and IT infrastructure services business, with headquarters in Tokyo and operations in Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore.</p> <p>Colt sponsors an internet uplink at FOSDEM.</p> </div> <h2 id="dstny"> <a href="https://www.dstny.com/" title="Dstny website">Dstny</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.dstny.com/" title="Dstny website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Dstny" src="/2025/sponsored-by/dstny-e0ae029b82eb3a9679c1c5bee46d257a93e468055b1f695ae1ce6db97061ce7e.png" width="186" height="64" style="width:186px; height:64px; min-width:186px; min-height:64px;" /> </a> <p>We at Dstny are a European leader and innovator in secure cloud communications, based on our powerful UCaaS offer and technology. Over 2 million business users are empowered to communicate, collaborate, and provide excellent customer service with our tools at hand. We enable service providers, partners, and end-users as well as 3rd party services to thrive in our ecosystem. With headquarters in Brussels, we have more than 700 employees in 7 European countries and an annual turnover of close to €190 million in 2021.</p> <p>Dstny sponsors an internet uplink at FOSDEM.</p> </div> <h2 id="eclipsefoundation"> <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/" title="Eclipse Foundation website">Eclipse Foundation</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/" title="Eclipse Foundation website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Eclipse Foundation" src="/2025/sponsored-by/eclipsefoundation-d31191ff0a788b8ac382977566ef5eb110b6b504399a701c7f2ed38a295f090f.png" width="192" height="62" style="width:192px; height:62px; min-width:192px; min-height:62px;" /> </a> <p>Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the Eclipse Foundation is a global non-profit supported by over 385 members. We host a diverse range of open source projects, including the Eclipse IDE, Adoptium, Software Defined Vehicle, Jakarta EE, and more than 420 other initiatives, including runtimes, tools, specifications, and frameworks. Our projects serve a broad range of applications and sectors like cloud computing, edge and IoT, automotive, embedded systems, systems engineering, and open processor designs.</p> <p>The foundation’s unique value proposition lies in providing a vendor-neutral governance framework that fosters collaboration across technology domains, enabling individuals and organisations to drive community-led, code-first, and commercial ready open source innovation.</p> <p>The Eclipse Foundation supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="element"> <a href="https://element.io/" title="Element website">Element</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://element.io/" title="Element website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Element" src="/2025/sponsored-by/element-ceac2e8584dbb6ac496f3cebb710cbbef685007f09d6486ce9291ba65548ffd1.png" width="236" height="51" style="width:236px; height:51px; min-width:236px; min-height:51px;" /> </a> <p>Element is an open source messaging and collaboration platform.</p> <p>We give people and organisations back their digital sovereignty by decentralising conversations, letting you host yourself or through a hosting provider such as Element Matrix Services.</p> <p>Element is built on <a href="https://matrix.org/">Matrix</a> - an open network for secure, decentralised communication - for easy connectivity with any of the 44M addressable users on the public Matrix network. Additional privacy is provided by end-to-end encryption, protecting instant messaging, 1:1 voice and video calls, and file sharing.</p> <p>Element was founded by the team behind Matrix as a way to bring it to the mainstream.</p> <p>Element provides the chat infrastructure.</p> </div> <h2 id="mozilla"> <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/" title="Mozilla website">Mozilla</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit"> <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/" title="Mozilla website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Mozilla" src="/2025/sponsored-by/mozilla-984db627dad94ef310c5fe865580ef40f27808c72f9062735b11c57ce148dd1a.png" width="223" height="54" style="width:223px; height:54px; min-width:223px; min-height:54px;" /> </a> <p><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a> is the non-profit backed technology company that champions privacy, human dignity, and an open internet. Our mission is to ensure the internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all.</p> <p>We have been pioneering stakeholder capitalism in tech for the past 25 years. Our next quarter century will be about continuing to do more, from helping build responsible tech products to growing the community, thanks to new talent that truly cares about making the internet better.</p> <p>The web should put people first — and be open to everyone, empowering and safe. It should be a place that revels in the independent spirit, allows for connection and community building, and to express yourself in your most authentic way.</p> <p>That’s why we created <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> as a faster, more private browser alternative.</p> <p>Firefox offers a choice in the marketplace — a people-first independent choice. It allows users to be their authentic self online while at the same time supporting an independent, nonprofit-backed browser whose mission is to build a better internet.</p> <p>Mozilla supports the event financially.</p> </div> <h2 id="ulb"> <a href="https://www.ulb.be/" title="Université Libre de Bruxelles website">Université Libre de Bruxelles</a> </h2> <div class="s-unit s-unit-last"> <a href="https://www.ulb.be/" title="Université Libre de Bruxelles website"> <img class="s-logo" alt="Université Libre de Bruxelles" src="/2025/sponsored-by/ulb-e4f3cd33ce0c9767349dca76bb4ef40f7e0cca3b3ed46dd9b2072b72ed3a4204.png" width="109" height="109" style="width:109px; height:109px; min-width:109px; min-height:109px;" /> </a> <p>The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. 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