<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:base="https://nlnet.nl"> <title type="text">NLnet news</title> <updated>2025-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <id>https://nlnet.nl/feed.atom</id> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://nlnet.nl/feed.atom"/> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply for funding before June 1st 2025</div> </title> <link href="/news/2025/20250401-call.html"/> <updated>2025-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1^st 2025 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose/">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before the deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our minds are: that is to increase the <strong>utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI Taler)</li> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile software</a> (NGI Mobifree)</li> <li> <a href="/fediversity">Creating the hosting stack of the future</a> (NGI Fediversity)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">56 Projects Receive Grants for Improving Core Technological Building Blocks</div> </title> <link href="/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html"/> <updated>2025-03-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="paralead">We are happy to announce that 56 teams and individuals will receive funding to support their work on improving technologies at the core of the web, the internet and beyond — ranging from a new <a href="/project/Blitz">web browser engine</a>, a <a href="/project/Nova">memory-safe Javascript engine</a>, improvements to OS <a href="/project/s6-rc">system</a> <a href="/project/synit-nixos">layer</a>, declarative <a href="/project/SelfHostBlocks">service</a> <a href="/project/Nix-ControlPlane">deployment</a>, <a href="/project/RackWeaver">designing and managing data center infrastructure</a>, <a href="/project/FastWave2.0">tools</a> for <a href="/project/Mosaic-simulation">chip</a> <a href="/project/VersatAI">design</a> and <a href="/project/RVVM">emulation</a>, <a href="/project/eIDAS-portal">secure digital signatures</a>, <a href="/project/OpenWifi-OpenWRT">software defined radio</a> to <a href="/project/OPERA-DSP">radar signal processing</a>. But also more end user facing applications such as <a href="/project/Cartes">user friendly web maps</a>, <a href="/project/eduMEET-webinars">platform for distributed online webinars</a> and <a href="/project/Tusky">social media</a>. We'd like to congratulate them and thank them for making the internet better for us all.</p> <p>We are welcoming projects from 29 countries involving people and organisations of various types: individuals, small and medium enterprises, foundations, and collectives. The new projects operate across all ten layers of the NGI technology stack: from trustworthy open hardware to services &amp; applications which provide autonomy for end-users. The grantees will not only receive funding but also <a href="/NGI0/services/">practical support</a> such as accessibility and security audits, advice on license compliance, packaging and mentoring.</p> <h2>Final call for NGI Zero Core</h2> <p>All these free and open source projects are part of the <a href="/core/">NGI Zero Core</a> fund. The purpose of this programme is to upgrade the open internet architecture (hardware, software, protocols) to increase the performance of the network, adapt it to new application requirements, improve quality of service, make it more resilient to security threats, more energy efficient and respectful of the environment (e.g. repairability, recyclability), and increasingly supportive of open and decentralised technologies and services.</p> <p>This was the <a href="/core">last of eight open calls</a> for the NGI Zero Core fund. The programme will now enter its concluding phase. This means the people and teams that were assigned a grant will continue to work on their projects, but no more new proposals will be accepted. However, other <a href="/funding.html">programmes</a> are very much open to proposals and the next deadline is <a href="/propose">April 1</a> ^st. In total <a href="/thema/NGIZeroCore.html">250 projects</a> were selected within NGI Zero Core, on a vast range of topics ranging from <a href="/project/Galene">video</a> <a href="/project/BBB-interpretation">conferencing</a> <a href="/project/eduMEET-webinars">tools</a>, <a href="/project/Servo-Multiprocess">web</a> <a href="/project/Blitz">browsers</a>, <a href="/project/HoloRouting">routing</a> <a href="/project/SCION-1M">protocols</a>, <a href="/project/Gancio">social</a> <a href="/project/Loops">media</a> <a href="/project/Lemmy-Scale">tools</a> all the way to <a href="/project/IotECC">cryptography</a>, <a href="/project/OPERA-DSP">radar</a> technology and <a href="/project/Frugal-EDA">tools to design superconductive circuitry</a>.</p> <p class="paragraph part"> <b>If you applied for a grant</b> <br/> This is the selection for the <a href="/news/2024/20240601-call.html">October call</a> of the NGI Zero Core fund only. We always inform <em>all</em> applicants about the outcome of the review ahead of the public announcement, whether they are selected or not. If you have not heard anything, you probably applied to a later call or a different fund that is still under review.<details> <summary class="txt_right">How do I find out which call round I applied to?</summary>You can see which call round you applied to by checking the application number assigned to the project when you submitted the proposal. The number starts with the year and month of the call, so 2024-10- in the case of the October 2024 call. You see that same number featured in the emails we send you (It should not happen, but if you did apply to another call and did not hear anything, do contact us)</details> </p> <br/> <img align="center" class="banner-border" src="/image/hexes-projects.svg" alt="Row of hexagonal shaped logos of projects supported by NGI0"/> <h2>Meet the new projects!</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3>Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Extensive openwifi support for OpenWRT</strong> — Software Defined Radio Wifi for OpenWRT routers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The internet service provider and the IT department are often responsible for setting up your Wi-Fi network at home and work, respectively. As a result, many people take Wi-Fi routers and APs for granted and do not realize that these devices are complex and vulnerable closed black boxes of software, firmware and hardware. The often-outdated software and firmware on these devices, combined with their hardware and overall black box nature, raise serious security concerns. For example, the US is considering a ban on TP-Link devices. The software community addresses this issue through projects such as OpenWRT. However, these OpenWRT devices still route their wireless traffic through a closed Wi-Fi chip.</p> <p>This project (from the creators of openwifi, the first full-stack open-source IEEE 802.11a/g/n Wi-Fi chip) aims to provide a transparent alternative. Tje project will deliver fully featured openwifi-on-OpenWRT support for all openwifi-enabled boards. To achieve this, the dependency of openwifi on ADI Kuiper Linux is broken and its hardware description is modularized, allowing us to port openwifi to OpenWRT in a maintainable manner. The result is an openwifi package within OpenWRT, allowing users to choose for both open-source software and Wi-Fi chip, thereby enhancing the security and openness of Wi-Fi routers/APs. With this work, we lay the foundation for future developments, including potential partnerships with open-source Wi-Fi router vendors.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenWifi-OpenWRT">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWifi-OpenWRT</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FastWave 2.0</strong> — Waveform visualizer for gateware development</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>FastWave is an open-source waveform viewer designed as a modern alternative to GTKWave. This cross-platform desktop application is suitable for both professionals and beginners, offering simple installation and a strong focus on user experience. Its goal is to boost productivity and satisfaction among current hardware developers while also attracting new developers and students to the hardware design ecosystem. FastWave is built on fast and reliable Rust libraries and leverages well-proven web technologies to ensure a consistent look, accessibility, design flexibility, and safe user extensibility via WebAssembly plugins.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FastWave2.0">https://nlnet.nl/project/FastWave2.0</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>MNT Reform QCS6490 Module</strong> — MNT Reform compatible open Hardware processor module</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MNTReform-QCS6490">https://nlnet.nl/project/MNTReform-QCS6490</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mosaic Simulation</strong> — EDA tool for analog chip design</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Today, the chip design industry is deeply proprietary with NDAs at every level, which means it is not possible to share design files at all. This in turn stifles learning, innovation and transparency in chip design. In order to create a chip design industry that can be trusted with our digital lives, and which is accessible to educational institutions and small business, it is essential to develop powerful open source tools for chip design. Anyone should be able to use these tools, allowing for unhindered collaboration.</p> <p>Mosaic is a tool that attacks the first design phase of an analog chip, or analog peripherals for a digital one: design and simulation of the schematic. In this follow-up grant the team will focus on simplification, distribution, and polish - making Mosaic easier to install and use as well as maintain.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mosaic-simulation">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mosaic-simulation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OPERA-DSP</strong> — Open hardware FMCW Radar signal processing in FPGA</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar is essential for applications such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, environmental monitoring, and security, enabling high-resolution object detection and speed estimation. However, to fully leverage FMCW radar data, digital signal processing (DSP) techniques must be applied in real time to extract meaningful information. The OPERA-DSP project aims to develop an open-source FMCW radar DSP hardware library, making radar signal processing more accessible to researchers and developers. It will provide essential IP cores, including windowing functions, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), magnitude computation, and Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) detection. To simplify adoption, OPERA-DSP will integrate these DSP libraries with a RISC-V core and develop an FPGA-based design, complemented by scripts for automated bitstream generation.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OPERA-DSP">https://nlnet.nl/project/OPERA-DSP</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>SMAesH-Mode</strong> — Side-channel protected hardware implementation of AES</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SMAesH-Mode">https://nlnet.nl/project/SMAesH-Mode</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>SoCLinux</strong> — Easier driver development for Py2HWSW framework</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>SoCLinux is an open-source project that aims to configure and generate a Linux system for RISC-V processors, focusing on creating a robust and maintainable environment for designing and testing IP cores. The project builds upon the existing open-source Py2HWSW framework powering the IOb-SoC platform, enhancing the functionality and portability of IP cores, by using as examples the key IOb-Cache, IOb-Eth, and IOb-UART16550 open-source cores. By providing a Linux IP core testbed, SoCLinux enables developers to build and test Linux drivers for new IP cores quickly, accelerating the production of high-quality IP cores, open-source or otherwise. The project aims to establish a widely adopted and maintainable ecosystem for IP core development, benefiting the broader community of IP core providers and users. SoCLinux will leverage the IP-XACT standard (IEEE 1685) for IP core packaging, and seamlessly exchange IP cores with FuseSoC, a well-known open-source IP core package manager.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SoCLinux">https://nlnet.nl/project/SoCLinux</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>VersatAI</strong> — Automation of ML/AI algorithm support in computational accellerators</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Versat is a Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array (CGRA) compiler and programming framework to accelerate AI and ML workloads on open-source RISC-V-based systems. The VersatAI project will enhance Versat to automate AI/ML accelerator generation by translating standard representations of these algorithms such as ONNX into optimized RISC-V programs accelerated by a CGRA. Leveraging prior work in cryptographic acceleration and SoC integration, the project will focus on key AI/ML tasks like convolutional neural networks and transformers. The development will be fully open-source, ensuring compatibility with industry-standard AI frameworks and improving CGRA accessibility for AI applications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VersatAI">https://nlnet.nl/project/VersatAI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>GNUnet on Android</strong> — Port GNUnet protocol stack to Android mobile OS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>This project is about making GNUnet, a network protocol stack for developing secure, distributed and privacy-preserving applications, available on Android. To achieve this, we are developing an Android application that runs the basic GNUnet services and make them available to other applications that want to use these services. As a blueprint for an application that uses GNUnet services, we will port the GTK-based GUI for the GNUnet's messenger service to Android. To get GNUnet running on Android, we need to make sure that GNUnet works behind NAT boxes in the mobile environment, and make changes to the GNUnet architecture so that it runs as a monolithic single-threaded app. Additionally, we have to take care of the resource consumption on mobile devices. Of course, tests and benchmarks need to be written and integrated into a new CI/CD worker that builds and verifies GNUnet on Android.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/GNUnet-Android">https://nlnet.nl/project/GNUnet-Android</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Persistent Storage for Goblins</strong> — Integrate ERIS content-addressable encrypted storage to Goblins</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Goblins is a distributed object programming environment that is being developed by the Spritely Institute for building secure peer-to-peer applications. It is intended to be used for building fully-decentralized, healthy social community networks. This project aims at adding persistent storage to Goblins, allowing arbitrary content such as text files, images or music to be referenced and used from within Goblins with a large-degree of network transparency. For this we will use an encrypted content-addressed storage network based on ERIS (Encoding for Robust Immutable Storage).</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Goblins-Persistence">https://nlnet.nl/project/Goblins-Persistence</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Collation + i18n support in musl libc</strong> — Complete POSIX internationalised functions in musl libc</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>musl libc is a lean C standard library implementation for Linux. It strongly focuses on correctness, compliance with standards, and reduced footprint, both in terms of binary size and memory usage. Its initial release dates to 2011, making it a considerably modern implementation compared to alternatives like glibc. As default in e.g. Alpine Linux (which is widely used in containers but also is the basis for end user facing efforts like postmarketOS) it can be found in many unexpected places.</p> <p>This project will implement two features still missing: collation and internationalization support. The first one allows set ordering based on locales, and follows a certain set of established rules and standards. The second one provides basic functionality in the language of choice for the user like dates, times, numbers, and monetary symbols. Contributors from the postmarketOS community will validate the work, to make sure that everything actually works out as intended.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Musl-i18n-collation">https://nlnet.nl/project/Musl-i18n-collation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Encaya</strong> — TLS interop with alternative/decentralised CA mechanisms</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Public certificate authorities as used by the TLS ecosystem play a critical role, but the fact that there are many such authorities forms a security liability. DANE (DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities) provides a complementary mechanism that provides an additional check on top of the public CA's through DNS; it is yet to see meaningful adoption by major TLS implementations.</p> <p>Encaya is a compatibility layer that provides DANE-like functionality in TLS implementations that don't support DANE. It is used in production by Namecoin, an alternative decentralized naming system. By only replacing the root CA list rather than the entire TLS stack, Encaya achieves considerably smaller attack surface than other similar compatibility layers. This grant covers efforts to improve Encaya's scalability, standardize its behavior, and extend its usage beyond Namecoin.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Encaya">https://nlnet.nl/project/Encaya</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Federated eIDAS-compatible signing portal</strong> — Qualified digital signatures using eID cards</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Existing electronic document signing platforms often lack support for advanced or qualified electronic signatures available under the EU's eIDAS standard, relying instead on simpler signatures without stronger legal validity. Our federated eIDAS-compatible signing portal addresses this gap by providing an open-source user-friendly platform for creating qualified electronic signatures using government-issued eID cards and other qualified signature creation devices. Unlike existing alternatives, our project integrates seamlessly with desktop and mobile signer applications, both open-source and commercial, enabling intuitive qualified document signing, validation, archiving, and API integration with third-party systems. Its federated manner ensures that independent portal instances can securely exchange documents, simplifying the adoption of qualified electronic signatures across Europe, reducing reliance on proprietary solutions, and improving digital administrative workflows.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/eIDAS-portal">https://nlnet.nl/project/eIDAS-portal</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FuSa proven Slint</strong> — Certifiable functional safety for Slint UI toolkit</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Functional safety (FuSa) is a core requirement in domains like automotive industry, the medical sector, and aerospace. For safety-critical systems often certifications for entire solutions are part of the regulatory requirements before a solution may be deployed, including all free and open source components which are part of such a solution. The entire solution often also includes graphical user interface elements as well, meaning of course that any underlying frameworks for developing GUIs need to be functional-safety-proven to even be considered.</p> <p>Slint is a versatile declarative UI solution written in Rust. Rust's strong guarantees of memory safety and thread safety make it a suitable language for developing applications that require Functional Safety (FuSa) certification. The goal of this project is to make Slint compliant with the requirements for certification, making it into a compelling option for building robust graphical user interfaces requiring functional safety. Having FOSS solutions opens up the door for trustworthy and user friendly tools within industry - open for scrutiny and wide reuse.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Slint-FunctionalSafety">https://nlnet.nl/project/Slint-FunctionalSafety</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>k3lp</strong> — Unicode Keyboard3 Layout Parser</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>k3lp (/kɛlp/) is a mobile-first library designed to support parsing and utilizing Unicode Keyboard3 files. Keyboard3 is an enhanced and rewritten standard developed by The Unicode Consortium and officially released with CLDR 45. It offers an open and interoperable standard for declaring and sharing keyboard layouts. Although the standard has been available for some time, there is currently no ready-to-use open-source library to effectively utilize these files. This is where k3lp comes into play, aiming to provide an easy-to-use, multi-platform library written in Kotlin 2.0. The library includes all the necessary business logic for layout parsing and streamlining keyboard developers' workflows, however the actual user interface implementation is left to the library consumer. Initially targeting Android and iOS developers in need of keyboard layout logic and tested in the open-source FlorisBoard keyboard, this library is capable of running on all platforms where the JVM runs on or where Kotlin compiles to.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/k3lp">https://nlnet.nl/project/k3lp</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>lib25519 using NEON for ARM64</strong> — ARM64 optimisations for lib25519 microlibrary</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Network protocols in today's world rely on elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) to protect communication against espionage and sabotage. lib25519 (https://lib25519.cr.yp.to) is a software library for the Curve25519 elliptic curve (https://cr.yp.to/ecdh/curve25519-20060209.pdf), including the X25519 encryption system and the Ed25519 signature system. Curve25519 is the fastest curve in TLS 1.3, and the only curve in Wireguard, Signal, and many other applications (https://ianix.com/pub/curve25519-deployment.html). Currently the optimizations in lib25519 use serial instructions and vector instructions for Intel and AMD CPUs, and use serial instructions for ARM CPUs, but do not use vector instructions for ARM CPUs. This project aims at exploiting the NEON vector instructions of 64-bit ARM CPUs and extend lib25519 by providing top speeds for those CPUs, in particular setting new speed records for X25519 key generation and Ed25519 signing, while meeting the security constraint of not leaking secret information through timing.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/lib25519-ARM64">https://nlnet.nl/project/lib25519-ARM64</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Namespace-specified imports in GHC</strong> — Fine-grained namespace control in Haskell</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Haskell is a purely functional programming language with a free and open-source compiler (GHC), as well as a mature ecosystem of open-source libraries for server-side programming (warp, wai, servant, scotty, etc), client-side programming (http-client), and blog generation (hakyll). By making use of Haskell's features, especially its support for concurrent and parallel programming, it is possible to develop efficient, secure and scalable web servers.</p> <p>"Namespace-specified imports" is a proposed feature for the Haskell programming language that further enhances its capabilities. By implementing "Namespace-specified imports" in the Glasgow Haskell Compiler, we will enable Haskell programmers to exercise fine-grained control over the namespaces of imported and exported entities. This is important when combining the use of existing libraries with the use of type-level programming features (techniques to ensure software correctness).</p> <p>This project should result in a complete implementation of this feature and its inclusion in the next compiler release.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/GHC-NamespaceImports">https://nlnet.nl/project/GHC-NamespaceImports</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Openfire Next-Gen Connectivity</strong> — Authentication/SASL improvements to Openfire XMPP server</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Openfire is a mature, open-source, cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol, known for its flexibility and widespread use in decentralized communication. Over the past two decades, the XMPP protocol has evolved, introducing new standards that significantly enhance connection setup speed, security, and flexibility. These advancements improve the establishment of authenticated connections, ensuring better overall performance and more robust functionality for real-time communication systems.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Openfire-Connectivity">https://nlnet.nl/project/Openfire-Connectivity</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Scheme Testing Framework</strong> — Modernise testing for Scheme</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>This project addresses a critical gap in the Scheme ecosystem by delivering a comprehensive and extensible testing framework that will serve as foundational infrastructure for current and future development. The Scheme family of languages powers numerous important projects in reproducible builds, decentralized systems, and security-critical applications, yet lacks a modern, well-designed testing solution compatible with today's development practices. Our library bridges this gap, enables interactive testing workflows with immediate feedback for REPLs and IDEs while supporting automated CI/CD pipelines through standardized interfaces. By creating SRFI specification with an implementation-agnostic design, proper test isolation, and metadata-driven test runners, we will empower developers to build more reliable software across the entire Scheme ecosystem. This contribution in core development infrastructure will strengthen existing projects, lower barriers to entry for newcomers, and enable the next generation of Scheme applications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SchemeTestingFramework">https://nlnet.nl/project/SchemeTestingFramework</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Solid Application Interoperability</strong> — Easy to deploy authorization for Solid Applications</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Solid Application Interoperability specification details how Agents in the Solid ecosystem can read, write, and manage data stored in a Solid pod using disparate Applications, individually or in collaboration with other Agents. Solid is a specification that lets people store their data securely in decentralized data stores called Pods. Pods are like secure personal web servers for data. When data is stored in someone's Pod, they control which people and applications can access it. Solid Application Interoperability provides a clear way to create intuitive data boundaries and higher-level patterns to manage access to that data following the principle of least privilege.</p> <p>This project focuses on finalizing the enforcement of user-defined access policies and improving related user experience (UX), development experience (DX), and deployability.</p> <p>Solid Project was founded by Tim Berners-Lee and is currently stewarded by the Open Data Institute (ODI). Incubation of technical reports happens in the W3C Solid Community Group. Some drafts have already been provided as inputs to the W3C Linked Web Storage Working Group which is chartered to publish final specifications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SolidInterop4">https://nlnet.nl/project/SolidInterop4</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Stalwart Collaboration Server</strong> — Integrated solution for email, calendaring and file management</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Stalwart Mail Server was created to address the challenges of email self-hosting by offering a modern, secure, and easy-to-maintain solution. With support for JMAP, IMAP4, POP3, and SMTP, it provides individuals and businesses with a powerful, privacy-focused alternative to third-party email providers. Now Stalwart is expanding beyond email with the introduction of Stalwart Collaboration Server, a new component that will complement Stalwart Mail Server and transform the platform into a complete, self-hosted collaboration suite. Stalwart Collaboration Server will provide built-in support for calendars using CalDAV and JMAP for Calendars, contacts management through CardDAV and JMAP for Contacts, and file storage and sharing via WebDAV and JMAP for File Management.</p> <p>By combining email, calendaring, contact management, and file storage in one open-source solution, Stalwart will offer a powerful alternative to proprietary platforms like Microsoft Exchange. Organizations will be able to self-host their entire collaboration stack while maintaining full control over their data, ensuring privacy, security, and scalability. Stalwart Collaboration Server will extend the project’s mission to modernize, democratize, and decentralize essential communication and collaboration tools. With this expansion, businesses and individuals will no longer need to rely on closed-source, vendor-locked solutions. Instead, they will have access to a fully integrated, scalable, and privacy-focused platform that empowers them to communicate and collaborate on their own terms.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Stalwart-Collaboration">https://nlnet.nl/project/Stalwart-Collaboration</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>WgMath</strong> — Open GPU scientific computing for every platform</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Today’s GPU scientific computing ecosystem is still strongly dominated by CUDA, a closed, proprietary technology tied to a specific hardware vendor. The WgMath project aims to empower the scientific computing community, including the web community, with a collection of foundational GPU mathematical libraries that are fully cross-platform (hence not tied to a specific hardware vendor) by leveraging the open WebGPU standard, as well as WebAssembly for browser support. WgMath will provide mathematical compute shaders for linear algebra, geometry, and rigid-body physics simulation; as well as some utilities for easily combining WGSL shaders through Rust libraries and its popular Cargo dependencies management tool. With the creation of these foundational libraries, we aim to promote the development of a scientific computing community building highly performant, reusable, cross-platform, scientific computing projects, while relying on open standards, and preserving freedom of GPU hardware selection.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WgMath">https://nlnet.nl/project/WgMath</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Blitz - a modular web renderer</strong> — Rust-based browser engine</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Blitz is a new independent web engine implemented in Rust. It’s flexible low-level APIs make it suitable for a wide variety of use cases web browsers, an application runtimes, ebook rendering, email rendering, rendering HTML to image, etc. And its uniquely modular architecture allows it to share much of its code with other projects which it is hoped will lead to a more sustainable development model.</p> <p>This project aims to bring Blitz “up to scratch” for the use-case of being an HTML/CSS browser (JavaScript support is not in scope). Use cases that are being targeted include: browsing wikipedia, viewing news websites, and searching using a search engine. The work to be completed includes improvements to the layout engine, implementation of form controls, adding WPT testing infrastructure, and the creation of an initial browser UI.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Blitz">https://nlnet.nl/project/Blitz</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Control plane for Nix-based systems</strong> — Dynamic system management and orchestration with Nix</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Nix-ControlPlane">https://nlnet.nl/project/Nix-ControlPlane</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>fdtshim</strong> — Simplify use of Device Tree Binaries for Linux installers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The fdtshim project aims to implement a distribution-agnostic and hardware-agnostic method, and protocols, to load the correct hardware- specific DeviceTree on UEFI systems. With fdtshim, installation media for distributions can become truly generic, and support boot from different DT-incompatible kernels. Its usage is transparent to the user, and ensures the system will continue working after a major kernel update, whether booting from the current kernel, or the previously working kernel.</p> <p>Using fdtshim makes it much easier for end users to boot live and install media on different devices with different architectures: mobile phones, tablets, embedded systems, laptops, servers and workstations</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/fdtshim">https://nlnet.nl/project/fdtshim</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>GNU Mes interpreter speedup effort</strong> — Increase performance of full source bootstrap</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>GNU Mes is a Scheme interpreter (mes), C compiler (mescc) and a minimal C standard library (meslibc) for bootstrapping the GNU System. The Scheme interpreter is written in a few thousands lines of simple C, and the C compiler is written in Scheme, and these are mutually-hosted. GNU Mes has a key role in the Full Source Bootstrap chain as it is the first fully featured C compiler that also ships a C standard library.</p> <p>This project aims to improve the performance of GNU Mes' scheme interpreter, rewriting it as a bytecode interpreter, while keeping it as simple and readable as it is. This would enable faster execution of the Mes C Compiler (mescc) for faster build times, making the bootstrapping chain more accessible, specially in small single-board computers where memory access is more expensive. This speedup could also lead to a reduction of steps in the bootstrapping chain, making it simpler and easier to maintain.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/GNUMes-speedup">https://nlnet.nl/project/GNUMes-speedup</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Nova JavaScript engine</strong> — Independent JavaScript engine written in Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Nova is a JavaScript engine exploring a different, data-oriented design inspired JavaScript engine design. This design allows greatly reduced memory usage, optimal data cache locality for algorithms on happy paths, memory safety by construction, and various other technical optimisations that together form a compelling and interesting whole. The design involves tradeoffs, paying extra indirection for its gains, and the implementation treads mostly unfamiliar territory: the technical choices are nothing new, but they have not seen wide usage in production JavaScript engines to date. If the upsides overshadow the downsides, as they seem to do, the result will be a JavaScript engine that reduces memory usage by 30 to 50 percentage points, while improving performance under real-world loads.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Nova">https://nlnet.nl/project/Nova</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Plasma Mobile powermanagement improvements</strong> — Better power management on mobile Linux</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Plasma Mobile is an open source user interface for mobile devices developed by the KDE Community. Plasma works on top of various free and open source operating systems such as Linux, offering an attractive open mobile stack. Built on the foundations of Plasma Desktop, Plasma Mobile brings its flexibility to a mobile form factor. To increase mass-adoption of such a free-software alternative, it is important that we offer a great experience in terms of productivity and usability of the platform. One aspect in helping to achieve broader adoption of Plasma Mobile is by extending battery-life: the longer users can use their phone without needing to recharge, the better. This project will improve the power management for Plasma Mobile, also keeping an eye on user experience.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/PlasmaMobile-powermanagement">https://nlnet.nl/project/PlasmaMobile-powermanagement</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>RVVM</strong> — RISC-V Virtual Machine</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>RVVM is a virtual machine/emulator for RISC-V guests, which emphasizes on performance, security, lean code and portability. It runs a lot of guest operating systems, including Linux, Haiku, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc, and has a rich device infrastructure (Network adapters, NVMe, HID, PCIe with MSI). Emulation performance is very competitive thanks to RVJIT dynamic binary translator. Portability is taken very seriosly and only requires C99 as a baseline. We also aim to run RISC-V applications on a foreign host without full OS guest (userland emulation, i.e. RISC-V containers).</p> <p>To prevent theoretical VM escape vulnerabilities from being exploited, we enforce kernel-level isolation, strict codestyle and compiler warning policies, extensive static analysis and use of sanitizers/fuzzers.</p> <p>The RVVM infrastructure is meant to be modular and embeddable - the whole project is contained within "librvvm" library and a reference VM manager to make use of it. GDB debug server is also available for kernel developers and alike. The goal under NGI Zero Core is to implement first-class KVM hypervisor suport for RISC-V, as well as x86_64 &amp; ARM64 hypervisor variant (reusing the same device emulation infrastructure), shadow pagetable acceleration for guest MMU, and RISC-V Vector extension support which is gaining serious traction and is much needed for software testing. Additionally, a special deduplication image format is in the works which should give immense storage benefits in terms of space saved for build farms and cloud use, as well as atomic write consistency for reliability.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RVVM">https://nlnet.nl/project/RVVM</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>s6-rc</strong> — Service manager for s6-based systems</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The s6-rc service manager, part of the s6 ecosystem, is a correct and efficient alternative to software managing boot scripts like sysv-rc or OpenRC: it provides a bootability guarantee, a reliable logging infrastructure, parallel service start without race conditions, and the lowest resource usage of all existing service managers (which means it is very fast and will run on the smallest systems). However, it is not yet adopted by many Linux distributions, for lack of a high-level user interface and pre-provided boot scripts.</p> <p>We are adding these features to s6-rc so it can be easily integrated to more distributions currently relying on OpenRC, such as Alpine Linux, and also targeted as a backend for service description languages for use with automatic deployment to containers, VMs, clusters, or embedded systems. The goal is to make s6-rc an accessible and widely known service management alternative for fast, reliable and energy-friendly system deployment.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/s6-rc">https://nlnet.nl/project/s6-rc</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>synit-nixos</strong> — Expand synit system layer and integrate in NixOS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Much of the software applications and services that we interact with today can only exist as dynamic compositions of many different software components. Dynamic systems can be adapted to serve different purposes, react to a changing environment, and can be self-updating or self-healing in response to failure. These systems exchange the predictability of static systems for the resilience of dynamism.</p> <p>Our software operating systems achieve dynamism by what some call the "system layer". Traditional this would be the so-called "init" system which activates different software components. The system layer is the software activation and management of init combined with a communication layer, reactive behavior, and system introspection. Synit is an experimental system layer that provides these features according to a model that combines capability security, conversational actors, and eventually-consistent replicated state.</p> <p>The Synit-NixOS project aims to bring init and system-layer portability to NixOS with Synit as an alternative to systemd.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/synit-nixos">https://nlnet.nl/project/synit-nixos</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>YAWS - Yet Another Web Server</strong> — Sans IO web server written in Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/YAWS">https://nlnet.nl/project/YAWS</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Automate FOSS license compatibility determination</strong> — Check software projects for license (in)compatibility + compliance</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>By classifying license clauses, rather than only the licenses themselves, and the way components are used and provided, we reduce the complexity of license compliance and compatibility and will provide useful resources for humans and computers. The result of this project can be used to simplify choosing a license for your project, assisting in complying when providing FOSS components to your users, checking compatibility between the licenses in your project.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LicenseCompatibilityAutomation">https://nlnet.nl/project/LicenseCompatibilityAutomation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Hardware Bill-of-Materials (HBOM) generator</strong> — Create CycloneDX HBoM compliant inventory of hardware</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>cdxgen is a CLI tool, library, REPL, and server for creating valid and compliant CycloneDX Bills of Materials (BOMs) in JSON format, containing an aggregate of all project dependencies. CycloneDX is a full-stack BOM specification that is easily created, human- and machine-readable, and simple to parse. The proposed project aims to extend cdxgen by adding support for generating hardware bills of materials (HBOM) in CycloneDX format, while remaining fully compatible with the existing tool ecosystem.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/HBoM-cdxgen">https://nlnet.nl/project/HBoM-cdxgen</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Libre Diagnostic</strong> — Open hardware car diagnostics</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Car diagnostic has evolved from the early OBD-I systems of the 1980s to today’s OBD-II standard. While some commercial scanners provide real-time vehicle data and trouble code readings, they are proprietary, limiting transparency and customisation. An open-source alternative will offer greater control, community-driven improvements, and long-term affordability.</p> <p>This project aims to develop a cost-effective and user-friendly diagnostic tool that connects to a vehicle’s OBD-II system via Bluetooth using the ELM327 adapter. It will allow users to read and clear diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs), monitor real-time performance data, and analyse key systems like ABS, airbags, and engine health. The project will provide a transparent, accessible, and reliable diagnostic solution for both car owners and professionals.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LibreDiagnostic">https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreDiagnostic</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Lychee</strong> — Reliable and fast link checker to combat linkrot</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Links are the glue that holds the web together, but broken links undermine our collective digital knowledge. With 54% of Wikipedia references and 70% of links in legal journals now dead, link rot is a serious threat to information accessibility and makes for an unpleasant web experience.</p> <p>Lychee is a fast, memory-efficient CLI tool written in Rust that detects broken links in Markdown, HTML, and plain text. Over the past 4 years, it has been adopted by tens of thousands of public repositories and organizations like Google, Microsoft, and AWS. The project will focus on three key milestones: implementing recursion support to check entire websites at once, adding per-host rate limiting to prevent server overload and sabilizing the codebase for a 1.0 release. By improving Lychee, we're helping everyone from small websites to major platforms maintain their corner of the open web and preserve our digital heritage.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/lychee">https://nlnet.nl/project/lychee</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OWASP blint</strong> — Versatile binary linter, malware research tool and SBOM generator</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>OWASP blint is an open-source binary linter and SBOM generator. The project had a humble origin as a linting tool, but soon found rapid adoption for a range of use cases such as malware identification (MalwareBazaar is a large-scale user), binary risk audits, and more recently binary SBOM generation for Android apk, go, dotnet, and rust binaries. The current version of Blint can already generate a granular SBOM for Android apk/aab files, up to some extent even from binary.</p> <p>Within the scope of this grant, the team will enhance blint to improve package identification for native binary blobs (c/rust/kotlin native) bundled within an android app, will add fuctionality to identify cloud services, domain names, IP addresses, and other sensitive literals by performing static analysis on binaries. In addition support will be added for generating precise SBOM for swift binaries (unencrypted/debug files) by integrating blint with an LLVM frontend and a number of general improvements will be made to linting rules for mobile apps.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OWASP-blint">https://nlnet.nl/project/OWASP-blint</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>WPT automatic testing for platform accessibility mappings</strong> — Improve testing of platform a10y support in Web Platform Tests</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>In order to support assistive technology (AT), web browsers must provide information about web pages' contents via OS-specific accessibility APIs. The Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) suite of standards includes specifications concerning how browsers should translate the web page contents into each supported API. To date, these Accessibility API Mapping (AAM) specifications have not been tested in a standard way across browsers. This project will help extend the primary test suite for web standards (https://web-platform-tests.org/) to allow for testing of accessibility APIs. The project also includes writing tests for the Linux accessibility API mappings. With these addition to the test suite, we will be able to find interop bugs between browsers and web developers will be able to understand the status of browser support for accessibility features they want to use on the Linux platform.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WPT-PlatformAccessibility">https://nlnet.nl/project/WPT-PlatformAccessibility</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Middleware and identity</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>AppBundler</strong> — Package (graphical) Julia apps for all platforms</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>While Julia provides excellent support for GUI frameworks across all major desktop operating systems, deploying these applications traditionally requires users to install Julia, instantiate projects, and run them from the command line. AppBundler addresses this challenge by creating self-contained, native installers for Julia GUI applications regardless of framework. It employs a flexible recipe system with sensible defaults, allowing developers to easily configure resulting bundles. This project will integrate open-source bundling tools for macOS and Windows to replace proprietary SDKs, enabling distribution as binary dependencies without cumbersome host setup and facilitating cross-platform deployment from Linux hosts. AppBundler will support various Julia compilation methods, including pkgimages, sysimages, and Julia 1.12+ static compilation features, while developing Flatpak integration and addressing sandboxing to ensure applications run securely without compromising user systems.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Julia-AppBundler">https://nlnet.nl/project/Julia-AppBundler</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Hockeypuck</strong> — Next generation OpenPGP keyserver</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Hockeypuck">https://nlnet.nl/project/Hockeypuck</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>SelfHostBlocks</strong> — NixOS based server management for self-hosting</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>It is obvious by now that a deep dependency on proprietary service providers or "the cloud" is a significant liability. SelfHostBlocks lowers the bar to self-hosting by providing an opinionated server management system based on NixOS modules and focused on best practices. SelfHostBlocks also sets out to introduce contracts into nixpkgs to increase modularity, code-reuse and to empower end users to assemble components that fit together.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SelfHostBlocks">https://nlnet.nl/project/SelfHostBlocks</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>UnifiedPush</strong> — Decentralized push notification protocol with libre implementations</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Push notifications are essential to the modern mobile experience, as they enable applications to communicate with users in real time, even when not in active use. Major mobile operating systems provide a centralized service that they control, but depending on a centralized push notification system controlled by one company raises issues of privacy and independence. UnifiedPush is a decentralized push notification system that lets the users choose the service they want to use. It’s designed to be privacy-friendly, flexible, and open. It is compatible with WebPush, the standard for web applications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/UnifiedPush-LinuxMobile">https://nlnet.nl/project/UnifiedPush-LinuxMobile</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Decentralised solutions, including blockchain/distributed ledger</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Persistent Storage for Goblins</strong> — Integrate ERIS content-addressable encrypted storage to Goblins</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Goblins is a distributed object programming environment that is being developed by the Spritely Institute for building secure peer-to-peer applications. It is intended to be used for building fully-decentralized, healthy social community networks. This project aims at adding persistent storage to Goblins, allowing arbitrary content such as text files, images or music to be referenced and used from within Goblins with a large-degree of network transparency. For this we will use an encrypted content-addressed storage network based on ERIS (Encoding for Robust Immutable Storage).</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Goblins-Persistence">https://nlnet.nl/project/Goblins-Persistence</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Data and AI</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>VersatAI</strong> — Automation of ML/AI algorithm support in computational accellerators</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Versat is a Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array (CGRA) compiler and programming framework to accelerate AI and ML workloads on open-source RISC-V-based systems. The VersatAI project will enhance Versat to automate AI/ML accelerator generation by translating standard representations of these algorithms such as ONNX into optimized RISC-V programs accelerated by a CGRA. Leveraging prior work in cryptographic acceleration and SoC integration, the project will focus on key AI/ML tasks like convolutional neural networks and transformers. The development will be fully open-source, ensuring compatibility with industry-standard AI frameworks and improving CGRA accessibility for AI applications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VersatAI">https://nlnet.nl/project/VersatAI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Open Web Calendar Stack II</strong> — Recurring events and calendar merging</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The Open Web Calendar creates a highly configurable calendar what can be integrate into existing websites. Its stack is composed of various libraries working with a variety of internet standards/RFCs. This project will amongst others improve the support for recurring events. Various widely used Python libraries such as icalendar, mergecal, caldav and dateutil will also receive improvements as well as better documentation to aid developers. Their compliance with the underlying standards will be better tested to cope with the wide range of applications and use cases in the 'wild' - and should improve software quality and stability in millions of installations.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenWebCalendar-recurring">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWebCalendar-recurring</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Cartes</strong> — Modern web map application with transit support</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Cartes.app is a modern web map application. Cartes (which means maps in French) provides a universal interface for mobile and desktop: a simple URL lets the user open or share the map of a place with friends. This fills the gap of the "online" experience of proprietary offerings such as Google and Apple Maps.</p> <p>It levers state of the art open-source libraries to offer a rich feature set including transit and itinerary plans, address search and place categories, to name a few. In addition to data from OpenStreetMap (OSM) Cartes also draws from other public data sources to deliver a complete experience: transit data sets, Panoramax street level imagery, Wikimedia, etc. Cartes runs its own hosted tile layers.</p> <p>In the scope of this grant, the project will tackle internationalisation of the user interface, enable editing and reviewing places, add satellite tiles, live transit data, low-carbon itineraries as well as perform a variety of other performance and feature improvements.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Cartes">https://nlnet.nl/project/Cartes</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>EventFahrplan</strong> — User-friendly mobile event app</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/EventFahrplan-UI">https://nlnet.nl/project/EventFahrplan-UI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Federated webinars for eduMEET</strong> — Extended platform for distributed online webinars basing on eduMEET</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The main aim of the project is a new functional scope of eduMEET: federated webinars for big online meetings. eduMEET is a free and open-source video conferencing (VC) application that allows organisations of any size to build and deploy cost-effective on-premises web-based VC services. It is an easy-to-use solution that originated within the European Research and Education community. It is focused on security and privacy, and designed to give full control and ownership of ones own data and video streams.</p> <p>A key aspect of the project is providing efficient engines for communication between distributed eduMEET instances, in order to provide support for large scale webinars. Additionally, eduMEET will add dedicated layout for webinars (speaker’s view), specific user roles and privileges (Panelist and Passive Participant) as well as a management module. The end result will be a full featured webinar platform that is an attractive low cost alternative to expensive proprietary services.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/eduMEET-webinars">https://nlnet.nl/project/eduMEET-webinars</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Open Web Calendar Stack II</strong> — Recurring events and calendar merging</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The Open Web Calendar creates a highly configurable calendar what can be integrate into existing websites. Its stack is composed of various libraries working with a variety of internet standards/RFCs. This project will amongst others improve the support for recurring events. Various widely used Python libraries such as icalendar, mergecal, caldav and dateutil will also receive improvements as well as better documentation to aid developers. Their compliance with the underlying standards will be better tested to cope with the wide range of applications and use cases in the 'wild' - and should improve software quality and stability in millions of installations.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenWebCalendar-recurring">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWebCalendar-recurring</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Overte Visual Scripting</strong> — Feature enhancements of FOSS virtual reality platform</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Overte is a virtual social platform that allows its users to socialize in a more involved way than traditional digital communications, by allowing them to enter worlds using Virtual Reality. It can be used not just for recreational activities, but also education, psychotherapy, congresses, and more. The goal is to support people's need for immersive social platforms, by providing them with something that is privacy respecting and free.</p> <p>As part of this project, we aim to take on bigger maintenance and development tasks that may otherwise happen slowly or remain undone. Such tasks include fixing bugs, updating to Qt 6, and overhauling the UI, as it has accumulated quite some technical debt over the years.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Overte-visualscripting">https://nlnet.nl/project/Overte-visualscripting</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Rivista</strong> — Publish and consume news feeds via XMPP</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Rivista Journal is an open-source, minimalist journaling platform which is designed for writers who want a simple and distraction-free writing experience.</p> <p>It is built to support the XMPP protocol, allowing people to publish content which can be shared and discovered across different platforms, such as Blasta, Libervia, and Movim, over the decentralized network.</p> <p>In addition to being cost-effective and having low maintenance overhead, Rivista Journal focuses on providing a clean interface that emphasizes writing and reading without the clutter often associated with more complex content management systems.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Rivista">https://nlnet.nl/project/Rivista</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Tusky</strong> — Android client for ActivityPub</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Tusky is an Andoid client for the popular social media server Mastodon. It also unofficially supports other platforms levering the same standard (W3C ActivityPub), such as Pleroma, Pixelfed and GotoSocial. This project will add official support of GotoSocial to Tusky, as well as update the codebase and improve accessibility.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Tusky">https://nlnet.nl/project/Tusky</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>DataLab</strong> — Scientific platform for signal and image processing + visualisation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>DataLab is an open-source scientific platform for processing and visualizing 1D signals and 2D images for research, education and industry. It provides powerful, validated computing capabilities with a focus on extensibility, automation, and interoperability. The project aims to refactor DataLab’s core architecture by decoupling its computational engine from the graphical interface, creating a new standalone, reusable library. This modular approach will improve scalability, facilitate integration with third-party tools, and lay the foundation for future expansions, such as a web-based frontend. By enhancing flexibility and sustainability, DataLab seeks to serve a broader research and engineering community.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DataLab">https://nlnet.nl/project/DataLab</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mapterhorn</strong> — Open terrain tile sets and data catalog</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mapterhorn is an open-source alternative to proprietary terrain data platforms that addresses the fragmentation of global high-resolution terrain data. While many European countries like Austria and the Netherlands have released open terrain datasets, users currently rely predominantly on proprietary intermediaries such as Google Maps or Esri to consume these. This is due to inconsistencies in formats, projections, licenses, and access methods. Mapterhorn solves this through three components: a global low-resolution terrain tileset based on ESA's Copernicus model, regional high-resolution tilesets from national LIDAR surveys, and a comprehensive data catalog using the open STAC specification. By distributing terrain tiles in Web Mercator projection in standard formats such as GeoTiff and PMTiles, Mapterhorn will enhance disaster response capabilities, improve solar energy planning, boost tourism promotion, and enable numerous other applications across the public sector in Europe and beyond.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mapterhorn">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mapterhorn</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Multilingual Marginalia</strong> — Search engine focused on quality discovery</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Marginalia-multilingual">https://nlnet.nl/project/Marginalia-multilingual</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OPERA-DSP</strong> — Open hardware FMCW Radar signal processing in FPGA</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar is essential for applications such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, environmental monitoring, and security, enabling high-resolution object detection and speed estimation. However, to fully leverage FMCW radar data, digital signal processing (DSP) techniques must be applied in real time to extract meaningful information. The OPERA-DSP project aims to develop an open-source FMCW radar DSP hardware library, making radar signal processing more accessible to researchers and developers. It will provide essential IP cores, including windowing functions, Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), magnitude computation, and Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) detection. To simplify adoption, OPERA-DSP will integrate these DSP libraries with a RISC-V core and develop an FPGA-based design, complemented by scripts for automated bitstream generation.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OPERA-DSP">https://nlnet.nl/project/OPERA-DSP</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Py3DTiles - Textured Mesh tiling</strong> — OGC 3DTiles 1.1 support for 3D tile conversion tool</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Py3DTiles is an OpenSource Python module and CLI to create 3DTiles from various 3D geo-referenced data types and formats. It supports point clouds, IFC (BIM) and other 3D data types. It generates datasets suitable for 3D visualization of cartographic data.</p> <p>This project will add support for Textured Mesh conversion. Textured Mesh data can originate from various sources such as drone sensors, satellite imagery, and aerial photography through photogrammetry. Pointclouds can be transformed to Textured Mesh through triangulation. Textured mesh can also be created with 3D design software like Blender or Vue. Implementing 3D Tiles conversion capabilities of these data types will reinforce 3D data processing capabilities with opensource software, and increase interoperability and interconnection of software and data processing pipelines. Beyond adding these new capabilities to Py3DTiles, the project will also integrate and develop underlying algorithms and methods to process the data efficiently and handle large amounts of data.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Py3DTiles">https://nlnet.nl/project/Py3DTiles</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Rackweaver</strong> — Design and manage physical infrastructure hosting</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>RackWeaver is an AGPLv3+ cross-platform desktop application for designing and managing data center infrastructure. Its describes a complete object representation of one's data centers, including physical locations, port connections, and network configurations. Further, it comprises a suite of tools (both GUI and CLI) to act upon that model and modify it intelligently. It is able to generate documentation, switch configurations, and disk images, aid in system monitoring, and more through a plugin system. RackWeaver is built as a native desktop application (using Python and Qt) so that it continues to run for decades. Additionally, it leverages version control and OpenPGP keys to reliably document all changes to one's infrastructure. RackWeaver is usable by anyone, from a solo sysadmin managing a few machines, to a team overseeing multiple autonomous systems, for those who prefer offline, scriptable, and easy-to-use free/libre software.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RackWeaver">https://nlnet.nl/project/RackWeaver</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <hr/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <p>Inspired? If you are working on a project that contributes to the Next Generation Internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is April 1^st.</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>The NGI0 Core fund is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <p class="attention"> <div class="center"> <a href="/core/"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0Core_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero Core: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply for funding before April 1st 2025</div> </title> <link href="/news/2025/20250201-call.html"/> <updated>2025-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1^st 2025 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose/">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before the deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our minds are: that is to increase the <strong>utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI Taler)</li> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile software</a> (NGI Mobifree)</li> <li> <a href="/fediversity">Creating the hosting stack of the future</a> (NGI Fediversity)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250122-project-selection-pilots.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Seven New Projects Selected to Strengthen the NGI Pilot Programmes</div> </title> <link href="/news/2025/20250122-project-selection-pilots.html"/> <updated>2025-01-22T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="paralead">We are happy to welcome on board seven free and open source projects that will contribute to the three NGI Pilot programmes. Pilots focus on a specific problem: NGI Taler works on privacy-preserving digital payments, NGI Fediversity builds the hosting stack of the future and NGI Mobifree is liberating the mobile landscape. Each Pilot has a dedicated consortium working on it but part of its budget - kindly provided by the European Commission - is reserved for third party funding. Through rolling open calls people can apply for budget to make meaningful contributions to the problems the Pilots address. We'd like to introduce seven new projects who will be joining the Pilots' efforts.</p> <h2>Linter and FOSS App repository for Android</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="/mobifree/" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI_Mobifree_tag.svg" alt="NGI Mobifree logo" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="/project/IzzyOnDroid/">IzzyOnDroid</a> and <a href="/project/OWASP-blint/">OWASP blint</a> will contribute to NGI Mobifree. <a href="/mobifree/">NGI Mobifree</a> is creating more ethical and humane mobile software for the Android ecosystem. IzzyOnDroid will be contributing with its third party repository for FOSS Android apps. Its intent is to provide useful apps, connecting a vibrant community of developers and users, with a focus on transparency, privacy, and security. OWASP blint had humble beginnings as a linter - a tool that analyses code for errors - but it soon found rapid adoption for a range of use cases such as malware identification, binary risk audits, and more recently binary SBOM generation.</p> <h2>Integrations of Taler payments</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="/taler/" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI_TALER_tag.svg" alt="NGI TALER logo" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="/taler/">NGI Taler</a> is working on an electronic payment system that offers privacy for those that make payments, while enforcing transparency on those that sell. The projects joining the Taler forces are <a href="/project/TALER-OpenBankingGateway/">Taler Open Banking Gateway</a> which will provide the technology to top-up a Taler wallet in a regulatory compliant, instant and user-friendly way. The project <a href="/project/TALER-integration-Nuxt/">Nuxt</a>, a widely used JavaScript library for building web interfaces based on the lightweight Vue.js framework, will create a dedicated GNU Taler module for Nuxt. And <a href="/project/TALER-flohmarkt/">Flohmarkt</a>, which provides secure payments for P2P classified adds federating with ActivityPub, will integrate Taler payments into Flohmarkt.</p> <h2>Federation and integration for the hosting stack in-a-box</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="/fediversity/" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI_Fediversity_tag.svg" alt="NGI Fediversity logo" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="/fediversity/">NGI Fediversity</a> is a comprehensive effort to bring easy-to-use, hosted cloud services with service portability and personal freedom at their core to everyone. New on team Fediversity are two projects: <a href="/project/Drupal-ActivityPub/">Drupal</a>, the free and open-source web content management system, will provide more comprehensive W3C ActivityPub support in Drupal. <a href="/project/Fediversity-NC-OnlyOffice/">Source-based Nextcloud + Onlyoffice</a> which will integrate the NixOS module for OnlyOffice with the libre filehosting solution Nextcloud.</p> <h2>If you applied for a grant</h2> <p>This is the selection for the <a href="/news/2024/20240601-call.html">October call</a> and only for the Pilot programmes. We always inform <em>all</em> applicants about the outcome of the review ahead of the public announcement, if the are selected or not. If you have not heard anything, you probably applied to a later call or a different fund such as <a href="/core/">NGI Zero Core</a> or <a href="/commonsfund/">NGI Zero Commons Fund</a>. Later calls and the other funds are still under review. You can see which call you applied to by checking the application number assigned to the project when you applied. The second number in the sequence refers to the month of the call, so 10 in the case of the October call. (It should not happen, but if you did apply to the October call and did not hear anything, do contact us.)</p> <p> <em>Inspired? If you are working on a project that contributes to the Next Generation Internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is February 1^st.</em> </p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <p>The NGI pilot programmes <a href="/taler/">NGI Taler</a>, <a href="/fediversity/">NGI Fediversity</a> and <a href="/mobifree/">NGI Mobifree</a> are possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <p class="attention"> <div class="center"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class=""/> </a> </div> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250120-FOSDEM-talk-Michiel.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Michiel Leenaars Speaks at FOSDEM about NGI and Europe's Digital Sovereignty</div> </title> <link href="/news/2025/20250120-FOSDEM-talk-Michiel.html"/> <updated>2025-01-20T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/people/leenaars.png" alt="Portrait image of Michiel Leenaars represented in dots rather than a real-life picture"/> <figcaption>Michiel Leenaars</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p class="paralead">NLnet's Director of Strategy, Michiel Leenaars, will present the opening <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6508-next-generation-internet-2025-where-next-/">talk</a> at one of FOSDEM's main tracks on Sunday February 2, 2025. He will discuss Europe's ambition to increase its digital sovereignty in relation to the <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> (NGI) initiative, one of the largest funding programmes for free and open source (FOSS) technologies in the world. He will address NGI's contribution to technological sovereignty, the future of its funding and where to go next.</p> <p>This talk goes back to the first presentation of NGI to the FOSS community: in 2018 the study <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf">Next Generation Internet 2025</a> was presented <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/next_generation_internet/">at FOSDEM</a> to then-MEP <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietje_Schaake">Marietje Schaake</a> by a team from NLnet Foundation and <a href="https://gartner.com/">Gartner Europe</a>. At that point in time, the European Commission's (EC) NGI initiative was just about to get started. The report laid out a practical vision for what such an initiative could aim to become - based on input from a consultation by the authors across the European tech and digital rights community.</p> <p>The unspoken ambition for NGI was to start reducing Europe's dangerous dependency on big tech companies running dark code in foreign jurisdictions. The report defined a number of strategic objectives and considerations, centered around user empowerment - and with an underlying ambition to improve our digital sovereignty and create the technology stack we want.</p> <p>In this talk Leenaars will look back on how the NGI initiative worked out so far - and where it can and should go next. With hundreds of thousands of developer hours funded across all layers of technology through programmes like <a href="/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a>, the NGI has pushed technological sovereignty more than any other EC supported effort. So far more than <a href="https://ngi.eu/discover-ngi-innovations/?">1300 projects</a> have been funded making NGI one of the largest free and open source (FOSS) funding programmes ever to exist. But although the NGI initiative seems to have delivered, so far is not included in the European Commissions plan's for future programmes.</p> <p>Europe's problematic technological entanglement isn't solved yet, in fact: the situation is arguably more dire than ever. The geopolitical climate calls for technological disentanglement and a strategic move to FOSS and digital commons. In that light Leenaars will address the following questions: What should our new European Commissioner <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/college-commissioners/henna-virkkunen_en">Henna Virkkunen</a>, executive vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy be working on for the next five years of the <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/europes-digital-decade-digital-targets-2030_en">'digital decade'</a>? Starting from the vantage point of the Next Generation Internet initiative in 2025, where do we go?</p> <h2>Practical information on how to participate</h2> <p>The <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6508-next-generation-internet-2025-where-next-/">talk</a> will take place at FOSDEM's main track in the K-Building on Sunday February 2 at 09.00. FOSDEM provides a <a href="https://live.fosdem.org/watch/k1105">live stream</a> and the ability to <a href="https://chat.fosdem.org/#/room/#2025-k.1.105_la_fontaine_:fosdem.org"> join the conversation via chat</a>. <br/> FOSDEM is the world’s largest gathering of free and open source software enthusiasts and open to everyone and free of charge. You don't even need to register. It takes place in at the ULB Solbosch Campus in Brussels in the weekend of February 1-2, 2025.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250101-announcing-grantees-June-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">50 Free and Open Source Projects Selected for NGI Zero grants</div> </title> <link href="/news/2025/20250101-announcing-grantees-June-call.html"/> <updated>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="paralead">Happy 2025 everyone! On this first day of the fresh new year we are happy to announce 50 project teams were selected to receive NGI Zero grants. We are welcoming projects from 18 countries involving people and organisations of various types: individuals, associations, small and medium enterprises, foundations, universities, and informal collectives. The new projects are all across the different layers of the NGI technology stack: from trustworthy open hardware to services &amp; applications which provide autonomy for end-users.</p> <p>The 50 free and open source projects were selected across two funds. 19 teams will receive grants from the <a href="/commonsfund/">NGI Zero Commons Fund</a>, a broadly themed fund that supports people working on reclaiming the public nature of the internet. The other 31 projects will work within <a href="/core/">NGI Zero Core</a> which focuses on strengthening the open internet architecture. Both funds offer financial and practical support. The latter consisting of <a href="/NGI0/services/">support services</a> such as accessibility and security audits, advice on license compliance, help with testing, documentation or UX design.</p> <h2>If you applied for a grant</h2> <p>This is the selection for the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240401-call.html">June call</a>. We always inform <em>all</em> applicants about the outcome of the review ahead of the public announcement, whether they are selected or not. If you have not heard anything, you probably applied to a later call that is still under review. You can see which call you applied to by checking the application number assigned to the project when you applied. The second number in the sequence refers to the month of the call, so 06 in the case of the June call. (It should not happen, but if you did apply to the June call and did not hear anything, do contact us.)</p> <h2>Meet the new projects!</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3>Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Hardware 2D graphics engine</strong> — Additional functionality and better performance for FPGA-based 2D video controller</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>This project is to develop hardware accelerated 2D display controller boards for easily adding interactive user interfaces to single-purpose industrial and commercial machines.</p> <p>Traditionally, to make stand-alone machines and systems (i.e. not based on PCs but on custom computing boards), if developers need to provide a high resolution graphical user interfaces (GUI) they are offered only two inconvenient options: use a complex system like a Linux-capable single board computer, or limit performance to low resolutions that are unsuitable for medium to large displays. The latter case simply prevents successfully marketing those products, while the former requires a high degree of qualifications in embedded systems development, where the requirements are simple products like signage systems or vending machines.</p> <p>The controller boards (CPU and FPGA based, released as open hardware) are capable of loading previously stored images (lossy or lossless), plus movies, fonts and other resources required. The drawing commands are implemented with hardware acceleration on the FPGA board, using a custom C-to-hardware tool: CflexHDL, making it possible to use a fully open-source toolchain. Interactivity is achieved by the use of a USB host capable of handling mouse, keyboards and touchscreens. Displays of multiple kinds are supported by the use of PCB adapters, including: Analog VGA, DVI protocol (compatible with HDMI monitors), LVDS for direct connection to laptop replacement displays, among other options. The controllers can be used stand-alone (like a development platform) or be controlled by other systems like Arduino or similar boards.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/2D-graphics-hardware">https://nlnet.nl/project/2D-graphics-hardware</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Real Time Litex Extension</strong> — Real time capabilities for FPGA-based RISC-V core</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The Core-Local Interrupt Controller (CLIC) is a RISC-V standard extension that enhances real-time performance by enabling the prioritization of interrupts based on levels and priorities. This feature allows developers to have fine-grained control over interrupt prioritization, leading to more efficient handling of real-time events. In this project, we propose to replace the original interrupt controller of the VexRiscv based processor core family with CLIC. By implementing the CLIC, VexRiscv can efficiently propagate the highest-level, highest-priority pending interrupt to the core, significantly improving real-time responsiveness. The CLIC implementation also introduces features like selective hardware vectoring and the special register (xnxti CSR), which further optimize interrupt handling.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RealTime-Litex">https://nlnet.nl/project/RealTime-Litex</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Tiliqua</strong> — Open audio DSP for FPGAs</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Tiliqua is an open-hardware DSP library and reference hardware design which aims to make it easier for musicians and engineers to get started in the world of audio DSP in the context of FPGAs. The Tiliqua DSP library is a suite of commonly-used audio DSP components, written in Amaranth HDL, that can be easily composed in Python to construct a custom FPGA-based DSP pipeline. The Tiliqua reference platform is fully compatible with open-source FPGA toolchains and designed to the Eurorack standard (the most popular hardware synthesizer format) lowering the barrier to entry for those with low/no hardware development experience.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Tiliqua">https://nlnet.nl/project/Tiliqua</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>ZSWatch</strong> — Open smartwatch including software, hardware, and mechanics</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>ZSWatch is a free and open source smartwatch you can build almost from scratch - including software, hardware, and mechanics. Everything from the lowest level BLE radio driver code to PCB and casing is available for introspection or to be customised to suit your needs.In this project, the team will add interesting new capabilities such as Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen sensor hardware, create a new iteration of hardware to improve wearability, improve documentation, make it easier to upgrade, and make various improvements to the software including optimising power consumption.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ZSWatch">https://nlnet.nl/project/ZSWatch</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Frugal EDA</strong> — Energy-efficient circuits and systems through quantum superconductivity</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>FRUGAL EDA is an open-source user-friendly software design suite dedicated to energy-frugal electronics based on the amazing quantum physical properties of superconductivity. Its objective is to enable the design of energy-efficient ultra-high-speed (up to clock frequencies of several hundreds GHz) quantum-based circuits and systems for the widest possible audience. FRUGAL will emulate the development of new circuits and functionalities so that disruptive quantum electronics can take its place in the current highly-competitive emerging technology landscape. One goal is to increase the number of students and newcomers interested to design quantum-based circuits without the need of unaffordable tools, proprietary technologies or steep learning curves.FRUGAL embeds a set of open-source software tools comprising a schematic editor(LibrePCB), a SPICE netlist converter (L2SPICE), quantum time-domain simulators (JSIM and JoSIM) and a layout editor (KLayout). More designer-oriented features will be added along the course of development.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Frugal-EDA/">https://nlnet.nl/project/Frugal-EDA/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Reticulum Network Stack</strong> — Networking stack for building local and wide-area networks even with extremely low bandwidth</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack that offers end-to-end connectivity and encryption, and a privacy-oriented base-layer protocol. It aims to allow anyone to operate their own sovereign communication networks, and to cover large areas with independent, interconnectable and autonomous networks without kill-switches and external control.</p> <p>Reticulum is a completely decentralised networking stack, and it enables the construction of both small and large-scale networks, without any need for hierarchical or beaureucratic structures to control or manage them, while ensuring individuals and communities full sovereignty over their own network segments, addresses and applications. It allows creating truly decentralised applications and services, that can continue to operate even in adverse conditions, and with extremely limited bandwidth and resources.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Reticulum">https://nlnet.nl/project/Reticulum</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>librice</strong> — Pure Rust implementation of IETFs real-time communication standard ICE</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) protocol is everywhere in real-time communication, providing a rendezvous mechanism allowing to establish e.g. a SIP or WebRTC connection. Addition of another protocol, TURN, allows hosts which are behind a middleware box or CPE (which is the most common scenario in the IPv4 realm) to still successfully set up a bi-directional path. This puts ICE/TURN at the heart of communication. This project will implement the four key TURN RFCs in librice - a pure Rust implementation of ICE.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/librice">https://nlnet.nl/project/librice</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>machine-check</strong> — Tool for formal verification for machine-code</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Common bug-finding approaches like software testing do not guarantee the absence of bugs. Formal verification can prove the absence of bugs, but the added description and proving complexity means it only tends to be used for critical systems. The current state-of-the-art tools are complex to use and hard to reason around when they fail. Machine-check aims to bring scalable yet intuitive formal verification to non-experts, leveraging the Rust ecosystem for description of digital machines including processors with machine-code programs loaded into memory. Ultimately, this should lead to increased reliability, safety, and security of programs and systems.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/machine-check">https://nlnet.nl/project/machine-check</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mox management and automation</strong> — Automated email server management and administration</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mox is a modern email server implementation that makes it easy for people and organizations to run their own mail server, allowing them to stay in control of their own email communication, and keeping email decentralized. While high-quality open source mail server software components exist, their code bases are growing old, and getting a working setup involves configuring at least half a dozen of them to work together. That complexity has turned people to a few (centralized) email providers. Within this grant the team will add a number of missing key features such as server-side email filtering (Sieve) and encrypted storage, among others.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mox-Automation">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mox-Automation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Optimized Image Codecs</strong> — More efficient image handling for embedded systems</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ImageCodes-Optimised">https://nlnet.nl/project/ImageCodes-Optimised</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Spritely Oaken</strong> — Secure 3rd party extensibility with capability-based Scheme</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SpritelyOaken">https://nlnet.nl/project/SpritelyOaken</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Aiohttp type checking</strong> — Improve typechecking for Aiohttp HTTP Client/Server framework</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>aiohttp is a widely used asynchronous HTTP Client/Server framework for async IO within the popular Python language ecosystem. The advantage of asynchronous frameworks is that they don't block the client while the server process HTTP requests. Instead, the user can do other operations client side. This grant will improve the coverage for type annotation of the Python test code of its dependencies, providing a more robust framework to downstream users and developers alike.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Aiohttp-typecheck">https://nlnet.nl/project/Aiohttp-typecheck</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Polyglot jaq</strong> — Data wrangling tool focusing on correctness, speed, and simplicity.</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Polyglot-jaq">https://nlnet.nl/project/Polyglot-jaq</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Rusted Platform Module</strong> — Programming TPMs in pure Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The Rusted Platform Module (RPM) project strives to improve and advance Trusted Platform Module (TPM) v2 support and ease of use for the Rust programming language. This includes programming the TPM in pure Rust, without C-based libraries in the background, as well as (commandline) tools for common tasks, etc. This project strives to increase adoption of memory-safe languages for programming of security components like the TPM. Run by Institut of IT-Security Research, St.Pölten University of Applied Sciences</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RustedPlatformModule/">https://nlnet.nl/project/RustedPlatformModule/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OCaml direct style transition</strong> — Helping with the transition of OCaml programs from Lwt to Eio</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>OCaml traditionally uses monadic style for concurrent programming, offering advantages like reduced data races and efficiency but requiring all code to be written in this style and leading to frequent allocations. OCaml 5 is one of the first languages to implement algebraic effects, enabling direct-style concurrency with multiple stacks, addressing these drawbacks. However, the transition to effects-based concurrency can lead to incompatibility between libraries written in different styles, putting the whole OCaml ecosystem at risk. This project aims to mitigate these risks by developing tools to automatically rewrite code and identify potential issues during the transition from monadic to direct-style concurrency, specifically focusing on the complex case of the Ocsigen Web framework.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OCAML-directstyle/">https://nlnet.nl/project/OCAML-directstyle/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mainline Linux on ARM Chromebooks</strong> — Open firmware and standards-based boot for Mediatek MT818x/MT819x based devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MT818x_MT819x-firmware">https://nlnet.nl/project/MT818x_MT819x-firmware</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>NetBSD Reproducibility</strong> — Extend Reproducibility for CTF Debugging Infos and NetBSD Image Creation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The NetBSD operating system is built from a single source code repository and supports a great variety of different hardware and CPU variants. NetBSD has a working infrastructure for being reproducible, thus you can verify eg. an install ISO to be created from an untampered repository. As NetBSD is technically always cross-compiled, it can be build on several platforms, most commonly on NetBSD itself and on Linux. This project aims to fix two issues where a Linux-based build host creates different output than a NetBSD host.</p> <p>Ports using the newer GCC-12 based compiler usually use the CTF debugging format, where the binary representation (probably due to different sorting) differs between Linux and NetBSD builds. The second issue is with install image creation, where symlinks permissions and owner/permission bits from the building host leak into the image, breaking reproducibility. Both of these issues affect the widely used amd64 (usual PCs and Laptops) and arm/aarch64 (Raspberry Pi) ports.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Reproducible-NetBSD">https://nlnet.nl/project/Reproducible-NetBSD</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Security audit of Sailfish FOSS components</strong> — Analyse security of secrets, Sailfish ofono and Sailjail</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Sailfish is a European mobile operating system developed by the Finnish company Jolla. This project will conduct independent security research into the Sailfish FOSS components, with a focus on its cryptography, 5G support and sandboxing of the SailfishOS operating system. The project will also compare Android and SailfishOS on their app permissions, encryption and isolation mechanisms. The researchers are not affiliated with the company behind the development of SailfishOS.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Sailfish-FOSS-audit">https://nlnet.nl/project/Sailfish-FOSS-audit</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Grate project</strong> — Linux support for Tegra 2/3/4 devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Grate/">https://nlnet.nl/project/Grate/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mollymawk</strong> — Mollymawk - orchestration and management of MirageOS unikernels</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mollymawk is a deployment and orchestration tool designed to simplify the management of MirageOS unikernels and other virtual machines. In this project, we will focus on optimizing deployment, ochestration and scaling (up and down). Key enhancements we are looking at include implementing websockets, streaming services when deploying unikernel images, automated configurations (DHCP, DNS etc), support for virtual machines that are not MirageOS unikernels, mechanisms for autoupgrading unikernels with rollback options, notification of available updates, unattended updates, and managing multiple physical machines with a single mollymawk.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mollymawk/">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mollymawk/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Better support for display notches and cutouts in Phosh</strong> — Better custom shape screen support for Wayland</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mobile phones often have notches or cutouts in their displays (often to accommodate the camera), rounded corners or waterfalls (lower resolution areas at the edge of the screen).\r\n\r\nThe aim of this project is to propose and implement a Wayland protocol that gives applications the necessary information about these areas. This allows them to place UI elements in a sensible and visually pleasing way, color lower resolution areas properly and avoid having important information occluded.\r\n\r\nBesides for mobile shells like Phosh this information is also important for e.g. video players and other full screen applications and out of the box support in toolkits is desirable.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Phosh-Notch/">https://nlnet.nl/project/Phosh-Notch/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>CRAVEX 2 Code Reachability</strong> — Do vulnerable dependencies actually impacts security or not?</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/CRAVEX2-codereachability">https://nlnet.nl/project/CRAVEX2-codereachability</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>CRAVEX integration</strong> — Integrated vulnerability exploitability management</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/CRAVEX-integration">https://nlnet.nl/project/CRAVEX-integration</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Darkstar</strong> — Open source vulnerability management solution</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Build an open source, self hostable, commercial grade attack surface management/vulnerability management solution, for web, network, agent based and cloud security. Our idea is to build a self hostable (container based) vulnerability management solution, which allows companies and people worldwide to monitor their security trough finding vulnerabilities. The main focus lies on creating the basic features that are required for a functional vulnerability management solution: on demand scanning, reporting, prioritization, scanning internal networks via container appliances you can place on your network, scanning external attack surface (web security scanning/DAST), network based external security scanning and g and agent-based vulnerability management.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Darkstar">https://nlnet.nl/project/Darkstar</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>happyDomain</strong> — Simplify DNS zone management</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>happyDomain is an interface designed to make domain name management more accessible, intuitive, and efficient. By consolidating domain names from multiple providers and abstracting technical complexities that often lead to common mistakes, happyDomain empowers operational teams to handle their domain needs effortlessly, saving time and reducing friction. Its modern interface offers essential features such as history tracking, one-click rollbacks, logical groupings for services, and a REST API for automation. Built with carefully selected technologies, happyDomain provides a fast and lightweight experience, suitable for both large-scale infrastructures and personal use. Our mission is to help individuals and organizations regain independence on the Internet by simplifying domain management and fostering confidence. Whether for system administrators, agencies, freelancers, or privacy-conscious users, happyDomain transforms domain management into an accessible and seamless task for all.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/happyDomain">https://nlnet.nl/project/happyDomain</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Reaction</strong> — Event-based system programming</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>A lot of bots roam the internet, scanning server ports and web endpoints, and filling out any web form they come across - continuously on the lookout for vulnerabilities to exploit. In order to maintain server security, one of the currently most common defense mechanisms is to monitor logs for repetitive behaviour, or specific patterns implying the involvement of bots. With tools like fail2ban, one can write simple rules to automatically isolate machines identified as suspect.</p> <p>Reaction wants to provide a more modern and efficient approach to regex-based log scanning, allowing multiple reaction instances to communicate, sharing bans across an entire infrastructure as well as more intelligent and user-friendly soft bans. This extends the scope of this class of tooling allowing it to act as a light monitoring tool, or an orchestrator for any other event-based actions.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Reaction">https://nlnet.nl/project/Reaction</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>iso14229</strong> — Universal Diagnostic Services for automotive diagnostics</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>iso14229 is an open-source portable C implementation of Universal Diagnostic Services (ISO 14229-1:2020). UDS is a communications protocol used for diagnostics, tuning and firmware updates on embedded devices such as those in your car, tractor, robot, IoT device, or renewable energy system. Insecure UDS implementations expose software to security exploits. By providing an open source implementations including the security features of UDS, this project addresses an important gap. Within the scope of this grant, the team will work on the integration of static analysis, improve documentation and develop a number of security-focused examples.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/iso14229/">https://nlnet.nl/project/iso14229/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Middleware and identity</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Garage Administration UI</strong> — Easier administration for selfhosted storage buckets</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Garage is a lightweight geo-distributed data store that implements the Amazon S3 object storage protocol. Garage is meant primarily for self-hosting at home on second-hand commodity hardware, and aims be easy to deploy and maintain, so that hobbyists and small organizations can use it without a hassle. To further this goal, the Garage admin interface project aims to develop a web UI to make cluster administration easier and more intuitive. This interface will cover the most common operations on Garage cluster: visualizing cluster status; joining new nodes, removing nodes, and changing node configuration; and management of S3 access keys, buckets and bucket configurations.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Garage-AdminUI">https://nlnet.nl/project/Garage-AdminUI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Rauthy</strong> — Reliable OpenID Connect IdP and IAM solution</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Rauthy is a lightweight and easy to use OpenID Connect Identity Provider. It aims to be simple to both set up and operate, with very secure defaults and lots of config options, if you need the flexibility. It puts heavy emphasis on Passkeys and a very strong security in general. The project is written in Rust to be as memory efficient, secure and fast as possible, and it can run on basically any hardware. If you need Single Sign-On support for IoT or headless CLI tools, it's got you covered as well. You get High-Availability, client branding, UI translation, a nice Admin UI, Events and Auditing, and many more features. By default, it does not depend on an external database but runs on top of Hiqlite, an embeddable SQLite database that can form a Raft cluster to provide strong consistency and high availability - although it can use e.g. Postgres as an alternative. This makes it simple to operate, while scaling up to millions of users easily.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Rauthy/">https://nlnet.nl/project/Rauthy/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Threadiverse Reproducible Deployment</strong> — Reproducible deployment for Threadiverse servers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Fediverse is more than short form microblogging. The ActivityPub protocol connects all kinds of software for various communication needs. Some of those are concentrated on long blogs and threaded discussion forums. A common understanding of conversations in ActivityPub and their secure and safe-from-spam implementation is being developed in several fediverse projects. This project focuses on stable and documented automated deployment for two of them - Hubzilla and Streams, including interoperability tests. This will support threadiverse standardization efforts, and help to bring features like group photoalbums and full channel portability between instances.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Threadiverse-ReproducibleDeployment/">https://nlnet.nl/project/Threadiverse-ReproducibleDeployment/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Decentralised solutions, including blockchain/distributed ledger</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Yrs persistent documents</strong> — Yrs/Yjs compatible layer for persistent key-value stores</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Yrs is a local-first collaboration library widely used for real-time collaborative editing. Yrs is a \r\na CRDT-based solution that currently works \r\non documents fully loaded into memory, with disk storage happening through plug-ins. The primary goal of this effort is to make it more robust (and less resource-heavy) by creating an alternative implementation that works directly with the on-disk database. All of this needs should happen while remaining compatible with the existing in-memory Yrs implementation as well as the original Yjs JavaScript implementation.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Persistent-Yrs">https://nlnet.nl/project/Persistent-Yrs</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Hyper Hyper Space Sync Engine and adapters</strong> — Secure P2P data synchronisation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The way authority is coded into software platforms impacts the health of the communities they serve. The goal of this project is to provide an information sync engine that can provide an application back-end with as little authority delegation as possible, thus enabling applications that are truly user-controlled.</p> <p>By using a formulation based on monotonicity, Hyper Hyper Space is able to simulate a transactional engine over a cryptographically secure event log. This yields a versatile data model, that is usable in a coordination-free setting and in the presence of Byzantine faults.</p> <p>This modelling flexibility can be leveraged by using bi-directional adapters, that are able to ingest and export synchronized data into a variety of local storage systems, including relational databases, document stores, and files. Application builders can choose the storage system that better suits their use-case, and rely on an adapter to synchronize its contents. This should lower the barriers of entry for creating p2p applications, and hopefully significantly boosts quality while reducing complexity.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/HHS-SyncEngine/">https://nlnet.nl/project/HHS-SyncEngine/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Titanic</strong> — Database server to synchronize vast collections of CRDT documents</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Yjs is a Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDT) which enables developers to build collaborative applications, just like Google Docs and Figma. Most CRDT implementations work just like any other data type, but they automatically sync with other peers without conflicts. Today, Yjs is among the most used technologies for building collaborative applications.</p> <p>The developers observed the development of competing CRDTs, and recognize the need for more specialized CRDTs for specific use-cases. Syncing many CRDT instances with different permissions is still an unsolved problem. Syncing documents individually quickly becomes infeasible with an increasing number of documents in a local-first app.</p> <p>This project will therefore develop Titanic, an isomorphic database (works in the browser, Node.js, Deno, Bun, ..) that can host different CRDT implementations. It will sync many CRDT instances efficiently in a network-agnostic manner. While it will support custom authentication approaches, Titanic will ship with a role-based document-level permission system that prevents unauthorized users from reading or writing documents.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Titanic">https://nlnet.nl/project/Titanic</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>ActivityPods 3.0</strong> — Encrypted Solid-compatible Pods</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>ActivityPods brings together two game-changing protocols, ActivityPub and Solid Pods, and empowers developers to create fully-decentralized social apps thanks to an easy-to-use framework. In the planned version 3.0, Solid clients will be able to connect to ActivityPods just like any other Solid Pod provider. Furthermore, ActivityPods 3.0 will build a bridge with the world of P2P protocols, since it will be using NextGraph (a local-first P2P solution based on CRDT) as a triple store. The result is that all Pod data will be encrypted. In addition, users will be able to create a NextGraph wallet and use it to give NextGraph apps access to their Pod data. This will allow ActivityPods to provide the first \"social Pods\" with built-in Fediverse communication and improved data security, potentially attracting more developers and users to the Solid and ActivityPub ecosystems.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ActivityPods-3.0">https://nlnet.nl/project/ActivityPods-3.0</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Data and AI</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>MWoffliner</strong> — Software to make Wikipedia and other Mediawiki content available offline</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Wikipedia aims to make the Sum of All Human Knowledge available to all and for free. But with three to four billion people around the world lacking connectivity (because of cost, infrastructure or censorship) we need a solution to bridge the digital divide and bring this great tool to everyone.</p> <p>Mediawiki offliner packages and compresses any wiki into a portable ZIM archive that can then be browsed offline and on any device, no matter where their users are located. In short, this allows everyone and everyone to carry the largest encyclopaedia ever on their phone and in their pocket.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MWOffliner">https://nlnet.nl/project/MWOffliner</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Organic Maps сonvergent UI for Linux with Qt Quick/Kirigami</strong> — Declarative cross-platform UI for navigation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Maps navigation software is a crucial part of computer systems today, be it on Mobile, Desktop, Automotive and so on. For quite a lot time already, we have a brilliant open-source maps application, now named Organic Maps. It's features make it strong competitor to commercial-grade software, among them are: privacy, fully offline maps, low battery consumption, navigation, points of interest (POI) and much more. Currently, the application shows it's strength on mainstream mobile operating systems only. On other systems, it's ability is quite limited, mainly because of lack of proper User Interface for them.</p> <p>This project aims to create an Organic Maps convergent touch-friendly User Interface for Linux, backed by featured Qt Quick/QML application framework, perfectly suitable for this task. This would allow feature-parity for Mobile and Desktop Linux systems, and also creates solid ground for further unification of the User Interface among other platforms.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OrganicMaps-ConvergentUI">https://nlnet.nl/project/OrganicMaps-ConvergentUI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>A Frameworks Framing</strong> — Open corporate data in Wikirate through the lens of standards</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Reporting on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) parameters is crucial for investors and stakeholders to gain information about companies' sustainability from these three perspectives. Wikirate is the world’s largest open source registry of ESG data, crowdsourcing standardised data about companies on a large variety of metrics delivering an extremely valuable resource for instance for policy development. In recent years, various standards bodies have translate these abstract ESG guidelines into actionable and concrete performance metrics. \r\n\r\nWithin the scope of this grant Wikirate will improve the structuring and discoverability of information, giving a more consistent and concise view on the existing standards and framework. By exhaustively mapping metrics to frameworks, and improving better documentation, visualization and navigation, this project will contribute to smooth exploration and better understanding of millions of ESG data points as connected to corporate standards.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FrameworksFraming">https://nlnet.nl/project/FrameworksFraming</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Polyglot jaq</strong> — Data wrangling tool focusing on correctness, speed, and simplicity.</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Data often needs to be processed going from one tool to another. Doing that is potentially a point of failure, as 'quick and dirty' solutions often fail to take into account edge cases. This project will build on top of Jaq, a Rust re-implementation of the widely popular jq syntax with rigorously defined semantics, and extend its approach to other data formats - from legible formats such as \r\nXML, YAML, TOML, CSV and Markdown to binary formats. For the latter, the project builds on the versatile parsing toolbox of Kaitai Struct.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Polyglot-jaq">https://nlnet.nl/project/Polyglot-jaq</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>PurlValidator</strong> — Check validity of software package identifiers online and offline</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Package-URL, or PURL, is the de-facto standard for identifying software packages, used by open source SCA tools, SBOM and VEX specs, and vulnerability databases. But using a standard syntax does not prevent errors: A recent (not yet published) study on the quality of software bill of materials (SBoM) revealed that for too often PURLs in SBOMs are still inconsistent, fake, incorrect, or misleading. This is a major impairment to any application of SBOMs, and industry-wide cybersecurity and application security.\r\n\r\nThe PurlValidator project is a public service, based on PurlDB, to validate all the PURLs. An extension of the purl2all project, PurlValidator validates the PURL syntax against any known PURLs by exposing PurlDB's reference data of 20M+ PURLs. PurlValidator also provides decentralized libraries for offline use that can be integrated in multiple tech stacks for all major ecosystems, beyond what is already available for PURL tools. The goal of this project is to provide an accessible, single source of truth to the security and SBOM ecosystem at large and improve the quality and accuracy of PURLs in use, imperative for CRA compliance.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/purlvalidator">https://nlnet.nl/project/purlvalidator</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>PyCM</strong> — Machine learning post-processing and analysis</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>PyCM is an open-source Python library designed to systematically evaluate, quantify, and report the performance of machine learning algorithms. It offers an extensive range of metrics to assess algorithm performance comprehensively, enabling users to compare different models and identify the optimal one based on their specific requirements and priorities. Additionally, PyCM supports generating evaluation reports in various formats. Widely recognized as a standard and reliable post-processing tool, PyCM has been adopted by leading open-source AI projects, including TensorFlow, Google’s scaaml, Torchbearer, and CLaF. In this grant, the team will implement several new features, such as data distribution analysis, dissimilarity / distance matrices and curve analysis. In addition the project will improve benchmarking and confidence, and introduce an API and GUI for wider adoption.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/PyCM-API">https://nlnet.nl/project/PyCM-API</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mox management and automation</strong> — Automated email server management and administration</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mox is a modern email server implementation that makes it easy for people and organizations to run their own mail server, allowing them to stay in control of their own email communication, and keeping email decentralized. While high-quality open source mail server software components exist, their code bases are growing old, and getting a working setup involves configuring at least half a dozen of them to work together. That complexity has turned people to a few (centralized) email providers. Within this grant the team will add a number of missing key features such as server-side email filtering (Sieve) and encrypted storage, among others.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mox-Automation">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mox-Automation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>linkblocks</strong> — Federated bookmark manager based on ActivityPub</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Linkblocks is a federated bookmark manager. By combining a web-like graph structure with collaborative features, it aims to make knowledge discovery on the web more open and productive, providing an alternative to social networks and search engines.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/linkblocks">https://nlnet.nl/project/linkblocks</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Manyfold</strong> — ActivityPub-powered tool for storing and sharing 3d models</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Manyfold is a web application for managing collections of 3d models, with a focus on the needs of the 3d printing community. It is designed to be self-hosted, and lets users browse, organise, and analyse their downloaded models. With NLNet’s support, the project has recently launched federation features using ActivityPub, progressive transmission of 3d models, and a wide range of core feature enhancements. The next phase of the project will build on this base to create richer social features, better ways to get models into and out of the system, features to help financially support creators, and improvements to search and discovery features, all of which will help build an open, decentralised ecosystem for 3d model hosting.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Manyfold-Discovery">https://nlnet.nl/project/Manyfold-Discovery</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>NextGraph Framework</strong> — SDK's and API's for the NextGraph Framework</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>NextGraph is an open source ecosystem that provides solutions for end-users (a platform) and software developers (a framework), wishing to use or create decentralized apps featuring: real-time collaboration, peer to peer communication with end-to-end encryption, local-first, portable and interoperable data, total ownership of data and software, security and privacy. Centered on repositories containing semantic data (RDF), rich text, and structured data formats like JSON, synced between peers belonging to permissioned groups of users, it offers strong eventual consistency, thanks to the use of CRDTs. Documents can be linked together, signed, shared with others, queried using the SPARQL language and organized into sites and containers. Using our framework, SDK and APIs, developers will be able to create standalone or embedded apps that can make capability-based access requests on the user's data, define smart-contracts and implement any business logic within cross-document transactions. With NextGraph, users and apps can securely access and traverse their authenticated data graph (web of data) and social graph (social network), while enabling resilience and data integrity, and preserving privacy and decentralization.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/NextGraphFramework">https://nlnet.nl/project/NextGraphFramework</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Slipshow</strong> — A different paradigm for presentations including flipchart style annotations</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Not every presentation fits well into the paradigm of \"Powerpoint slides\". Slipshow offers a continuous presentation space that the presenter can update and modify through the presentation including interaction with the slides by adding live hand-drawn notes. Such a tool fits not just remote / hybrid teaching, but also the time-honoured \"blackboard style\" teaching which encourages dynamic presentation, audience participation, and flexible course materials. With the scope of this project, Slipshow will be extended to support recording the live annotations, improve the UX and mature the associated light-weight (self-hostable) server - making it applicable to a wider variety of use cases.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Slipshow">https://nlnet.nl/project/Slipshow</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>AlekSIS SCIM</strong> — SCIM, timetabes and other features for AlekSIS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>AlekSIS is a free school information system that helps with school organisation as an interactive web application. It is a central platform for students, teachers, and parents to manage any information related to everyday school life. The software's functions include lesson planning, creating timetables, managing absences and substitution planning, the digital class register, inventory management, payment systems, and student ID cards.</p> <p>AlekSIS is completely modular and can therefore be flexibly adapted to individual needs. Within this grant, the goals is to improve and add integrations with other software, make the timetable and substitution planning easier by providing assistance tools, integrate parents in daily school workflows and provide advanced attendance tracking. Additionally the aim is to get rid of several legacy technologies and update all AlekSIS apps to a more modern technology stack, and improve documentation and demo data accordingly.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/AlekSIS-SCIM/">https://nlnet.nl/project/AlekSIS-SCIM/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Organic Maps bookmarks, hike and bike</strong> — Improved bookmarks, address search, map styles and driving</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Organic Maps is a free, open-source offline map application available for Android and iOS. It provides a privacy-focused alternative to Google and Apple Maps, empowering individuals who value their privacy and freedom from the surveillance ecosystems created by these companies. The app offers downloadable outdoor maps of the entire world, offline multi-point navigation, offline search on the map, saved bookmarks and trails, KML/KMZ/GPX interoperability, elevation contours, track recording, and more. This project focuses on enhancing core functionality: optimizing offline search, expanding bookmark management, and introducing new features for hikers and bikers.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OrganicMaps-bookmarks">https://nlnet.nl/project/OrganicMaps-bookmarks</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OpenStreetMap-NG</strong> — Alternative implementation of OpenStreetMap</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>OpenStreetMap-NG is an innovative rethinking of how open mapping platforms can be built and maintained, as an alternative to the current openstreetmap.org setup. Leveraging Python and other widely used technologies and guided by user-centric design principles, this project creates a more accessible, privacy-respecting, and developer-friendly mapping platform. By prioritizing both solid technical foundations and ease of use, OpenStreetMap-NG wants to make open-source mapping more approachable while pushing the boundaries of what's possible.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenStreetMap-NG">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenStreetMap-NG</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Empowering Mobilizon</strong> — Find, create, organise and curate events</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mobilizon empowers users to create collaborative platforms for promoting local events, activities, and groups. Utilizing the ActivityPub protocol, these platforms facilitate information sharing, allowing users to publish their events on one Mobilizon instance and broadcast them across others when appropriate. Designed with user-friendliness in mind, Mobilizon aims to reduce local advertisers' reliance on major tech companies. Currently, dozens of Mobilizon instances are operational, collectively attracting thousands of users. However, this is not enough to harness the full potential of the network effect and drive meaningful societal change. Numerous enhancement requests and areas for improvement have been identified, and it is crucial to refine and prioritize these initiatives. Should we enhance federation with ActivityPub? Develop solutions to combat spam? Allow users to join a waiting list for fully booked events? Improve categorization and search functionalities? Address persistent bugs? Optimize response times? To tackle these challenges, we aim to establish a governance structure involving other instance administrators. Together, we can prioritize the most impactful changes and integrate them into our roadmap, ultimately making it easier for the community to discover and engage with local activities.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Empowering-Mobilizon">https://nlnet.nl/project/Empowering-Mobilizon</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>WeasyPrint</strong> — Print rendering engine for HTML and CSS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>WeasyPrint helps web developers create high quality print documents. It turns simple HTML pages into gorgeous statistical reports, invoices, tickets… From a technical point of view, WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF - independent from rendering engine like WebKit or Gecko. It aims to support web standards for printing. WeasyPrint is free software made available under a BSD license. The CSS layout engine is written in Python, designed for pagination, and meant to be easy to hack on.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Weasyprint">https://nlnet.nl/project/Weasyprint</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mifos X (Apache Fineract)</strong> — Type safety for/refactoring of Apache Fineract banking software</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ApacheFineract/">https://nlnet.nl/project/ApacheFineract/</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <hr/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <p>Inspired? If you are working on a project that contributes to the Next Generation Internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is February 1^st.</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>The NGI0 Commons Fund and the NGI0 Core funds are possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <p class="attention"> <div class="center"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero Commons Fund: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply for funding before February 1st 2025</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241201-call.html"/> <updated>2024-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1^st 2025 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose/">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before the deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our minds are: that is to increase the <strong>utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI0 Taler)</li> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile softwaree</a> (NGI0 Mobifree)</li> <li> <a href="/fediversity">Creating the hosting stack of the future</a> (NGI0 Fediversity)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241121-CfP-Fosdem.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Call for Participation: Devroom on FOSS Funding at FOSDEM</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241121-CfP-Fosdem.html"/> <updated>2024-11-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://fosdem.org"> <img src="/image/hex/fosdem.hex.svg" alt="FOSDEM logo in hexagon sticker format."/> </a> </div> <p>We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation for the first <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/">"Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom</a> at FOSDEM 2025. Submission deadline is December 1. Read the <a href="https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003579.html">Call for Participation</a> for all the details on how to submit.</p> <p>The goal of this devroom is for developers to gain insights into funding strategies and to engage more #FOSS users like companies &amp; governments in FOSS funding. We bring together developers, maintainers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, donors and funders to explore various funding models and mechanisms that ensure the longevity and security of FOSS projects.</p> <h2>Other ways to get involved</h2> <p>We seek to form a group of practicing participants! Please join the mailing list <a href="https://lists.sr.ht/~autkin/FOSDEM25DevroomOnFunding">https://lists.sr.ht/~autkin/FOSDEM25DevroomOnFunding</a> for continued discussions.<br/> You can subscribe to the devrooms Mastodon account: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FOSDEM25DevroomOnFunding">https://fosstodon.org/@FOSDEM25DevroomOnFunding</a>. <br/> And of course come and join the devroom at FOSDEM on Sunday February 2, 2025.</p> <p>The devroom is organized by:<ul> <li> <a href="https://fsfe.org/">FSFE</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/">Linux Foundation</a> </li> <li> <a href="/">NLnet</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://probabl.ai/">Probabl.ai</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://prototypefund.de/en/"/>Prototype Fund</li> <li> <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/">Sovereign Tech Fund</a> </li> <li>And Andriy Utkin</li> </ul> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241111-NGI-Taler-grants.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI TALER Grants for Tryton and Interledger Interoperability </div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241111-NGI-Taler-grants.html"/> <updated>2024-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="/taler" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI_TALER_tag.svg" alt="NGI TALER logo" class="signaturelogo"/> </a> </div> <p>We'd like to congratulate the two teams who have been selected for <a href="/taler/">NGI Taler</a> grants in the programme's second open call. <a href="/project/TALER-Interledger-study/">Interledger interoperability inquiry</a> will investigate the synergy between Interledger and GNU Taler. <a href="/project/TALER-Tryton/">GNU Taler Tryton/GNUHealth integration</a> will develop a Tryton module which enables users to integrate payments with Taler into their webshops.</p> <p>Prof. <a href="/speakerbureau#christiangrothoff">Christian Grothoff</a>, professor for computer network security at the Bern University of Applied Sciences and co-maintainer of GNU Taler said:<blockquote>"As GNU co-maintainer, I'm excited to see more domain experts help with integrating GNU Taler into key Free/Libre Software business applications. The NGI TALER open call helps us gain the necessary diversity in expertise that the GNU Taler core team alone could not easily bring to the table."</blockquote> </p> <h2>About GNU Taler and the NGI pilot programme</h2> <p> <a href="https://taler.net/en/">Taler</a> <em>(Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Resources)</em> is a secure electronic payment system based on open standards, free software, and advanced cryptography. Its goal is to make online transactions privacy-friendly, fast &amp; easy and to empower communities to run their own payment infrastructure.</p> <p>The <a href="https://taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html">NGI TALER programme</a> is a pilot funded by the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative</a> and the Swiss state with the aim of bringing GNU Taler to market across Europe. A <a href="/taler/background/#organisation">consortium of 11 partners</a> from 8 European countries is working on NGI Taler. Fifteen percent of the budget of NGI TALER is reserved for open calls to fund additional free and open source efforts that contribute to NGI TALER. The open calls are managed by <a href="/">NLnet foundation</a>. Want to talk about these or <a href="/thema/NGITALERFund.html">other projects within NGI Taler</a>? Visit the community support forum at <a href="https://ich.taler.net">https://ich.taler.net</a>.</p> <h2>Meet the projects!</h2> <h3>Interledger interoperability inquiry</h3> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://www.jeremiahlee.com/"> <img src="/project/TALER-Interledger-study/interledger.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <strong>Investigate synergy between Interledger and GNU Taler</strong> <p>The Interledger Protocol and Open Payments API specification are the payment protocols used for an online tipping specification being proposed in the W3C Web Platform Incubator Community Group called Web Monetization. The Web Monetization specification allows for automatic streaming micropayments and low-friction on-demand tipping to online creators who specify an Open Payments wallet address in their HTML or respective metadata of the online experience (e.g. JSON-LD in Activity Streams/ActivityPub, XML attribute in podcast RSS).</p> <p>This project proposal will investigate the technical feasibility of using Taler as a payment method on the Interledger payment network to support Web Monetization. The outcome will be a an overview of potential approaches for integrating Taler using the Interledger Protocol or as a payment method in Interledger’s Open Payments API reference implementation (Rafiki).</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/TALER-Interledger-study">https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-Interledger-study</a> </p> <h3>GNU Taler Tryton/GNUHealth integration</h3> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://taler.net/en/"> <img src="/project/TALER-Tryton/tryton.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <strong>GNU Taler module for Tryton ERP/GNU Health</strong> <p>This project will develop a <a href="https://tryton.org">Tryton</a> module which would allows users to integrate payments with GNU Taler into their webshops, businesses. Tryton is a popular libre business management system used for operating webshops and enterprise resource planning. There are many modules for financial accounting, sales, inventory and stock, CRM, shipping, subscription management, etc. Existing payment provider integrations within Tryton are limited to specific proprietary payment providers, having a Taler based option would allow organisations to handle Taler based payments (incoming as well as outgoing).</p> <p> <a href="https://www.gnuhealth.org">GNU Health</a> (which is built on Tryton) provides a suite of libre alternatives for Hospital Management software, Health Information Systems and Electronic Health Records. Integration of privacy preserving payments with TALER in GNU Health will deliver a much needed contribution to medical privacy, providing the first digital alternative (next to cash payment) which allows patients to pay for their personal medical treatment and medication directly and with full discretion - keeping the doctor-patient privilege intact.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/TALER-Tryton">https://nlnet.nl/project/TALER-Tryton</a> </p> <h2>Apply for funding</h2> <p>If you would like to contribute to the NGI TALER programme, the <a href="/taler/">fourth open call</a> is currently running with deadline December 1, 2024. (As well as <a href="/funding.html">open calls for other programmes</a>.)</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col3"> <a name="ack" href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" width="100%"/> </a> </div> <div class="col6"> <p>NGI Taler project has received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizoneurope/">Horizon Europe</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101135475. Additional funding is made available by the <a href="https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html">Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation</a> (SERI).</p> </div> <div class="col3 terzijde"> <a href="https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html"> <img src="/image/SERI.logo.svg" alt="SERI" width="100%"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241111-NGI-Mobifree-grants.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Mobifree Grants Awarded for Fair Mobile Software</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241111-NGI-Mobifree-grants.html"/> <updated>2024-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="/mobifree" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI_Mobifree_tag.svg" alt="NGI Mobifree logo" class="signaturelogo"/> </a> </div> <p>Congratulations to the first four project teams who have been selected for financial support within the <a href="/mobifree/">NGI Mobifree</a> pilot programme. The selected projects are <a href="/project/ATL/">Android translation layer</a>, <a href="/project/F-Droid-LambdaNative/">LambdaNative F-Droid integration</a>, <a href="/project/OpenAGPS/">OpenAGPS</a> and <a href="/project/Termux/">Termux</a>. Through their work, they will be contributing to the <a href="#mobifree">NGI Mobifree</a> pilot which aims to create a fair mobile software ecosystem that prioritises privacy and openness.</p> <h2 id="mobifree">About Mobifree</h2> <p> <a href="https://mobifree.org/">NGI Mobifree</a> is a pilot within the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> (NGI) initiative. Through the NGI initiative the EC financially supports the development of free and open source technologies that build a resilient, secure, inclusive and human-centered internet.</p> <p> <a href="https://mobifree.org/">NGI Mobifree</a> works to give citizens and organizations more choice in, and access to, human-centred and ethical mobile software. The effort is undertaken by a consortium of <a href="/mobifree/background/#organisation">14 partners</a> from across Europe. Part of the pilot's budget is reserved for financing third parties that contribute to Mobifree's goals. The open calls for funding are managed by <a href="/">NLnet foundation</a> </p> <h2>Meet the projects!</h2> <h3> <a href="/project/Termux/">Termux</a> </h3> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://termux.dev/en/"> <img src="/project/Termux/Termux.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <strong>Android terminal app and software distro/run-time</strong> <p>Termux is an Android app that provides a terminal emulator and a GNU/Linux distribution environment with 2000+ packages and executes programs natively on Android host OS/kernel, without any emulation or containerisation. It allows users to locally do most things that can be done on a Linux PC, like program in many languages, use text editors/IDEs, backup files, host websites and servers, and even run a full linux desktop interface.</p> <p>Under the NGI Mobifree grant the following three improvements to Termux are planned to be implemented: 1) A termux-core library will be created which allows external projects to use Termux execution environment in their own apps. 2) A new APK Library File (APKLF) execution/packaging design will be implemented so that Termux can comply with security restrictions in Android 10 and newer that prevents apps from executing downloaded code. Currently Termux works by being compiled in backward compatibility mode. 3) Package sources will be patched to read paths from environment variables exported by the app, or compiled package files will be patched at install time, rather than relying on hardcoded paths in the package files to Termux rootfs.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more information see</em>: <a href="https://termux.dev/en/">termux.dev/en/</a> </p> <h3> <a href="/project/OpenAGPS/">OpenAGPS</a> </h3> <strong>Privacy-friendly, self-hostable location service</strong> <p>Location-specific services benefit greatly from location awareness. However, satellite signals are slow and not always reliably available in urban areas (let alone inside building). Hence the need for "assisted GPS", which uses alternate sources such as information based on mobile cell ids to determine location. While it seems obvious for such a capability to be a digital commons, there are no open services reliably providing this information- Mozilla operated something called the Mozilla Location Service, but this was retired recently. This leaves users either unserved or with a huge dependency on a few large vendors that bundle their own location service (based on non-public data sources and dark code) - with the latter users being dependent on the availability of and connectivity to specific machines on the internet. This project aims to provide a self-hostable alternative based on free and public sources, such as Galmon and OpenCellID, which would function independently from the services mentioned earlier.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more information see</em>: <a href="https://openagps.net/">openagps.net/</a> </p> <h3> <a href="/project/F-Droid-LambdaNative/">LambdaNative F-Droid integration</a> </h3> <strong>Portable, Productive and Performant App Development with Scheme</strong> <p> <a href="https://LambdaNative.org">LambdaNative</a> is an free and open source framework that allows for creation of cross-platform applications, in particular on Android and general desktop operating systems such as Linux, BSD's, OS X or Windows. With LambdaNative, even someone with minimal programming background can create nice applications ranging from basic to advanced, using the Scheme programming language. This makes it very suitable for those that do not have a computer science background but still need to create a custom app - such as most researchers, educators and people working in the public sector.</p> <p>The aim of the project is to add a LambdaNative pipeline to publish apps on the free and open source F-Droid app store. The second part of the project will create educational materials to teach people how to work with LambdaNative mobile application and how to publish their app.</p> <h3> <a href="/project/ATL/">Android translation layer</a> </h3> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer"> <img src="/project/ATL/ATL.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <strong>Run Android apps on Linux</strong> <p>The Android Translation Layer project offers the opportunity to use regular Android applications on any regular Linux desktop or mobile device. The idea is that by translating function calls (which would normally handled by Android) to work with equivalent functionality already present on a Linux (or potentially UNIX-based) system, the user is able to run android apps on such a system like they would any other application as-is. This is a different (and potentially more efficient) trajectory than for instance executing Android applications in a container containing essentially a full Android runtime.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more information see</em>: <a href="https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer">gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer</a> </p> <h2>Apply for funding</h2> <p>If you would like to contribute to NGI Mobifree, the <a href="/mobifree/">fourth open call</a> is currently running with deadline December 1, 2024. (As well as <a href="/funding.html">open calls for other programmes</a>, in case you are for instance interested in libre mobile applications beyond Android). Why not <a href="/propose">send in a proposal</a> today?</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col3"> <a name="ack" href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" width="100%"/> </a> </div> <div class="col9"> <p>NGI Mobifree has received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/funding-tenders_en">Horizon Europe</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. <a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135795">101135795</a>.</p> </div> </div> <p> <small>The results presented above are from the second open call, which had a deadline of June 1^st 2024. In total 31 proposals were received in this round, with four proposals selected. For an overview of grantees across past and future calls, check out the <a href="/thema/NGIMobifreeFund.html">overview of running projects</a>.</small> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241015-BlueHatsPrize4.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Monitoring Plugins wins BlueHats Prize for maintainers</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241015-BlueHatsPrize4.html"/> <updated>2024-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/Monitoring_Plugins_logo.webp" alt="Monitoring Plugins"/> <figcaption>Monitoring Plugins</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>We are happy to announce that the <b> <a href="https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/team.html">Monitoring Plugins team</a> </b> has been awarded the fourth BlueHats prize. The <a href="https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/">Monitoring Plugins project</a> is a long lived project for keeping services running correctly. It defines an interface for writing plugins and ships with more than fifty plugins. The plugins detect problematic statuses such as offline servers, high latency, overheating hardware or faulty storage.</p> <p>The team won the fourth (and final) <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">BlueHats prize</a> of 2024 and will receive an award of € 10.000. The prize is an initiative of the French public administration with the aim of honoring maintainers of critical Free Software and shine a light on the importance of their work. The French Free Software unit (an OSPO) has partnered with NLnet to put four notable projects in the spotlight and award them the BlueHats 2024 prizes.</p> <p>Holger Weiß, team lead of Monitoring Plugins happily accepted the BlueHats prize. The team is making plans to use the prize for improving the project. Holger writes:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Monitoring Plugins team is happy to accept the BlueHats prize and honored by the recognition by the jury. As a small corner stone of many IT monitoring solutions we are seldom as visible as big name projects, but are happy to contribute our part to support the infrastructure all of us rely on in our society. Especially as infrastructure is often boring (as it should be), it is not very often visible and usually only receives attention when it fails.</p> <p>In this spirit we are particulary thankful for people and institutions who care about the small and boring little cogs of the big machinery. This is not self-evident and we appreciate the effort and hope to continue to provide reliable software to the world.</p> </blockquote> <p>Read the praise of the jury for Monitoring Plugins and a more extensive description of their work on the dedicated <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/4.html">Monitoring Plugins BLueHats award</a> page. To learn about the other BlueHat prize winners check out the <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">main BlueHats prize 2024</a> page.</p> <img class="bhlogo center" src="/bluehatsprize/2024/bluehats-logo.svg" alt="BlueHats logo"/> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241014-announcing-CommonsFund-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI0 Commons Fund Supports 32 Projects Building the Public Internet</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241014-announcing-CommonsFund-call.html"/> <updated>2024-10-14T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="paralead">In the April 2024 round of the <a href="/commonsfund/">NGI Zero Commons Fund</a>, 32 projects have been selected to receive funding for research and development. The programme offers financial and practical support to free and open source projects that reclaim the public nature of the internet.</p> <p>NGI Zero funding is open to all and in this round we are welcoming projects from at least 14 countries involving people and organisations of various types: associations, small and medium enterprises, foundations, public institutions, universities, and informal collectives. The new projects are all across the different layers of the NGI technology stack: from trustworthy open hardware to services &amp; applications which provide autonomy for end-users. In this particular call we note a particularly strong cluster of project on <a href="/thema/DataandAI.html">open data and AI</a>, including the immersive views project <a href="/project/Panoramax">Panoramax</a> that augments OpenStreetMap data with street level imagery. <a href="/project/iTowns">iTowns</a> allows to put data on globes and maps, and <a href="/project/DatamiPods">DatamiPods</a> in addition allows to visualise linkedData (including geospatial data) into charts and graphs — at the nexus of ActivityPub and Solid. <a href="/project/EveryDoor">EveryDoor</a> helps to keep map data accurate and quickly create new maps for instance in case of humanitarian response and economic development. Applications will have an easier job consuming vector tiles due to <a href="/project/VersaTiles">VersaTiles</a>. One such prominent application is <a href="/project/uMapVectorTiles">uMap</a> which lets you quickly build custom maps with OpenStreetMap’s background layers and integrate them on your own website. <a href="/project/CityBikes">CityBikes</a> provides a unified API for bike-sharing around the world.</p> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/LibrePCB2.0/"> <img src="/project/LibrePCB2.0/librepcb.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/Panoramax/"> <img src="/project/Panoramax/panoramax.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/Ontogen-Mud/"> <img src="/project/Ontogen-Mud/ontogen.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/Mustang-UI/"> <img src="/project/Mustang-UI/mustang.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/uMapVectorTiles/"> <img src="/project/uMapVectorTiles/Umap.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/FederatedCodeNext/"> <img src="/project/FederatedCodeNext/VulnerableCode.hex.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Beyond geospatial data, <a href="/project/Pomme-dAPI">Open Food Facts</a> and <a href="/project/OpenEverythingFacts">Open Everything Facts</a> contribute to the world's largest open dataset on food and other products.<a href="/project/Ontogen-Mud">Ontogen/Mud</a> provides tooling for semantic data management, and <a href="/project/SmartSemanticDataLookup">Smart Semantic Data Lookup</a> experiments with making semantic data easier to use by means of standard SQL databases and modern lightweight data formats. <a href="/project/Re-Isearch-Vector">Re-Isearch</a> works on vector datatypes for embeddings and applications like retrieval augmented generation. <a href="/project/FederatedCodeNext">Federated Code Next</a> aggregates, enriches and federates open data concerning software with vulnerabilities to make it easier to track dangerous software. And <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/MassiveFOSSscan">Massive FOSS scan</a> will do what it says on the tin: run a massive license scan on the whole Software Heritage archive of over 20 billion unique source code files from more than 300 million projects, contributing to a global database with accurate license information, and a massive collection of fingerprints to enable approximate code matching at scale.</p> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/F3D/"> <img src="/project/F3D/F3d.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/iTowns/"> <img src="/project/iTowns/itowns.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/DecidimRevamp/"> <img src="/project/DecidimRevamp/decidim.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/Follow-me-slideshow/"> <img src="/project/Follow-me-slideshow/LibreOffice_Online.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/MauticPortability/"> <img src="/project/MauticPortability/Mautic.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/EPE/"> <img src="/project/EPE/EPE.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Of course there are also end user applications, such as the communication suite <a href="/project/Mustang-UI">Mustang</a>, exciting new features for <a href="/project/Follow-me-slideshow">LibreOffice/Collabora Online</a> (<a href="/project/InfiniteCanvas">infinite canvas</a> and <a href="/project/Follow-me-slideshow">follow-me slideshow</a>). More creativity comes from <a href="/project/EPE">EPE</a> ("Ecran-Papier-Editer"), a new set of innovative, open and alternative, reasoned and sustainable editorial software tools. For makers, there is the free and open source electronics design automation (EDA) software suite <a href="/project/LibrePCB2.0">LibrePCB</a>. <a href="/project/Sniffnet">Sniffnet</a> allows to help users keep an eye on their Internet traffic happening in the background, while the intrusion detection system <a href="/project/Slips-Immune">Slips</a> not only monitors local networks but even actively protects users through innovative blocking techniques. <a href="/project/F3D">F3D</a> lets users visualize and render their 3D models efficiently. <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/MauticPortability">Mautic</a> is a privacy preserving online marketing automation platform, that keeps consumer data safe within organisations — and similarly the <a href="/project/AnalyticsMicroservice">Analytics Microservice</a> project avoids having to use external trackers in order to understand website visitor behavriour. <a href="/project/Land">Land</a> will be building a customisable open-source code editor. The community tool <a href="/project/Openki-Roles">OpenKi</a> allows to discover what you can learn from the people around you, and <a href="/project/DecidimRevamp">Decidim</a> provides tooling for community management and participatory democracy. There is also some hardcore tech stuff, for instance performing <a href="/project/MOSFET-testprocedures">test Procedures for MOSFET Open Source SPICE model validation</a> as well as a <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Verilog-A-distiller">Verilog A-distiller</a>. <a href="/project/Bubble-up">Bubble-up</a> enables seamless schema migrations for SQLite databases. And <a href="/project/Hop3-Nixified">Hop3 Nixified</a> offers an open-source orchestration platform for deploying and managing self-hosted applications.</p> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/CityBikes/"> <img src="/project/CityBikes/citybikes.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/Sniffnet/"> <img src="/project/Sniffnet/sniffnet.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/Land/"> <img src="/project/Land/Land.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/EveryDoor/"> <img src="/project/EveryDoor/everydoor.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/DatamiPods/"> <img src="/project/DatamiPods/datami.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col2"> <a href="/project/VersaTiles/"> <img src="/project/VersaTiles/versatiles.logo.svg" alt="logo"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Meet the new projects!</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3>Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>LibrePCB 2.0</strong> — New UI &amp; powerful features for a future-proof LibrePCB</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>LibrePCB is a free and open source electronics design automation (EDA) software suite to develop printed circuit boards (PCBs). It runs on all major platforms and aims to be easy to use, while still beeing able to create professional schematics and PCBs. While it is already used productively by people all around the world, the development of new features became to stuck because of limitations of the current UI concept. To pave the way for new features, a completely new UI will be developed with the goal of having a unified, tabbed window as known and proven by many other applications. In addition, a first attempt of moving from C++ to the safer language Rust will help us to benefit from modern technologies. Together with more import/export capabilities, performance improvements and other frequently requested features the outcome will be released to users by a new major version LibrePCB 2.0.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LibrePCB2.0">https://nlnet.nl/project/LibrePCB2.0</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Test Procedures for MOSFET Open Source SPICE Model Validation</strong> — Test Procedures for MOSFET SPICE Model Validation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The emergence of open PDK initiatives reduce barriers to entry for integrated circuit (IC) design and manufacturing, serves thelong term goal of promoting academic/industrial collaboration, and stimulate innovation in the field of semiconductor IC design. Open PDKs have the potential to "standardize" PDKs (process design kit), and move away from proprietary/licensed EDA vendor formats. This is needed to democratize open source IC design flow and manufacturing. Open PDKs provide open access to IC design resources.</p> <p>The compact/SPICE models of semiconductor devices are the core of open PDK efforts. SPICE executes implemented Verilog-A compact models. A model of a semiconductor device (passive elements and active, eg: diodes, mosfets, bjts) is primarily a "compact device model". Validation benchmarks are not yet available in the public domain. This project represents the very first attempt to implement these tests for the compact model available in open PDKs. It aims to establish such tests for the compact models in open PDKs, which are intended to be generic enough for model quality assurance testing with FOSS circuit simulators such as GnuCAP, ngspice, xyce, Qucs, among others.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MOSFET-testprocedures">https://nlnet.nl/project/MOSFET-testprocedures</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Verilog-A distiller</strong> — Automated porting of models from C to Verilog-A</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Analog circuit simulators require compact device models in order to be able to simulate circuits. The de-facto standard language for compact device model dissemination is Verilog-A. Many legacy models exist that are coded for the SPICE3 circuit simulator in the C programming language. Manual conversion from C to Verilog-A is resource-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone. This reduces the accessibility of legacy models and limits innovation. The Verilog-A Distiller project aims to automate conversion of SPICE3 device models from C to Verilog-A. By automating this conversion, we aim to streamline model implementation, reduce development time, and enhance compatibility across different simulators. Verilog-A Distiller is a converter written in Python that utilizes the pycparser library for reading the C code of SPICE3 models. The parsed models are pruned of unnecessary SPICE3-specific parts, upon which Verilog-A code is emitted. Projects like Ngspice put a lot of effort into cleaning up and improving legacy SPICE3 models. Verilog-A Distiller makes these models available across a wide range of simulators that support Verilog-A.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Verilog-A-distiller">https://nlnet.nl/project/Verilog-A-distiller</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Bubble-up</strong> — Declaritive schema migrations for sqlite databases</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>SQLite is widely regarded as the most-used database engine, with sqlite.org even suggesting that it surpasses all other engines combined. One of its main advantages is its simplicity—operating on a single file. However, while getting started with SQLite is straightforward, modifying the database schema can be more complex due to its limited support for ALTER commands compared to other databases.</p> <p>Bubble-up is a command-line tool designed to ease this challenge. It enables seamless schema migrations for SQLite databases by comparing your desired schema (written in a simple SQL file with standard DDL statements) to the current database structure, and performing the necessary changes.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Bubble-up">https://nlnet.nl/project/Bubble-up</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FederatedCode Next</strong> — UI and curation queue for VulnerableCode data enrichment</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>VulnerableCode is an open-source database that aggregates and enriches data concerning CVE with metadata to make it easier to track CVEs across packages and dependencies. VulnerableCode was designed from its inception to correlate and aggregate multiple data sources and not have a single point of failure. The FederatedCode Next project aims to create a UI and curation queue for VulnerableCode in order to take the next step towards an open, peer-to-peer federated database of code vulnerabilities.</p> <p>This allows to to ensure cybersecurity professionals have the essential information they need to do their work when new vulnerabilities are unveiled - such as PURL and VERS version ranges for impacted and fixed package versions, Common Weakness Enumeration details to qualify the weakness exposed by a CVE, severity scoring, mitigation possibilities beside updating and patching, the actual commits/patches that introduce/fix a vulnerability for reachability analysis, related PoC for exploits, etcetera.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FederatedCodeNext">https://nlnet.nl/project/FederatedCodeNext</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Slips Immune I</strong> — Active IDP using ARP poisoning</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The "Slips Immune I" proposal marks the initial step in building an "Immune System for the Internet," aimed at enhancing cybersecurity by fostering collaboration among computers using local and global decentralized P2P technology. The project focuses on improving the Slips Intrusion Detection System on local networks using Raspberry Pi devices, incorporating advanced detection ML models, isolation capabilities, and blocking techniques to mitigate cyberattacks. Key goals include implementing defense mechanisms, such as ARP poisoning for isolation and firewall-based protection, as well as training a Large Language Model (LLM) assistant to support security orchestration and decision-making. By leveraging machine learning and a collaborative architecture, Slips aims to evolve into a comprehensive, resilient Internet Immune System, where interconnected devices collectively detect, share information, and defend against cyber threats, enhancing protection through shared knowledge and adaptive responses.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Slips-Immune">https://nlnet.nl/project/Slips-Immune</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Nix Integration for Hop3</strong> — Nixify the Hop3 self-hosted cloud platform</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Hop3 is an open-source orchestration platform designed to simplify the deployment and management of distributed applications across cloud and edge environments. With a focus on flexibility, security, resilience, and ease of use, Hop3 empowers developers and small organisations to take full control of their IT infrastructure and data, ensuring digital sovereignty and avoiding vendor lock-in. The project will enhance the Hop3 platform by integrating Nix, a powerful package manager known for its ability to create reproducible environments, to improve build-time flexibility and ensure consistent, reliable run-time performance. As a test bed and showcase of this integration, we will package 20 diverse and impactful F/OSS applications. Additionally, we will develop new resilience and cybersecurity features to further strengthen the platform's robustness and security.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Hop3-Nixified">https://nlnet.nl/project/Hop3-Nixified</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Analytics Caddy Microservice</strong> — Privacy-friendly analytics microservice using server logs</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>For small organisations and individuals who wish to respect their visitors' privacy while needing to obtain analytics, there are limited options. The most elegant option (and the most privacy-respecting one) is to provide real-time analytics by ingesting the web server logs. This doesn't involve/require doing anything client-side (no scripting, no invisible pixels, etc): all the information needed can be derived from these log files without resorting to tricks. The form factor of a drop-in microservice allows for easy integration into other tools (which offers a significant improvement in terms of usability), and makes it portable. The end result will provide a neat solution for small actors to make self-hosting of their website 'batteries included'.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/AnalyticsMicroservice">https://nlnet.nl/project/AnalyticsMicroservice</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FederatedCode Next</strong> — UI and curation queue for VulnerableCode data enrichment</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>VulnerableCode is an open-source database that aggregates and enriches data concerning CVE with metadata to make it easier to track CVEs across packages and dependencies. VulnerableCode was designed from its inception to correlate and aggregate multiple data sources and not have a single point of failure. The FederatedCode Next project aims to create a UI and curation queue for VulnerableCode in order to take the next step towards an open, peer-to-peer federated database of code vulnerabilities.</p> <p>This allows to to ensure cybersecurity professionals have the essential information they need to do their work when new vulnerabilities are unveiled - such as PURL and VERS version ranges for impacted and fixed package versions, Common Weakness Enumeration details to qualify the weakness exposed by a CVE, severity scoring, mitigation possibilities beside updating and patching, the actual commits/patches that introduce/fix a vulnerability for reachability analysis, related PoC for exploits, etcetera.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FederatedCodeNext">https://nlnet.nl/project/FederatedCodeNext</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Massive FOSS scan</strong> — License scan on the whole Software Heritage archive</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>ScanCode is a comprehensive open source license and code origin scanner. It is actively used by many proprietary and FOSS tools for Software Composition Analysis. This project will make detecting FOSS licenses an issue of the past by running a massive license scan on the whole Software Heritage archive of over 20 billion unique source code files from more than 327 million projects, and the PurlDB index of all major package registries and linux distro's. The outcomes will be a massive commons reference database to speed up future scanning and matching processes with accurate license information, and a massive collection of fingerprints to enable approximate code matching at scale. This will be applied to the Software Assurance/MatchCode project, and available for other users and organizations as open data to improve FOSS code matching and discovery at an unprecedented scale.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MassiveFOSSscan">https://nlnet.nl/project/MassiveFOSSscan</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Sniffnet</strong> — User-friendly network monitoring application</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Sniffnet is a cross-platform, Rust-based, fully open-source network monitoring application to help everyone keep an eye on their Internet traffic. Sniffnet is a technical tool, but at the same time it strongly focuses on the overall user experience: most of the network analyzers out there are cumbersome to use, while one of Sniffnet's cornerstones is to be usable with ease by virtually anyone. In an era dominated by network traffic encryption, Sniffnet doesn’t follow the standard monitoring approach that included reporting full packets’ payloads, but rather it provides flow-level details such as the country, the organization, the domain name, the upper-layer service, and other parameters that enable a more immediate understanding about the nature of the network traffic.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Sniffnet">https://nlnet.nl/project/Sniffnet</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Middleware and identity</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Nix Integration for Hop3</strong> — Nixify the Hop3 self-hosted cloud platform</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Hop3 is an open-source orchestration platform designed to simplify the deployment and management of distributed applications across cloud and edge environments. With a focus on flexibility, security, resilience, and ease of use, Hop3 empowers developers and small organisations to take full control of their IT infrastructure and data, ensuring digital sovereignty and avoiding vendor lock-in. The project will enhance the Hop3 platform by integrating Nix, a powerful package manager known for its ability to create reproducible environments, to improve build-time flexibility and ensure consistent, reliable run-time performance. As a test bed and showcase of this integration, we will package 20 diverse and impactful F/OSS applications. Additionally, we will develop new resilience and cybersecurity features to further strengthen the platform's robustness and security.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Hop3-Nixified">https://nlnet.nl/project/Hop3-Nixified</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Data and AI</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>CityBikes</strong> — Open access API for bike sharing information</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Citybikes is the most comprehensive open access API for bike sharing information, with support for more than 700 cities all around the world. The goal of the project is to promote open data policies and showcase the benefits of open data to city councils and companies that provide public services to society.</p> <p>Less than 25% of Citybikes data comes from open data standard feeds—for every city in citybikes publishing their bike sharing information in a reusable format, there are at least three more that do not use a standard format. Citybikes aims to change that by providing developers, researchers and organizations with a standard resource to bridge this gap and contribute towards an interoperable open data ecosystem for mobility services.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/CityBikes">https://nlnet.nl/project/CityBikes</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>DatamiPods</strong> — Visualisations for (federated) Solid data</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Datami is a tool to edit, visualize and share your data. It allows to transform datasets into discoverable, understandable and reusable data. ActivityPods is a collective data space solution based on Solid and ActivityPub.</p> <p>The DatamiPods project creates a bridge between these two existing open source tools, and aims to simplifies the use of the datasets involved - also for less technical users.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DatamiPods">https://nlnet.nl/project/DatamiPods</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Every Door</strong> — Efficient and customizable mobile OpenStreetMap editor</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Every Door is an open-source OpenStreetMap editor for Android and iOS devices. It focuses on efficient on-the-ground surveying, mainly on points of interest and addresses. With the app, one can fully map an entire shopping mall or an entire village in a matter of hours. The next steps for the editor are vector tiles and customization: tailoring Every Door for focused mapping and adding interoperability with third-party services.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/EveryDoor">https://nlnet.nl/project/EveryDoor</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>iTowns</strong> — Visualise 2D and 3D geospatial data on virtual globes &amp; maps</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>iTowns is an open-source framework designed for web-based visualisation, navigation and interaction with 2D and 3D geospatial data on globes and maps. Built on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) open standards, it is developed with data and service interoperability in mind. It seamlessly integrates with geographical services, offering support of standard raster and vector data, including aerial imagery and terrain models. The framework supports large, heterogeneous 3D datasets such as OGC's 3D Tiles, making it ideal to build application for urban-planning and environmental monitoring. It can be easily extended to support other open formats, offering a highly customizable platform for developers.</p> <p>iTowns is a geographic commons, developed collectively by a diverse community of contributors, comprising independent developers, public organizations, research laboratories and private companies. It aims to provide an European alternative to Big Tech products which often overlook a broad class of users. Instead, iTowns offers a modular framework to build a wide range of use cases, including visualisation, GIS, environmental and educational applications, making it versatile and adaptable for different geospatial projects.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/iTowns">https://nlnet.nl/project/iTowns</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Ontogen and Mud</strong> — Advanced versioning and identity management for RDF datasets</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Ontogen is a specialized version control system for RDF datasets, addressing unique challenges in semantic web data management. In this project, we aim to significantly enhance Ontogen's capabilities and usability. A key improvement is extracting and expanding Ontogen's configuration language into Mud, a standalone RDF preprocessing language for comprehensive identity management. Mud will extend beyond configuration, offering expanded identity management for all resources in RDF datasets and providing extensible support for other common operations when working with RDF data, like RDF smushing for example. Also a robust synchronization protocol should be implemented in Ontogen, enabling a complete repository copy in the file system, allowing seamless use of text editors and other file-based utilities for working with the versioned dataset, as well as integration with Git or other file-based version control systems. Additionally, support for datasets with multiple graphs should be extended. These advancements will make Ontogen more flexible, accessible, and secure, paving the way for its adoption in production environments and opening up new possibilities in RDF data management.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Ontogen-Mud">https://nlnet.nl/project/Ontogen-Mud</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Open Everything Facts</strong> — Powering consumer choice on anything with a bar code</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>When we started Open Food Facts, it already seemed like a bold endeavour to compile comprehensive food product data into a single database, with far-reaching positive impacts, and the rest is history. Why not extend this concept further? Why should consumers not have the same level of informed decision-making power for products beyond food, like their shampoo, bicycles, refrigerators, or ventilation systems? Our ambition is to integrate our existing product databases — Open Food Facts, Open Product Facts, Open Beauty Facts, and Open Pet Food Facts — into one unified, easy-to-navigate mobile application. This will include a universal scan, a new unified versatile and simplified product page, simplified personal and private preferences, as well as the matching contribution experience. Ultimately, this project is a stride towards a world where transparency and informed choices are the norms, not the exception, in every aspect of consumer goods.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenEverythingFacts">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenEverythingFacts</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Panoramax</strong> — Digital, collaborative immersive street level imagery</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Panoramax is an immersive views project. It is a digital, collaborative, free and open community. Access to the photos is free. Panoramax operates as an instance or federation of instances for hosting images. Today, most contributions are made using web interfaces that are not suitable for smartphones. However, this is an important lever for increasing the number of contributions. The aim of the “A mobile app for Panoramax” project is to enable contributions from smartphones, while making them easy for everyone. The application will enable geolocated and sequenced photos to be taken and uploaded to the various community instances.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Panoramax">https://nlnet.nl/project/Panoramax</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Pomme d’API</strong> — Improvements around the Open Food Facts API</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Open Food Facts is an open and collaborative database of 3.5M food products from around the world. This project will improve the Open Food Facts API to make it easier for the 250+ apps and services that use it daily to access and contribute food products data. In particular, it will focus on providing easier means to contribute photos and data, better structured data, OpenAPI specifications, and extensive documentation.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pomme-dAPI">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pomme-dAPI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Re-isearch Schmate</strong> — Extending re-Isearch with a flat vector datatype for embeddings</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Schmate is the development name for the evolving next iteration of re-Isearch adding vector datatypes for embeddings and applications like retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Schmate (pronounced "SHMAH-teh") is Yiddish for rag (שמאטע).</p> <p>In contrast to typical vector stores the proposed re-Isearch+ shall offer a full passage information retrieval system (index and retrieval) using a combination of dense and sparse vectors as well as structure. It is dense passage retrieval (DPR) and a whole lot more. It addresses the stumbling blocks of chunking, has a tight integration of ingest, tokenisation, a number of alternative vector stores and similarity algorithms and, above all, uses a novel combination of understanding document structure (implicit and explicit) to provide a better contextual passage retrieval to solve the problem of misaligned context. This builds on the observation that meaning is also communicated through structure so needs to be viewed in the context of structure. Since structure like the words are meant by the sender (writer) to be received and understood (reader) our approach is to exploit the original author's organization of content to determine appropriate passages rather than relying solely on the chunks.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Re-Isearch-Vector">https://nlnet.nl/project/Re-Isearch-Vector</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Smart lookup &amp; inference for Semantic Data</strong> — Knowledge mapping within a postgresql database</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Semantic knowledge representations have not evolved since the Semantic Web was proposed during the 1990s. Modern graph databases offer new possibilities for knowledge representation, but the methods are poorly developed and require the use of specialized query languages and clumsy outdated formats. This project aims to make semantic maps easy for general use, using standard SQL databases and modern lightweight data formats. A user workflow starts from a simple note-taking language, then ingesting into a database using a graph model based on the causal semantic spacetime model, to the use of a simple web application for supporting graph searches and data presentation. The aim is to make a generally useful library for incorporating into other applications, or running as a standalone notebook service.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SmartSemanticDataLookup">https://nlnet.nl/project/SmartSemanticDataLookup</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>uMap Vector Tiles</strong> — Use vector tiles to build custom maps with OpenStreetMap data</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>uMap is a web application which lets you quickly build custom maps with OpenStreetMap’s background layers and integrate them on your own website. Vector tiles allow two main things: less duplicated content, and data transmitted at the same time as the tiles, enabling scenarii where data and background could be styled according to the user needs, which required previously to serve custom tiles.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/uMapVectorTiles">https://nlnet.nl/project/uMapVectorTiles</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>VersaTiles</strong> — Simplify vector map tile creation, hosting, and interaction</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>VersaTiles provides vital digital infrastructure for web maps, offering a free, flexible alternative to commercial services. Web maps are essential in fields like data journalism, research, and emergency response, but current commercial solutions are often costly, proprietary, and pose privacy concerns. VersaTiles addresses this by dividing the complex process of map creation, distribution, and visualization into manageable layers, ensuring interoperability and scalability. With its open, transparent approach, VersaTiles promotes digital sovereignty in Europe, empowering public institutions, media, and developers with an accessible, high-quality map infrastructure that avoids vendor lock-in and supports free access to geospatial data.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VersaTiles">https://nlnet.nl/project/VersaTiles</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Collabora Online Multi-user Infinite Canvas</strong> — Infinite Canvas / collaborative presentation mode for Collabora Online</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Collabora Online is an open source online office suite built on LibreOffice technology, enabling web-based collaborative real-time editing of word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and vector graphics. This project will implement an infinite canvas for presentations, a presentation mode where individual slides are positioned in a 2.5D plane - which becomes apparent when moving from one slide to another. This allows for non-linear presentation modes, as well as presenting the overall outline of the whole presentation in a visual way which users can intuitively grasp.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/InfiniteCanvas">https://nlnet.nl/project/InfiniteCanvas</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>DatamiPods</strong> — Visualisations for (federated) Solid data</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Datami is a tool to edit, visualize and share your data. It allows to transform datasets into discoverable, understandable and reusable data. ActivityPods is a collective data space solution based on Solid and ActivityPub.</p> <p>The DatamiPods project creates a bridge between these two existing open source tools, and aims to simplifies the use of the datasets involved - also for less technical users.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DatamiPods">https://nlnet.nl/project/DatamiPods</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Decidim revamp</strong> — Tools for participatory democracy</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Decidim is a free and open, digital infrastructure for participatory democracy. Decidim allows to create and configure a web platform to be used as a political network for democratic participation. The platform is freely available for organisations and institutions seeking to initiate participatory processes such as deliberation, decision-making, collaboration, direct democracy and co-design.</p> <p>In order for the project to reach a new stage of technical maturity, the project will overhaul the user experience through a complete redesign of its interface. It is necessary to review, order and, if necessary, remove features. This project is focused on doing the less visible, but necessary work, to make the code clean and sustainable in the long term.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DecidimRevamp">https://nlnet.nl/project/DecidimRevamp</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>F3D</strong> — Cross-platform, fast and minimalist 3D viewer</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>F3D is an open source, community-driven, cross-platform, fast and minimalist 3D viewer. Already integrated into many Linux distributions, F3D is packed with features that let users visualize and render their 3D models efficiently. F3D supports dozens of file formats and aims to be the go-to solution for simply taking a look at any 3D model, it also supports thumbnails and integrates well in the desktop experience on Windows and most Linux desktop environments. F3D is also the libf3d, a C++ API to simply and efficiently render 3D models, with Python, Java and Javascript bindings. As such, the libf3d is available as a python wheel on pypi and will soon be available as an npm package. The F3D community thrives to be inclusive and welcoming, with a clear contribution and maintenance process where everything is discussed openly with any interested parties.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/F3D">https://nlnet.nl/project/F3C</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Follow-me slideshow for Collabora Online</strong> — Accessible slideshows for videoconferencing tools</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Collabora Online is an open source online office suite built on LibreOffice technology, enabling web-based collaborative real-time editing of word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and vector graphics. This project improve the presentation mode with a feature where one leader can control the presentation and others can remotely follow this easily, including slide transitions, animations and other complex content. This includes some accessibility support and integration into existing open-source video call software.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Follow-me-slideshow">https://nlnet.nl/project/Follow-me-slideshow</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Land</strong> — Code editor building on Tauri and VS Code-OSS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Land is a customisable open-source code editor that puts users in control and emphasizes rebuildability. Land in particular aims to provide a smooth and responsive alternative to VS Code™, the proprietary code editor on which many developers currently depend. Land allows you to continue to use the key features developers rely on in VS Code, but also allow them to remove intrusive integrations and undesirable dependencies. Because Land is powered by Tauri instead of Electron, it won't hog your resources. Compared to VS Code it has enhanced modularity and extensibility, and obviously telemetry is disabled by default. Take back control of your code, rebuild your tools your way.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Land">https://nlnet.nl/project/Land</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mustang - UI components</strong> — Integrated email, team chat, video conference, calendar and file exchange</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mustang is an Open-Source desktop and mobile app that seamlessly integrates email with team chat, video conference, calendar and file exchange into a single app for communication. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux and planned for Android and iOS. It respects user privacy and data sovereignty, keeping the data on your own computer systems. By supporting various open protocols (and optionally through extensions also closed protocols of multiple vendors), it allows for a smooth transition to openness. In this project, certain UI components will be developed, the File Sharing UI be improved, and a prototype UI for Structured Data in email (SML) be implemented. As time permits, other components will be developed as well.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mustang-UI">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mustang-UI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Mustang UX</strong> — Integrated email, team chat, video conference, calendar and file exchange</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Mustang is an Open-Source desktop and mobile app that seamlessly integrates email with team chat, video conference, calendar and file exchange into a single app for communication. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux and planned for Android and iOS. It respects user privacy and data sovereignty, keeping the data on your own computer systems. By supporting various open protocols (and optionally through extensions also closed protocols of multiple vendors), it allows for a smooth transition to openness. In this project, the focus is on UX design, connecting the various apps together to create a unified whole.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mustang-UX">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mustang-UX</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>uMap Vector Tiles</strong> — Use vector tiles to build custom maps with OpenStreetMap data</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>uMap is a web application which lets you quickly build custom maps with OpenStreetMap’s background layers and integrate them on your own website. Vector tiles allow two main things: less duplicated content, and data transmitted at the same time as the tiles, enabling scenarii where data and background could be styled according to the user needs, which required previously to serve custom tiles.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/uMapVectorTiles">https://nlnet.nl/project/uMapVectorTiles</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>VersaTiles</strong> — Simplify vector map tile creation, hosting, and interaction</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>VersaTiles provides vital digital infrastructure for web maps, offering a free, flexible alternative to commercial services. Web maps are essential in fields like data journalism, research, and emergency response, but current commercial solutions are often costly, proprietary, and pose privacy concerns. VersaTiles addresses this by dividing the complex process of map creation, distribution, and visualization into manageable layers, ensuring interoperability and scalability. With its open, transparent approach, VersaTiles promotes digital sovereignty in Europe, empowering public institutions, media, and developers with an accessible, high-quality map infrastructure that avoids vendor lock-in and supports free access to geospatial data.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VersaTiles">https://nlnet.nl/project/VersaTiles</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Decidim revamp</strong> — Tools for participatory democracy</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Decidim is a free and open, digital infrastructure for participatory democracy. Decidim allows to create and configure a web platform to be used as a political network for democratic participation. The platform is freely available for organisations and institutions seeking to initiate participatory processes such as deliberation, decision-making, collaboration, direct democracy and co-design.</p> <p>In order for the project to reach a new stage of technical maturity, the project will overhaul the user experience through a complete redesign of its interface. It is necessary to review, order and, if necessary, remove features. This project is focused on doing the less visible, but necessary work, to make the code clean and sustainable in the long term.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DecidimRevamp">https://nlnet.nl/project/DecidimRevamp</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Openki Roles</strong> — Restructuring role management in libre tool for crowd-sourced education</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>How do you discover what you can learn from the people around you? How do you search what other people in the same region have to offer, like a training course or a debating event?</p> <p>Openki is an interface between technology and culture. It provides an interactive web platform developed with the goal to remove barriers for universal education for all. The platform makes it simple to organise and manage "peer-to-peer" courses. The platform can be self-hosted, and integrates with OpenStreetMap. At the moment Openki is focused on facilitating learning groups and workshops. The project will add course templates, streamline roles when organising courses and redesign parts of the interface in order to improve the overall user experience.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Openki-Roles">https://nlnet.nl/project/Openki-Roles</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Pomme d’API</strong> — Improvements around the Open Food Facts API</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Open Food Facts is an open and collaborative database of 3.5M food products from around the world. This project will improve the Open Food Facts API to make it easier for the 250+ apps and services that use it daily to access and contribute food products data. In particular, it will focus on providing easier means to contribute photos and data, better structured data, OpenAPI specifications, and extensive documentation.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pomme-dAPI">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pomme-dAPI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Re-isearch Schmate</strong> — Extending re-Isearch with a flat vector datatype for embeddings</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Schmate is the development name for the evolving next iteration of re-Isearch adding vector datatypes for embeddings and applications like retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Schmate (pronounced "SHMAH-teh") is Yiddish for rag (שמאטע).</p> <p>In contrast to typical vector stores the proposed re-Isearch+ shall offer a full passage information retrieval system (index and retrieval) using a combination of dense and sparse vectors as well as structure. It is dense passage retrieval (DPR) and a whole lot more. It addresses the stumbling blocks of chunking, has a tight integration of ingest, tokenisation, a number of alternative vector stores and similarity algorithms and, above all, uses a novel combination of understanding document structure (implicit and explicit) to provide a better contextual passage retrieval to solve the problem of misaligned context. This builds on the observation that meaning is also communicated through structure so needs to be viewed in the context of structure. Since structure like the words are meant by the sender (writer) to be received and understood (reader) our approach is to exploit the original author's organization of content to determine appropriate passages rather than relying solely on the chunks.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Re-Isearch-Vector">https://nlnet.nl/project/Re-Isearch-Vector</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <hr/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <p>Inspired? If you are working on a project that contributes to the Next Generation Internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is December 1^st.</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>NGI0 Commons Fund is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <p class="attention"> <div class="center"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0CommonsFund_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero Commons Fund: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241003-announcing-Core-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">49 Free and Open Source Projects Receive NGI0 Core Grants</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241003-announcing-Core-call.html"/> <updated>2024-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>In the April 2024 round of the <a href="/core/">NGI Zero Core</a> programme 49 projects have been selected to receive funding for research and development. The programme supports people and organizations who are contributing to an open, trustworthy and reliable internet for all. Financial and practical support is offered to projects developing alternatives and improvements to core internet hardware, software and protocols.</p> <p>NGI Zero Funding is open to all and in this round we are welcoming associations, SMEs, universities, individuals and collectives from 20 different countries. The projects cover all 10 layers of NGI technology stack: from trustworthy open hardware to services &amp; applications which provide autonomy for end-users. We would like to thank them all for contributing to the Next Generation Internet.</p> <p>Once more there is a significant number of open hardware projects, from <a href="/project/Patchouli">electro-magnetic pens</a> and contintuation of the exciting work on an <a href="/project/OpenWifi-maturity">open hardware wifi</a> module, to <a href="/project/uberClock">high precision open hardware clocks using multi-mode crystal oscillators</a>. Various teams are going to be working on independent browser technology (notably the Rust based Verso browser), but also on empowering users to verify independently that <a href="/project/BrowserAudit">security features of browsers in general work as they should</a> as well as making sure that <a href="/project/SocksTrace">proxies don't inadvertently leak data</a>. Others will work on the practical implementation and deployability of next generation networking protocols such as <a href="/project/SCION-1M">SCION</a> and <a href="/project/MPTCP-deployability-II">Multipath TCP</a> as well as mitigating the flaws of current generation protocols such as <a href="/project/BGP-ForgedOrigin">detecting forged-origin BGP hijacks</a>. And of course there are many more interesting projects that venture by themselves deeper into specific areas few others go, such as the <a href="/project/Galene">Galene</a> videoconferencing server, the distributed versioning system <a href="/project/Pijul-Hybrid">Pijul</a>, contributing to the standardisation of <a href="/project/Cross-root-ARIA">accessibility of web components and Shadow Dom</a> and a new implementation of the <a href="/project/ISCC-CORE-ts">decentralised content identifiers through ISO 24138/ISCC-CORE</a>. The new ActivityPub tool <a href="/project/Loops">Loops</a> will allow sharing of short video clips as popularized by e.g. TikTok, while <a href="/project/FOSS-Warn">FOSS Warn</a> will provide a global aggregate source of emergency alerts.</p> <h2>Meet the new projects!</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3>Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OpenEMSH</strong> — Automatic mesher for FDTD simulation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>OpenEMS is arguably the only free and open source FDTD solver out there that is usable out of the box for RF (Radio Frequency electromagnetics) design. Its main competitive disadvantage is that FDTD requires simulated models to be meshed according to specific rules, yet it does not provide an automatic mesher to create such meshes. Some facilities already do exist but meshing by hand is time-consuming and error-prone - enough to stand in the way of broader adoption. OpenEMSH aims to be a mesher for OpenEMS that makes it as simple to use as any proprietary solution.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenEMSH">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenEMSH</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>openPCIe2 Root Complex</strong> — Open hardware implementation of gen 2 PCIexpress in OpenXC7</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/openPCIe2-RootComplex">https://nlnet.nl/project/openPCIe2-RootComplex</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>openwifi: 802.11a/g/n maturity</strong> — Improved stability, data rate and reach of openwifi</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Wi-Fi has become ubiquitous in modern society. While many people might assume that the Wi-Fi chip in AP, mobile devices, and computers is a dumb device that merely sends and receives packets over the air, the reality is far more complex. Even the most affordable Wi-Fi chips are sophisticated heterogeneous computing systems, as highlighted by many researchers and hackers. These chips contain multiple types of firmware and silicon fabric working together. The lack of open-source Wi-Fi chips and the transparency of commercial Wi-Fi chips have raised many security concerns: The security threats over Wi-Fi have emerged for years. Openwifi (https://github.com/open-sdr) aims to address this issue. It is the first open-source soft-MAC Wi-Fi chip/FPGA design, initially released at the end of 2019, with 802.11n added in 2020. As more users, researchers, and hackers engage with the project, they have identified issues related to stability, data rate, and communication distance. This maturity-elevating project aims to tackle these issues through improvements in the Linux driver, FPGA, and RF control. The enhanced version will be comparable to commercial Wi-Fi4 chips, such as the ath9k series, and will be capable of operating in more realistic electromagnetic environments rather than just short-range, controlled environments. These advancements will facilitate broader adoption of the project and lay a solid foundation for future developments, including the creation of a real chip.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenWifi-maturity">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWifi-maturity</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Patchouli</strong> — Arbitrary-sized open hardware EM pen products</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Patchouli is an open-source electro-magnetic drawing tablet hardware implementation, including a coil array, an RF front end built using commercially available parts, and digital signal processing algorithms. The design is compatible with most commercial pens from different vendors, offering an ultra-low-latency pen input experience for your customized hardware projects. The hardware is released under the CERN-OHL-S license, and the firmware/simulation code is released under the GPL3+ license.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Patchouli">https://nlnet.nl/project/Patchouli</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Spade</strong> — Standalone Hardware Description Language</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Spade is a hardware description language that draws inspiration from modern software languages to make hardware development more productive, more fun, and less error-prone. A big part of what makes this possible is the type system which helps prevent bugs and makes the code more maintainable.</p> <p>A common source of errors in hardware designs is clock domain crossing: signals should never cross domains accidentally, and when they do cross, it must be done correctly. Failures to correctly cross domains leads to intermittent problems that can take significant effort to find and fix. By making the language and compiler aware of clock domains through the type system, we will be able to detect and warn programmers about accidental clock domain crossings at compile time. We will to do this in an ergonomic way, where the user only has to specify clock domains on module inputs and outputs with the compiler being able to infer the rest. In addition, the default case of a module that only spans a single domain should not require any explicit domain information form the user to avoid unnecessary verbosity.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Spade">https://nlnet.nl/project/Spade</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Surfer Waveform Viewer</strong> — Analyse signal levels in simulated circuits</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Surfer is an open source waveform viewer, primarily aimed at debugging digital designs. It is built for flexibility, extensibility, and speed to operate on most platforms. Although fully operational for many tasks, there are features to be added to improve the usability further. This project aims to implement the most requested missing features and pave a way for additional extensibility.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Surfer">https://nlnet.nl/project/Surfer</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>uberClock</strong> — High precision open hardware clocks using multi-mode crystal oscillators</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/uberClock">https://nlnet.nl/project/uberClock</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>0WM</strong> — Measure and visualize Wi-Fi coverage</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Wi-Fi coverage is key in corporate and BYOD environments, as the mobility offered by wireless protocols often outweighs criteria such as speed and stability, offered by wired alternatives. These criteria are however critical to guarantee a suitable quality of service, and reliable options to help network operators are scarce and unaffordable to small organizations. 0WM will provide feature-rich tools to produce quality coverage maps, leveraging affordable COTS components, to quickly and efficiently identify coverage problems affecting end users.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/0WM">https://nlnet.nl/project/0WM</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Detecting Forged-Origin BGP hijacks</strong> — Probabilistic detection of BGP hijacking</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Hackers often exploit vulnerabilities in BGP, the primary inter-domain routing protocol (essentially the “glue” that connects all networks on the Internet), to hijack Internet traffic. Our project builds on our work in detecting forged-origin BGP hijacks, a specific type of BGP hijack that remains unaddressed by recent cryptographic efforts aimed at securing BGP. Our objective is to enhance the accuracy of our detection system, which relies on a probabilistic model to compensate for the lack of cryptographic tools, ensuring that no attack goes unnoticed. Additionally, we plan to share our data and improve access to our inferences by developing APIs. This will enable both network operators and the research community to benefit from our findings and apply them to improve the security of their networks.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/BGP-ForgedOrigin">https://nlnet.nl/project/BGP-ForgedOrigin</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Improving the deployability of Multipath TCP, part 2</strong> — Improve MPTCP support in the Linux kernel</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Multipath TCP (MPTCP) is a standardised technology extending TCP and invented in Europe. TCP is one of the key protocols of the TCP/IP protocol stack, designed in the 1970s when hosts were attached to the network through a single cable. Today's hosts have several network interfaces, but TCP only uses one of them for a given connection. Multipath TCP solves this problem by enabling TCP connections to exchange packets over different network interfaces. With the current version of MPTCP in the Linux kernel, most of the features listed in the RFC8684 are implemented. Basic use-cases are supported but still it doesn't mean the solution is covering all needs and is easy enough to use. In short, MPTCP works well in controlled environments but there is room for improvement in heterogeneous ones. Some work is then still needed to cover more use-cases plus to improve the usability and performances in order to have Multipath TCP adopted by a broader audience.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MPTCP-deployability-II">https://nlnet.nl/project/MPTCP-deployability-II</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>LibreQoS 2.1</strong> — Transactional Move System and improved APIs for LibreQoS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>LibreQoS is a Quality of Experience (QoE) open source platform that leverages the state of the art (and IETF standardized) Flow Queueing (FQ) and Active Queue Management (AQM) algorithm CAKE to help Internet Service Providers (ISPs) enhance their customers' internet connections. It effectively manages latency and bufferbloat over existing infrastructure. LibreQos ensures fair sharing of bandwidth, prioritizes critical real-time applications and promotes connection quality, equity and access.</p> <p>This project adds API functionality, which will make scaling LibreQoS to multiple servers much easier, allowing ISP operators to break the current 70 Gbps per server barrier. In addition, this project allows for a new Transactional Move System, which prevents any packet loss upon reload/refresh of shaper rules - allowing LibreQoS to scale to much larger ISP networks, improving internet connectivity for millions more end-users worldwide.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LibreQoS-2.1">https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreQoS-2.1</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>reqwest</strong> — Memory safe HTTP client</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>reqwest is the de-facto HTTP client for the Rust language, with batteries-included. In this project we will make many of its powerful features to be composable and reusable outside of reqwest. This includes converting its connection pool, proxying and redirection into middleware, and improving integration with existing middleware, such as retries. This ultimately enables two groups of people: some so they can use only the parts of reqwest they need. And others that want to use all of reqwest while inserting new middleware or customizing its default "stack".</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/reqwest">https://nlnet.nl/project/reqwest</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Rosenpass Broker</strong> — Expanding the Rosenpass API's to enable easy integration in applications</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Rosenpass is a post-quantum secure cryptographic protocol, an implementation of that protocol in the Rust programming language, and a governance organization stewarding development of both protocol and implementation. When used with WireGuard, Rosenpass functions as a ready-to-use virtual private network with full security against quantum attackers. This project extends the current basic API in order to allow Rosenpass to double as a programming interface for other programmers to integration this functionality into their external applications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Rosenpass-integration">https://nlnet.nl/project/Rosenpass-integration</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>SCION Open Source Implementation</strong> — Performance improvements for SCION reference Implementation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>SCION Open Source is an implementation of the SCION architecture that allows trusted, highly resilient, and path-aware routing infrastructure to be built by ISPs, CDN/cloud providers and enterprises. It supports inter-domain multipath routing by discovering paths between participating Autonomous Systems that can be combined into selectable cryptographically validated end-to-end paths. This provides higher assurances that packets will follow particular paths which can prevent route leaks and hijacks, and allow data to be geofenced thereby ensuring compliance with legislation such as GDPR and NIS2. SCION also supports fast multi-path discovery and fast failover as its path discovery process does not rely on BGP iterative convergence or forwarding table updates. Having a performant and robust open source implementation ensures there’s a viable alternative to commercial and closed source implementations which is pre-requisite for some large potential adopters.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SCION-1M">https://nlnet.nl/project/SCION-1M</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>SocksTrace</strong> — Ptrace based proxy leak detector</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Proxy leaks are a class of software vulnerability in which network traffic intended for a proxy (e.g. Tor) is instead sent without a proxy, risking the deanonymization of the user. Auditing software for proxy leaks is presently nontrivial, e.g. tools like tcpdump and Corridor generally require invasive privileges, cannot audit for stream isolation leaks, and provide limited diagnostic capabilities. SocksTrace is a proxy leak detection tool, suitable for CI testing or manual QA testing, that utilizes the ptrace feature of Linux to detect socket syscalls that would bypass a proxy. If a proxy leak is detected, SocksTrace can respond by (among other things) denying the syscall, redirecting the connection to a proxy, or logging a stack trace. SocksTrace is written in Go, making it memory-safe and securely bootstrappable.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SocksTrace">https://nlnet.nl/project/SocksTrace</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>BrowserAudit</strong> — Test common security standards and features in browsers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The web depends on security standards to safeguard your data as you navigate online. The effectiveness of your browser in protecting this data depends on how well it implements these standards. BrowserAudit is a free, open-source tool designed to assess your browser’s compliance with common security protocols. By running hundreds of tests, it generates a detailed report highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of your browser's security. This report can help you select a more secure browser, notify developers of potential issues, or, if you’re a developer, address these vulnerabilities directly.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/BrowserAudit">https://nlnet.nl/project/BrowserAudit</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FastScan</strong> — Performance improvements for ScanCode Toolkit/ScanCode.io</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FastScan">https://nlnet.nl/project/FastScan</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Pijul Hybrid</strong> — Hybrid patch-based/snapshot-based system for distributed versioning</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pijul-Hybrid">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pijul-Hybrid</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Pimalaya PIM</strong> — Memory-safe emails, contacts, calendars, tasks and more</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pimalaya-PIM">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pimalaya-PIM</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Zip linting and bzip2 in Rust</strong> — More secure handling of popular archive formats</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ZipLinting">https://nlnet.nl/project/ZipLinting</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Firmwire full-system 5G baseband emulation</strong> — Easier testing of 5G baseband modems with FirmWire</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/5G-baseband-emulation">https://nlnet.nl/project/5G-baseband-emulation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Free and open source NPU Drivers</strong> — Libre drivers for Neural Processing Units</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>As of today, companies that sell components that include accelerators for machine learning workloads (NPU, TPU, DLA, etc) are generally engaged in vendor lock-in practices that interfere with the ability of their customers to freely choose their partners and adapt their software components to their own needs.</p> <p>This project aims to incentivize providers of accelerating hardware to move to more fair practices by reverse engineering their hardware and writing open source implementations of the corresponding software stack, for interoperability purposes. These drivers become part of projects such as the Linux kernel and the Mesa project, and will become available to users via existing distributions such as Debian, Fedora and NixOS.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Rockchip-NPU-driver">https://nlnet.nl/project/Rockchip-NPU-driver</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Integration of Waydroid on mobile GNU/Linux</strong> — Run Android apps in Linux containers on mobile devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Waydroid lets the user run Android within a container on a regular GNU/Linux system, bringing access to countless existing Android applications. This particular project aims to research and implement tighter integration between the Waydroid container and its host system in terms of hardware access (sensors, location, telephony, cameras) and desktop environment (notifications, media controls), while keeping the user in control of what and when is shared with the Android container.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Waydroid-linuxmobile">https://nlnet.nl/project/Waydroid-linuxmobile</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Ironclad</strong> — Hard real-time capable kernel written in SPARK/Ada</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Ironclad is a partially formally verified, hard real-time capable kernel for general-purpose and embedded uses, written in SPARK and Ada. It is comprised of 100% free software, free in the sense that it respects the user's freedom. By providing a UNIX-like interface which ensures an easy porting process from Linux and BSD distributions, Ironclad aims to be a solution for developers searching for a security-first, resilient platform with the smallest barrier to entry.</p> <p>This project will work on expanding hardware support for x86_64 Intel and AMD based systems, bringing Ironclad to RISC-V 64 bit based platforms, expanding several areas of the kernel, and work on Ironclad-based distributions.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Ironclad">https://nlnet.nl/project/Ironclad</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Multisoni</strong> — Modern and efficient real-time audio playback engine</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Multisoni is a versatile audio engine for all creative uses. For demanding real-time uses (such as video games, VR, live installations) there is a lack of free/libre audio authoring tools to map playback and effects to trigger events and interaction parameters, suitable for industrial purposes.</p> <p>Multisoni is designed to meet this need: it manages many input sources - either samples or synthesis, with support for input plugins - source and effect patching, and rendering for a variety of output systems ranging from binaural stereo to complicated multichannel setups, drawing on existing open-source solutions for audio hardware abstraction and raw audio stream management. One of its main objectives is to put creative users - sound designers, composers - on an equal footing with developer users.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/multisoni">https://nlnet.nl/project/multisoni</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Opensource VoLTE support for Qualcomm based phones</strong> — 4G/VoiceOverLTE support for open source mobile OSes</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VoLTE-Qualcom">https://nlnet.nl/project/VoLTE-Qualcom</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Verifying and documenting live-bootstrap</strong> — A reproducible, automatic, complete end-to-end bootstrap</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The goal of the live-bootstrap project is to compile the necessary tools to compile Linux from a minimal binary footprint to avoid the possibility that a (binary) compiler could be used to introduce back-doors into the Linux kernel. As a user of the live-bootstrap project, one should be able to trace and review all steps and sources used. The goal of this project is to facilitate this.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/live-bootstrap">https://nlnet.nl/project/live-bootstrap</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Verso Views</strong> — A Functional Browser Based on Servo</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Verso is a web browser based on Servo web engine. While Servo hasn’t been treated as a fully functioning browser, it is possible to build one based on it already. We plan to expand this into a formal and stable application release, eventually implementing the features, making it not just a general browser application but also a webview library for embedding purposes.</p> <p>There are some missing features we still need to push into Servo. And there are also other works that require time and resources to make a barebone web engine into a stable application. We hope to take this project as a chance to finally make an individual repository using Servo as a dependency. In this way, Servo can focus on issues and features of the web engine itself. In the meantime, other chores related to the application itself can be off-loaded to other repositories and organizations.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Verso-Views">https://nlnet.nl/project/Verso-Views</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Webview library with Verso for Tauri</strong> — Refactor parts of Verso into a WebView library</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Verso-WebView">https://nlnet.nl/project/Verso-WebView</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>0WM</strong> — Measure and visualize Wi-Fi coverage</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Wi-Fi coverage is key in corporate and BYOD environments, as the mobility offered by wireless protocols often outweighs criteria such as speed and stability, offered by wired alternatives. These criteria are however critical to guarantee a suitable quality of service, and reliable options to help network operators are scarce and unaffordable to small organizations. 0WM will provide feature-rich tools to produce quality coverage maps, leveraging affordable COTS components, to quickly and efficiently identify coverage problems affecting end users.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/0WM">https://nlnet.nl/project/0WM</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>badkeys</strong> — Detect compromised cryptographic public keys</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Public key cryptography is an important building block of Internet security through protocols like TLS or SSH. Key generation vulnerabilities in cryptographic implementations can compromise the security of these mechanisms. The tool badkeys allows identifying public keys affected by known vulnerabilities. The project will implement improvements to badkeys' coverage of known-compromised keys and regular monitoring of public keys in TLS certificates, DNSSEC, and DKIM for known vulnerabilities.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/badkeys">https://nlnet.nl/project/badkeys</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Detecting Forged-Origin BGP hijacks</strong> — Probabilistic detection of BGP hijacking</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Hackers often exploit vulnerabilities in BGP, the primary inter-domain routing protocol (essentially the “glue” that connects all networks on the Internet), to hijack Internet traffic. Our project builds on our work in detecting forged-origin BGP hijacks, a specific type of BGP hijack that remains unaddressed by recent cryptographic efforts aimed at securing BGP. Our objective is to enhance the accuracy of our detection system, which relies on a probabilistic model to compensate for the lack of cryptographic tools, ensuring that no attack goes unnoticed. Additionally, we plan to share our data and improve access to our inferences by developing APIs. This will enable both network operators and the research community to benefit from our findings and apply them to improve the security of their networks.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/BGP-ForgedOrigin">https://nlnet.nl/project/BGP-ForgedOrigin</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Firmwire full-system 5G baseband emulation</strong> — Easier testing of 5G baseband modems with FirmWire</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/5G-baseband-emulation">https://nlnet.nl/project/5G-baseband-emulation</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>rrdnsd</strong> — DNS based load balancing and high availability</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>rrdnsd implements DNS-based load balancing and failover in order to increase the reliability of geographically-distributed Internet services. It is designed to both scale up to managing hundreds of services but also scale down to small scale deployments. Written in Rust, it prioritizes resilience, ease of deployment and hands-off maintenance - without depending on 3rd-party services. It provides distributed connectivity monitoring using a quorum protocol. This allows detecting partial network outages without causing false positive alarms.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/rrdnsd">https://nlnet.nl/project/rrdnsd</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Middleware and identity</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>LDAP Synchronization Connector</strong> — Synchronize data from/to various data sources with LDAP</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>LSC (LDAP Synchronization Connector) is a community open source software designed to get rid of all customized scripts developed by system admistrators to sync their files or databases to maintain accounts and groups in an LDAP directory. LSC works with one configuration file and can connect to any database, LDAP directory (including Active Directory) or REST API. It solves use cases like "create an account for every new people hired in the company", "lock this account in Active Directory because it was locked in OpenLDAP", "create a group for all people of this department" or "push accounts to this application API". The project will refresh all the dependencies, and add new features such as allowing javascript in LDAP filters.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LDAP-Synchro">https://nlnet.nl/project/LDAP-Synchro</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Maintenance and portability of sudo-rs</strong> — Make sudo-rs available cross-platform</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/sudo-rs">https://nlnet.nl/project/sudo-rs</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Decentralised solutions, including blockchain/distributed ledger</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Pijul Hybrid</strong> — Hybrid patch-based/snapshot-based system for distributed versioning</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pijul-Hybrid">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pijul-Hybrid</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Data and AI</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FastScan</strong> — Performance improvements for ScanCode Toolkit/ScanCode.io</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FastScan">https://nlnet.nl/project/FastScan</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>ISCC-CORE typescript implementation library</strong> — Decentralised content identifiers through ISO 24138.</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ISCC-CORE-ts">https://nlnet.nl/project/ISCC-CORE-ts</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Cross-root ARIA</strong> — Standardisation for Accessibility when using Shadow DOM</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>ARIA is a technology used by developers to add accessibility attributes to web-based user interfaces. Web Components are a set of tools which allow developers to create components which can be used in a framework-independent way across different websites. Due to the way Web Components provide encapsulation, using Shadow DOM, some parts of ARIA have become incompatible with Web Components. This project will contribute to ongoing efforts to provide web developers with mechanisms to make these technologies work together. Our goal is to contribute to the relevant specifications, as well as implementing and shipping the proposed solution in one additional browser.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Cross-root-ARIA">https://nlnet.nl/project/Cross-root-ARIA</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Enhancing Firefox for Linux on Mobile</strong> — Mobile native feature-complete Firefox</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Enhancing Firefox for Linux on Mobile aims to offer a privacy respecting alternative to Chromium-based browsers by improving the user experience (UX) of Firefox on small form factor devices (mobile, tablet) running Linux. We will update the Firefox codebase, primarily the user interface (UI) and the rendering engine. Additionally, we will collaborate with Mozilla to ensure that our modifications are included in Firefox to reduce the maintenance burden by sharing a common codebase across the different projects. As a side effect, our modifications will benefit all Firefox Desktop users including Windows when the Firefox application window is not maximized.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Firefox-linuxmobile">https://nlnet.nl/project/Firefox-linuxmobile</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Galene</strong> — High quality libre videoconferencing server</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Galene is a complete self-hosted videoconferencing system that has been designed to be easy to install and to manage, to preserve the users' privacy, and that uses very moderate server resources. Galene has been continuously used in production to host university lectures and staff meetings since September 2020, as well as to host a number of international conferences during the COVID pandemic. The goal of this project is to improve Galene to make it use state-of-the-art networking and video algorithms, to improve its management features, and to add a number of user-visible features, such as background blur and automatic subtitling.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Galene">https://nlnet.nl/project/Galene</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>HTML export for Typst</strong> — Markup based typesetting for multichannel publishing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Typst is a markup-based typesetting system that is designed to be as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use. Currently, Typst outputs documents only as PDF, yet there is strong demand for generating HTML. We want to extend Typst such that it can create high-quality HTML and PDF versions from the same document, which is currently not possible with comparable programs. As a result, Typst could be used in a variety of new scenarios, such as the generation of websites and e-books. Furthermore, this will improve the accessibility of the output documents.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Typst-HTML">https://nlnet.nl/project/Typst-HTML</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Loops</strong> — ActivityPub based sharing of short video clips</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Loops is an innovative Fediverse platform inspired by TikTok and powered by the decentralized ActivityPub protocol. It aims to deliver personalized short-form video content through a "For You" recommendation algorithm, enhancing user engagement and discovery. The platform supports interactive features like comments and video remixes, fostering a creative and collaborative community. By connecting with the Fediverse, Loops gives users more control over their data, better privacy, and the ability to interact with other platforms—making it an exciting new way to experience social media in our ever-changing world.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Loops">https://nlnet.nl/project/Loops</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FOSS Warn</strong> — Aggregate source of emergency alerts</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The FOSS Public Alert Server lets clients receive Push Notification (via UnifiedPush) about official emergency alerts worldwide. Besides infrastructure like sirens, radio, and Cell-Broadcast, CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) alerts are another way of alerting the public. CAP alerts are used for a wide variety of emergencies. From alerts about extreme weather to alerts about contaminated drinking water to pandemics. Our server bundles over 280 official CAP alert publishers worldwide and can easily extend to more sources. This project aims to bundle the underlying alerting infrastructure into a single trustworthy source of information, not to replace it.</p> <p>Having a shared global public source of information reduces the user's dependency on local emergency apps - which are often only available for the two largest mobile platforms. Furthermore such a converged effort makes it much simpler to develop clients for devices other than cell phones (like desktop PCs or smart speakers). Thirdly it can make traveling safer. Finding and installing the right local emergency apps to receive emergency alerts when traveling is quite the hurdle. With our solution, it would suffice to install one app for the world. One such app is FOSS Warn, an Android app that for now receives alerts for Germany and Switzerland. Within this project, FOSS Warn will be extended to work worldwide with the new server infrastructure.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FOSS-Warn">https://nlnet.nl/project/FOSS-Warn</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>LO/CODE Book project</strong> — Professional typography inside LibreOffice</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project enhances readability of text documents by adding highly customizable paragraph-level line breaking and microtypography to the LibreOffice/Collabora Online Writer word processors. It creates a new type of software, with the print quality of proprietary DTP programs and with productivity of word processors. It saves paper and screen area with a compact paragraph layout and readable multi-column pagination. It should result in proposals to enhance the OpenDocument format standard (ISO/IEC 26300) which will be submitted for standardization, encouraging future standards to support enhanced readability, especially for people with reading difficulties.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LO-Bookproject">https://nlnet.nl/project/LO-Bookproject</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <hr/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <p>Inspired? If you are working on a project that contributes to the Next Generation Internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is December 1^st.</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>NGI0 Core is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <p>This project has received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizoneurope/">Horizon Europe</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No <a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101092990">101092990</a>.</p> <p class="attention"> <div class="center"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0Core_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply for funding before December 1st 2024</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20241001-call.html"/> <updated>2024-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1^st 2024 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose/">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before the deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our minds are: that is to increase the <strong>utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI0 Taler)</li> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile softwaree</a> (NGI0 Mobifree)</li> <li> <a href="/fediversity">Creating the hosting stack of the future</a> (NGI0 Fediversity)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240919-NGI-Assure-Concluded.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Assure Programme Successfully Concluded</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240919-NGI-Assure-Concluded.html"/> <updated>2024-09-19T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <img src="/image/NGIAssure-flag.webp" alt="Flag with hexagons from NGI Assure projects"/> <b>Flag with hexagons from NGI Assure projects.</b> <p> <a href="/assure/">NGI Assure</a>, the programme aimed at improving trust in our digital society, successfully concluded on August 31, 2024. During its four year run, NGI Assure financially supported 152 Free and Open Source (FOSS) projects that contribute to a more trustworthy and secure internet. In total over 5.6 million Euro was awarded, averaging a financial contribution of on average 40,000 Euro per project.</p> <p>NGI Assure was run by a coalition of three partners: <a href="https://www.innovationengineering.eu/">Innovation Engineering</a>, <a href="https://fundingbox.com/">FundingBox</a> and <a href="/">NLnet Foundation</a>. The programme was funded by the European Commission as part of its <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> (NGI) initiative. NLnet continues to support FOSS projects within the NGI initiative with <a href="/funding.html">multiple NGI programmes currently running</a>.</p> <h2>152 projects providing trust and security</h2> <p>The aim of the NGI Assure programme is to anchor and simplify establishing trust, and to make the usage of remote resources on the internet inherently more trustworthy and secure. The means to do that (as with all NGI programmes) is by supporting the grassroots efforts of people already working on these problems with small and medium size grants.</p> <p>This resulted in 152 projects supported, involving no less than 365 different teams from 42 countries. The unifying factor: all of these projects worked on digital commons that improve our digital sovereignty, empower end users, increase systemic resilience and provide transparency, choice and self‐determination.</p> <h2>Meet the projects!</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col4"> <a href="/media/NGIAssure-booklet.pdf"> <img src="/image/NGIAssure-booklet.jpeg" alt="Front page of the NGI Assure booklet"/> </a> </div> <div class="col8"> <p>Download <a href="/media/NGIAssure-booklet.pdf">Trust from the ground up</a>, a handy book with an overview of all the projects within NGI Assure. A great diversity of technologies was tackled: from post‐quantum cryptography to productivity tools, from securing the software supply chain to digital signatures, from EDA design tools to E2EE instant messaging, and from videoconferencing to advanced solutions built around zero knowledge, standardising object capabilities and differential privacy. Or, if you prefer a more sober presentation, you can check out the <a href="/thema/NGIAssure.html">list of the projects</a>.</p> </div> </div> <h2>Meet the people!</h2> <p>When NGI Assure drew to an end, we invited people to write about their projects. This resulted in a <a href="/stories/interviews/">series of interviews</a> in which the builders of the Next Generation Internet talk about the problems they see with today's digital technologies and how their project addresses them.</p> <p>To name but a few, there are interviews with <a href="/project/oqsprovider/interview.html">Michael Baentsch of oqsprovider</a> and <a href="/project/CryptoLyzer/interview.html">Szilárd Pfeiffer of CryptoLyzer</a> who both address the thorny problem of practically implementing cryptography. <a href="/project/LibreCastLiveStudio/interview.html">Esther Payne &amp; Brett Sheffield</a> explain how their project Librecast is a Human Rights project masquerading as a technology project. Or read how <a href="/project/Earthstar/interview.html">Aljoscha Meyer &amp; Sam Gwilym</a> address the problem of fragility with their project Earthstar + Willow. Here is an <a href="/stories/interviews/">overview of all NGI Assure interviews</a>.</p> <h2>Ongoing NGI programmes</h2> <p>The NGI Assure programme may have concluded, but other NGI programmes are still up and running. NLnet is involved in quite a few more active NGI programmes.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="/core/">NGI Zero Core</a>: upgrading the internet architecture.</li> <li> <a href="/commonsfund/">NGI Zero Commons Fund</a>: reclaiming the public nature of the Internet.</li> <li> <a href="/taler/">NGI Taler</a>: Privacy-preserving digital payments.</li> <li> <a href="/mobifree/">Mobifree</a>: More ethical and human mobile software.</li> <li> <a href="/fediversity/">Fediversity</a>: Creating the hosting stack of the future.</li> </ul> <p>If you would like to contribute to the goals of these programmes you can <a href="/propose/">apply for funding</a>.</p> <p>In addition there are two more programmes: <a href="/entrust/">NGI Zero Entrust</a>: Trustworthiness and data sovereignty, is still running but the calls for participation have closed. And, lastly, <a href="/NGI0/review/">NGI Zero Review</a> supports beneficiaries from the NGI ecosystem with practical support such as security and accessibility audits and licensing compliance.</p> <p>The wider Next Generation Initiative has more programmes running which you can find out about on the <a href="https://ngi.eu/">NGI.eu website</a>.</p> <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>NGI Assure ran from September 1^st 2020 to August 31^st 2024. The programme was made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>. In order to better reflect the goals of the project, the name and acronym of the project were changed — previously the project was known as NGI-GO2S.</p> <p>The programme received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/">Horizon 2020</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No <a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/957073">957073</a>.</p> <p class="attention"> <div class="center"> <a href="/assure"> <img src="/image/logos/NGIAssure_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Assure: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240806-Taler-selection.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Meet the Projects Receiving NGI Taler grants</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240806-Taler-selection.html"/> <updated>2024-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="/taler" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI_TALER_tag.svg" alt="NGI TALER logo" class="signaturelogo"/> </a> </div> <p>We'd like to congratulate the five teams who have been selected for <a href="/taler/">NGI Taler</a> grants in the program's first open call. <a href="https://taler.net/en/ngi-taler.html">Taler</a> <em>(Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Resources)</em> is a new secure electronic payment system based on open standards, free software, and advanced cryptography. The five selected projects will make specific contributions to Taler:<ul> <li> <strong>GNU Taler Wallet ID Lookup Service</strong> will provide the optional discovery of wallet addresses linked to digital identities</li> <li> <strong>Road Signs for Digital Payments</strong> will work on an interface for people who can not read or write</li> <li> <strong>TALER Bullion</strong> will add an infrastructure for Taler payments with non-fiat currencies such as gold and silver</li> <li> <strong>MTE - the MirageOS Taler Exchange</strong> will implement Taler Exchange functionality in OCaml-based unikernel</li> <li> <strong>Taler-Odoo Payment System</strong> will integrate Taler in the Odoo business management software suite</li> </ul> </p> <p>A consortium of 11 partners from 8 European countries is working on NGI Taler. Taler provides privacy guarantees to the buyer while offering the possibility to audit merchants, making sale incomes transparent and fraud difficult. Part of the budget is reserved for third party funding, enabling teams to make additional enhancements to Taler. We'd like to introduce you to the five projects who've been selected in the first open call.</p> <h2>Meet the projects!</h2> <h3> <a href="/project/TALER-LookupService/">GNU Taler Wallet ID Lookup Service</a> </h3> <p> <i>Optional discovery of TALER wallet addresses linked to digital identities</i> </p> <p>GNU Taler is a payment system that makes privacy-friendly online transactions fast and easy. This project will facilitate the support of peer-to-peer payments (P2P) for the GNU Taler payment system between users by implementing a privacy- friendly directory service and lightweight inbox service (TALer DIRectory). The services will allow users to securely associate their online identities (such as email addresses, phone numbers, X/Twitter/Mastodon handles or other suitable verifiable addresses and accounts) with their wallet public keys and the URL of an inbox service and use it for P2P payments. Storage and retrieval may also be offloaded to distributed directory services such as DNS or GNS (RFC 9498) instead of a database and web service while maintaining the respective privacy guarantees.</p> <h2> <a href="/project/TALER-OIM/">Road Signs for Digital Payments</a> </h2> <p> <i>Safe, usable financial interfaces for poorly-schooled adults.</i> </p> <p>GNU Taler is a digital payment protocol for privacy-preserving cash-like transactions. It improves usability by avoiding the need for the payer to authenticate to third parties. OIM is a free, open source emerging approach of design for creating safe, usable financial interfaces for poorly-schooled adults.</p> <p>Worldwide UNESCO estimates over 750 million adults to be unable to read or write in any language, and hundreds of millions of more have extremely limited ability. Due to unequal schooling opportunities, most are women. In Europe millions of migrants, refugees and marginalized people cannot confidently use digital payments.</p> <p>Digital OIM features carefully user-tested cash scrollbars and counting tables, iconographic navigation, mnemonic cues, user-reversible transaction processes, a 0-9 (not 1-0) numeric keypad and more. Poorly-schooled app users learn how to decode place value notation, arithmetic graphs and other schooled, formal sector protocols from repetitive use.</p> <h2> <a href="/project/TALER-Bullion/">TALER Bullion</a> </h2> <p> <i>Infrastructure for GNU Taler Payments with non-fiat Currencies</i> </p> <p>Depending on how you design a money system, its properties can be quite different. Government-issued currencies are typically inflated, to create a good influx of money that benefits investors and yields economic growth. The downside is that prices rise, and that savings deprecate over time. If money were up to people, they would probably prefer a system with more predictable purchasing power, such as gold and silver.</p> <p>GNU Taler is a well-designed system for (online) payments, and it is eminently suitable to trade (the ownership safely of) stored gold, silver and similar systems based on real value. Besides its obvious use case as a payment system for regular currencies, the system can also be used to revitalise gold and silver for storage and payment systems; they still exist today but are decoupled. The purpose of this project is to solve problems with trust relations, such as passing (the ownership of) gold or silver between vault operators, or between gold storage and payment systems so it can become practically useful money on an international scale, in service of people outside the financial industry.</p> <h3> <a href="/project/MTE/">MTE - the MirageOS Taler Exchange</a> </h3> <p> <i>Implement Taler Exchange functionality in OCaml-based unikernel</i> </p> <p>This project will develop a drop-in implementation for a GNU Taler exchange with the unikernel framework MirageOS. The GNU Taler Exchange is a service that needs to be robust and high secure (plus allow very high security deployments). MirageOS uses OCaml, a functional programming language with a static type system which catches lots of errors at compile time, and provides memory-safety. With MirageOS, one only embeds the code that is really required to run the service in the virtual machine image - resulting in a relatively much smaller attack surface.</p> <p>The resulting solution will use very little resources (memory usage / CPU cycles), which is beneficial both from a green computing perspective, and from a performance perspective. The plan is to use existing tests of GNU Taler exchange, in addition to our own fuzz testing, to ensure that MTE acts the same as GNU Taler exchange.</p> <h2> <a href="/project/TALER-Odoo-module/">Taler-Odoo Payment System</a> </h2> <p> <i>Integration module for TALER in Odoo</i> </p> <p>The Taler-Odoo Payment System (TOPS) will integrate the GNU Taler payment system within Odoo, a business management software suite that includes customer relationship management, e-commerce, billing, accounting, manufacturing, warehouse, project management, and inventory management. With Odoo, merchants can create invoices for products they sell, websites to display them and much mor</p> <p>This project will produce an Odoo module written in Javascript and Python, which allows users to pay with Taler. Similar to any other payment integration within the Odoo Framework, the module integrates into the functionality of other existing Odoo modules (ticket sale, online shopping, invoices, etc). It will allows merchants to offer a customer to choose a payment system that fully respects their privacy.</p> <h2>Apply for funding</h2> <p>If you would like to contribute to the Taler project, the third open call is currently running with deadline October 1, 2024. If you prefer to work in another domain on free and open source projects, <a href="https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240601-call.html">check out our other open calls</a>. We currently have five programs you can apply for.</p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col3"> <a name="ack" href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" width="100%"/> </a> </div> <div class="col6"> <p>NGI Taler project has received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizoneurope/">Horizon Europe</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101135475. Additional funding is made available by the <a href="https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html">Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation</a> (SERI).</p> </div> <div class="col3 terzijde"> <a href="https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html"> <img src="/image/SERI.logo.svg" alt="SERI" width="100%"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240618-Call-announcement.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">45 Projects Receiving New NGI Zero Grants</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240618-Call-announcement.html"/> <updated>2024-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Fourty-five free and open source projects have been selected to receive NGI Zero grants in the February round. Each of these projects offer a unique contribution to an open, resilient, human-centered internet and a more open information society. We want to thank the 45 teams and individuals for their efforts to build the Next Generation Internet for us all. All grants fall under <a href="/core/">NGI0 Core</a>, a programme aimed at improving the open internet architecture.</p> <p>The teams will receive financial support in the form of small and medium grants and support services to improve the quality and maturity of the projects. Practical support includes security and accessibility audits, help with licensing compliance and mentoring. The projects cover nine of the ten layers of the NGI technology stack, from trustworthy open hardware to services and applications which provide autonomy for end-users.</p> <h2>NGI Zero funding</h2> <p>NGI Zero is a joint not-for-profit effort by a <a href="/NGI0/partners/">coalition of organisations</a> supporting the development of technology commons as building blocks for the <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a>. Currently two <a href="/funding.html">NGI Zero funding programmes</a>, NGI0 Core and <a href="/commonsfund/">NGI0 Commons Fund</a> are open for applications. If you have a good idea that contributes to technologies which are beneficial to our societies you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is October 1^st 2024.</p> <h2>Meet the new projects</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <div> <h3>Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Collection of Verified multi-platform Gatewares</strong> — Comprehensive repository of open source gateware designs</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The "Verified Multi-Platform Gatewares" project will create a comprehensive repository of gateware designs that are compatible with various FPGA development environments and boards. The goal is to reduce the barriers to FPGA development by providing designs that are rigorously tested and maintained for compatibility. The project will host these open source designs on a dedicated website, ensuring they work seamlessly across multiple toolchains and boards. The collection will range from beginner to advanced designs, serving as educational resources and benchmarking tools, continually updated to prevent bitrot.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Gateware-Repository">https://nlnet.nl/project/Gateware-Repository</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Flashkeeper</strong> — Write Protection on SOIC-8 flash chips without soldering</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Firmware security projects such as Heads assume the firmware itself to be protected against tampering. Outside of proprietary solutions Boot Guard, partial write protection (WP) of the SPI flash chip (recently implemented by 3mdeb) is one solution. However, WP requires grounding the chip's WP pin, something that currently requires users to solder to the chip. As many users find this difficult, this has limited "retrofit" adoption of WP.</p> <p>This project is developing Flashkeeper, a device that can be permanently installed on a common SOIC-8 flash chip. It attaches to the chip with a peel-and-stick layer and spring-loaded contacts or low-profile solder-down flex cable, interfacing with the SPI flash pins for easy write protection and external reprogramming (unbricking). For users concerned with physical attacks on their systems, for whom easy access to SPI flash pins may be seen as a risk, a variant including a microcontroller (MCU) is also being developed, allowing authenticated external reprogramming and WP control, and independently verifying the SPI flash image against a user-controlled signature each boot.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Flashkeeper">https://nlnet.nl/project/Flashkeeper</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>foaHandler</strong> — Reverse engineer the OpenAccess file format</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Commercial CAE programs still dominate the community that designs electronic circuits. One of the most widely used file format here uses the OpenAccess API controlled by Si2. Unfortunately, this API is available only for members of the OpenAccess coalition. The project "foaHandler" aims at creating open-source programs for reading and writing OpenAccess files. Their internal data structure will be investigated by reverse engineering the file content of schematics, component symbols and layouts. Then, routines will be created that make it easy to import and export OpenAccess files in open-source programs like circuit simulators, layout programs etc. Example files and documentation will be published, too. This makes the data exchange between free and commercial EDA applications possible.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/foaHandler">https://nlnet.nl/project/foaHandler</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>FPGA-ISP-UVC-USB2</strong> — Open hardware FPGA-based USB webcam</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The USB UVC project is designed to create an innovative and adaptable webcam that easily connects to any laptop, providing high-quality video without the need for special drivers. Unlike ordinary USB webcams that often come with proprietary software and limited functionality, this project aims to deliver a flexible, open-source solution that can be tailored and improved by anyone. The webcam will offer superior video quality with features like automatic brightness adjustment, color correction, and real-time video compression, making it ideal for video calls, streaming, and other visual applications. By focusing on open-source principles, this project ensures that the technology is accessible, modifiable, and transparent, allowing for continuous community-driven enhancements.</p> <p>This project stands out because it is not locked into proprietary ecosystems, offering users greater control and flexibility over their hardware. It can work with a wide range of computer models, providing a versatile tool for both personal and professional use. Additionally, the open-source nature of the project means that it can be continuously improved and customized by developers around the world, fostering innovation and collaboration.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FPGA-ISP-UVC-USB2">https://nlnet.nl/project/FPGA-ISP-UVC-USB2</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>MEGA65 Phone Modular MVP</strong> — OSHW mobile device with form-factor of hand-held game consoles</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The previous MEGAphone project laid the groundwork for creating personal communications devices that are secure through simplicity. This project extends that work by making the hardware modular, at some cost of minimum size, so that it becomes much more feasible for small communities to produce and maintain their own units, even in the face of supply chain challenges and other contributors to the "digital winter", i.e., the situation where open innovation becomes more difficult due to number of factors. This will also make it easier to include diverse resilient communications options, whether RF, optical or acoustic, so that peer-to-peer communications networks can be sustained even in environments that are hostile to freedom of communications. For this reason energy sovereignty will also be part of the design, so that even if all civil infrastructure is denied, that basic communications and computing functions can be sustained, with a single device whose security can be much more easily reasoned about.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MEGA65-MVP">https://nlnet.nl/project/MEGA65-MVP</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>nextpnr for GW-5</strong> — Add support to nextpnr for Gowin GW-5 FPGA family</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>This project focuses on enhancing the open-source FPGA design toolchain (specifically nextpnr and Apicula), to support the Gowin GW-5 series of FPGAs. This initiative involves creating detailed documentation and developing tools to understand and utilize these FPGAs effectively. By extending nextpnr and Apicula to generate valid bitstreams for the GW-5 series, the project aims to make advanced FPGA technology more accessible and usable for designers and engineers around the world.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/nextpnr-GW-5">https://nlnet.nl/project/nextpnr-GW-5</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>VexiiRiscv</strong> — Next generation of the VexRiscv in-order FPGA softcore</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>VexiiRiscv (Vex2Risc5) is a hardware project which aim at providing an free/open-source RISC-V in-order CPU which could scale from a simple microcontroller up to a multi-issue/debian capable cluster. While the project already surpasses VexRiscv in multiple domains (performances, 64 bits, debian), it still needs work and testing to reach feature parity (tightly coupled RAM, JTAG debug, optimization, ...), aswell to extend its scope (lightweight FPU, vector unit, ...). This grant would aim at filling those gaps aswell as improving its documentation.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VexiiRiscv">https://nlnet.nl/project/VexiiRiscv</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Movedata</strong> — Privacy-preserving, energy efficient data replication and verification</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>MOVEDATA is an efficient and privacy-preserving tool to distribute large blocks of data, such as the contents of a whole storage device (or a device image), with zero knowledge of the structure or meaning of the data to enhance the privacy aspect, and using multicast and other technologies for efficiency, both in terms of network bandwidth and of energy usage. Ease of use is also of particular concern, providing different interfaces adapted to different use cases.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MoveData">https://nlnet.nl/project/MoveData</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>NixBox</strong> — Nix integration with netbox</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>NixBox is a modern approach to network deployments, it combines the configuration management powers of nix with the documentation capabilities provided by NetBox. It focuses on testability, reliability and automation while making your network documentation your configuration. Our goals are to reduce downtime and improve network visibility. Utilizing virtual machine tests we can ensure that your deployment will actually work before you ship it to production.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/NixBox">https://nlnet.nl/project/NixBox</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OpenHarbors</strong> — Dynamic Tunneling of WPA over IP/L2TP</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>OpenHarbors wants to establish a novel approach for secure communication over an untrusted Wifi network - and beyond: Dynamic tunneling of WPA over IP/L2TP. Why? Because current, secure solutions are not satisfactory: They are either hard to set up, require extra software in advance or are not applicable on an open wireless community mesh network like Freifunk.</p> <p>OpenHarbors will utilize and implement WPA Enterprise with an extra twist: Instead of providing an encryption channel only between your mobile device and the direct WLAN access point you will be able to securely dial-out at any location on the internet you trust and choose and are granted access to. Without the hassle of installing and setting up an extra VPN software on your phone. Without the need of a trusted WLAN access point operator model or closed source firmware, in contrast to current approaches with Passpoint/Hotspot 2.0/eduroam/WBA OpenRoaming and similar - which all are conceptually not applicable on open wireless community mesh networks.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenHarbors">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenHarbors</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Toward a Fully-Verified SCION Router</strong> — Formal verification of the reference open source SCION Router</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>SCION is a next-generation Internet architecture that addresses many of the security vulnerabilities of today’s Internet. Its clean-slate design provides, among other properties, route control, failure isolation, and multi-path communication. This project will demonstrate the feasibility of verifying the core component of the SCION inter-domain routing architecture - the SCION router. Prior work has proved that the SCION data plane protocols are secure. The focus of this project is on verifying that SCION’s open-source router is memory-safe and implements those protocols correctly and, thus, provides the intended security and correctness guarantees.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Verified-SCION-router">https://nlnet.nl/project/Verified-SCION-router</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Diesel</strong> — Safe and performant query builder and ORM written in Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Diesel is a safe and performant query builder and ORM written in Rust. It aims to eliminate security issues like SQL injections by providing a type safe domain specific language to express your SQL query as Rust code. This enables checking the query at compile time to turn insecure or otherwise invalid SQL queries into compile time errors. As part of this project we want to extend Diesel to provide built-in support for `WINDOW` functions, to enable the usage of secure and type safe queries in more places.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Diesel">https://nlnet.nl/project/Diesel</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>lib1305</strong> — Microlibrary for Poly1305 hashing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>In modern network protocols, every packet is authenticated using a message-authentication code (MAC). Any data modified by an attacker is immediately caught and rejected by the MAC. The most popular MAC algorithms are Poly1305, normally used with the ChaCha20 cipher as part of ChaCha20-Poly1305, and GMAC, normally used with the AES cipher as part of AES-GCM. Many applications, such as WireGuard, require specifically Poly1305. This project will develop and release a new software library, lib1305, for Poly1305. The library will provide comprehensive and well-optimized software exploiting the 64-bit assembly instructions of Intel CPUs to provide top speeds for those CPUs, while meeting the security constraint of not leaking secret information through timing.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/lib1305">https://nlnet.nl/project/lib1305</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>libvips</strong> — Add animated PNG and enhanced JPEG XL support to libvips</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>libvips is an image processing meta-library, whose development the European Commission funded back in the 1990s. Applications can outsource the heavy lifting of handling a variety of image types to this library. The library has meanwhile grown very popular with web developers around the world; the node binding, for example, is downloaded more than 5 million times a week at the time of writing.</p> <p>In addition to scrutinizing the security of the library, this project will implement two key improvements to libvips: animated PNG support, and enhanced JXL support. The former capability (the addition of animated PNG support) can be gained from another NGI Zero project, libspng. libvips uses libspng for PNG read and write, so by extending libvips to use these new libspng features, they will become available to a large developer community very quickly.</p> <p>Second, libvips has had preliminary support for the JXL format since libjxl v0.4. Since then, the libjxl API has evolved considerably and the libvips connector needs updating, especially in the areas of large image support and HDR, both increasingly important with the steady improvement of smartphone cameras.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/libvips">https://nlnet.nl/project/libvips</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>MailBox renewal</strong> — Performance upgrade of MailBox mail modules</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Email is still the workhorse of the internet, and behind the screens some of the heavy lifting is by applications like the Mailbox modules. Under the hood, this software is processing billions of emails every day at some of the largest players in the industry.</p> <p>The project will deliver a major update of the code after two decades. This is not only long overdue, but actually offers interesting opportunities to take into account new email related RFCs, investigate new possibilities for code optimisation as well as tackling new threats like SMTP smuggling.</p> <p>As a bonus, the project will work on a standalone tool to be able to once more properly forward emails in the SPF/DMARC era - a very welcome capability, the lack of which is currently causing a lot of headache and lost email for users.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MailBox">https://nlnet.nl/project/MailBox</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>PTT</strong> — Unikernel Mailing list server in OCAML</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Email is still one of the main channel of communication.Setting up and maintaining something as simple as a reliable mailing list in-house is significantly more complex than it ought to be. Out of convenience, many organisations and communities outsource running their maiilng lists service to third-party agents. However, this not only creates an unnecessary dependency but also reduces confidentiality, which can be a critical aspect.</p> <p>This project has the ambition to win back the means of communication, developing a new mailing list application service that is easier to maintain securely (through unikernels using MirageOS), and is efficient in terms of resource usage. The service should integrate into existing infrastructures seamlessly.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/PTT">https://nlnet.nl/project/PTT</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Support for OpenPGP v6 in rPGP</strong> — Implement draft-ietf-openpgp-crypto-refresh in rPGP</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>rPGP is a high-quality implementation of OpenPGP in pure Rust (OpenPGP is a standard for encryption, digital signatures and key management). rPGP is used in production in different contexts, among them the popular "Delta Chat" decentralized and secure messenger that is used by hundreds of thousands of users, worldwide. The OpenPGP standard has recently been revised to reflect current best cryptographic practices. The revision of the standard defines "OpenPGP version 6" and is currently being finalized  for publication as RFC 9580. This project will implement the new formats and features of OpenPGP v6 for rPGP. This will bring the new features of OpenPGP v6 to users of rPGP, and ensures future interoperability with all other modern OpenPGP implementations.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/rPGP-cryptorefresh">https://nlnet.nl/project/rPGP-cryptorefresh</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Tracing and rebuilding packages</strong> — Improved metadata/provenance for build artifacts</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>For many end users the smallest unit of software is the "package": a collection of programs and configuration files bundled in a single file, typically shipped as a single archive. Examples are "util-linux", "glibc", "bash", "ffmpeg" and so on.</p> <p>Open source distributions install packages using their package management systems. The package management system writes the contents of a package to disk when the package is installed or updated and removes the contents if the package is removed. The packages themselves contain metadata maintained by the distribution maintainers. This information includes the name of the package, project URL, description, dependency information and license information, etc.</p> <p>This granularity can be too coarse. For example, the license information is aggregated at the package level. If there are separate files that are under different licenses, then this will not always be clear from the license information at the package level.</p> <p>This project will make it more easy to understand by looking at what goes into each individual binary in a package, and assign metadata to the individual binaries instead of to a package. It will do so by tracing the build of a package and recording which files are actually used. By building packages in a minimal (container) environment, capturing the build trace, processing the build trace to see exactly what goes into which binary it becomes much easier to zoom in and answer specific questions such as "what license does this binary have" or "which binaries use vulnerable file X" and combining it with efforts like VulnerableCode and PurlDB.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/BuildTracing">https://nlnet.nl/project/BuildTracing</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>UnifiedPush</strong> — Decentralized and open-source push notification protocol</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Push notifications are essential to the modern mobile experience, as they enable applications to communicate with users in real time, even when not in active use. Major mobile operating systems provide a centralized service that they control, but depending on a centralized push notification system controlled by one company raises issues of privacy and independence. UnifiedPush is a decentralized and open-source push notification protocol. It is a set of specifications and libraries that allow the user to choose how push notifications are delivered. It is compatible with WebPush, the standard for web applications.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/UnifiedPush">https://nlnet.nl/project/UnifiedPush</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Arcan-A12 Directory</strong> — Server side scripting API for Arcan's directory server</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>A12 is an explorative p2p protocol for fast and secure remote application interactions. Current desktop protocols are locked inside the constraints of their origins, and most of these have significant security and privacy issues. As a result, we've come to depend heavily on web frontends as the universal desktop application corset - which in return has caused a massive complication and overloading of the browser.</p> <p>A12 establish a secure and interconnected network of personal compute devices, includes peer-to-peer channels and cryptography components. This project add a directory server that can be used as a trusted 3rd party rendezvous to establish such channels. It will expand the scripting API towards writing assistive 'apps' that can complement or split the workload handled on client devices; provide state synchronization and indexing/search between dynamic mesh networks created by linking directory servers together; dynamically launch and attach controlled sources.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Arcan-A12-directory">https://nlnet.nl/project/Arcan-A12-directory</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Arcan-A12 Tools</strong> — A12 clients for different platforms and devices such as drawing tablets</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The interaction patterns with our compute devices have switched from "one device - multiple users" over to "one user - multiple devices" and this new reality requires shift in how user personal data is shared and synchronised between their devices.</p> <p>A12 is a network protocol designed to establish a secure and highly interconnected network of personal compute devices that has been developed as part of a larger Arcan umbrella project. The protocol includes peer-to-peer channels and cryptography components.</p> <p>This follow-up project sets out to implement lightweight applications that will be capable of networking over A12 protocol to enable remote control, sensor and screen sharing, file sharing, notification sharing and enable other personal data flows. The end goal is convenience of having interconnected devices without sacrificing privacy and performance.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Arcan-A12-tools">https://nlnet.nl/project/Arcan-A12-tools</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>BIDS</strong> — Identify known open source elements present in binaries</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Embedded device firmware is assembled from many FOSS package dependencies. Knowing which dependencies have been used is essential for security and licence compliance. However this is a complex task for native ELF binaries built from languages such as C/C++ that do not have package managers for metadata and simpler conventions for bytecode like Java or Python. The BIDS (Binary Identification of Dependencies with Search) project will build a tool (in Python) to analyse ELF binaries and find dependencies contained and built in these binaries. The BIDS project will deliver tooling to analyse ELF binaries and extract key features and store these for indexing, tooing to index these binary features in a search engine using inverted indexing, and a query tool and library to process large binaries to query this inverted index. The latter will return results as lists of ranked FOSS packages and files found to be present in the analysed binary. The data and tools will also be packaged to allow for further integration and reuse by other FOSS tools and analysis pipelines.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/BIDS">https://nlnet.nl/project/BIDS</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>postmarketOS daemons</strong> — Add modern service daemons to postmarketOS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>postmarketOS keeps smartphones useful after they don't receive updates anymore: the original operating system gets replaced with an up-to-date lightweight open source software stack based on Alpine Linux. This project will add initial systemd support to postmarketOS, as well as making Pipewire the default audio server in postmarketOS. It will help switch the wifi backend to iwd by default, and design and prototype an immutable version of postmarketOS with an efficient A/B OTA mechanism with binary delta updates, and automatic rollback on failed updates.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/postmarketOS-daemons">https://nlnet.nl/project/postmarketOS-daemons</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Redox OS Unix-style Signals</strong> — Add Unix-style signal handling to Redox Operating System</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RedoxOS-Signals">https://nlnet.nl/project/RedoxOS-Signals</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>TrenchBoot as Anti Evil Maid - UEFI boot mode support</strong> — Add UEFI to the Qubes integration of Trenchboot with AEM</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/TrenchBoot-AEM-UEFI">https://nlnet.nl/project/TrenchBoot-AEM-UEFI</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>tslib</strong> — Better configuration and callibration of touchscreen devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>tslib is somewhat older but widely used software for configuring the touchscreen of (mainly) embedded Linux devices including printers, mobile phones, etc. This nimble project concerns a bundle of improvements in terms of calibration, some accessibility research (to see if people with e.g. a tremor can be better served), and addressing a backlog of feature requests. In addition the project will use the help of NGI Zero to apply additional security scrutiny.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/tslib">https://nlnet.nl/project/tslib</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Wayland input method support</strong> — Better specification for Wayland input methods</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>As Linux distributions switch to Wayland, some functionality is still incomplete. One of them is being able to input non-Latin scripts. It is a necessity for a large portion of the world, yet it's not standardized across Wayland environments. The same text input functionality is needed for typing on mobile Linux, which, considering how many people use smartphones rather than laptops, might be even more important for Linux adoption. This project wants to bridge that gap, by continuing the effort of standardizing input-method protocols started for Phosh in Squeekboard, gtk, and wlroots.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WaylandInput">https://nlnet.nl/project/WaylandInput</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Back2Source next</strong> — Better matching of binaries with source code</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Sometimes, the released binaries of an open source package do not match its source code. Or the source code does not match the code in a version control repository. There are many reasons for this discrepancy, but in all cases, this is a potential serious issue as the binary cannot be trusted. Additional (or different) code in the binary could be malware or a vector for unknown software vulnerabilities, or create FOSS license compliance issues.</p> <p>"Back to source" creates analysis pipelines in ScanCode.io to systematically map and cross-reference the binaries of a FOSS package to its source code and source repository and report discrepancies. We call this the deployment to development analysis (d2d) to map deployed code (binaries) to the development code (the sources) and we enable applying this "trust but verify" approach to all the binaries.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Back2source-next">https://nlnet.nl/project/Back2source-next</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Enhance the vulnerability database</strong> — Enhance the VulnerableCode vulnerability database</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities" is one of the OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Risks. Identifying such vulnerable components is currently hindered by data structure and tools that are (1) designed primarily for commercial/proprietary software components and (2) too dependent on the National Vulnerability Database (funded by the US CISA and Dept. of Commerce). With the explosion of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) usage, we need a new approach in order to efficiently identify security vulnerabilities in FOSS components that are the basis of every modern software system and applications. And that approach should be based on open data and FOSS tools.</p> <p>This project delivers unique FOSS tools to aggregate software component vulnerability data from multiple sources, privileging upstream data directly from project maintainers. VulnerableCode organizes that data with a de-facto industry standard Package URL identifier (Package URL or PURL) enabling efficient and straightforward automation for the search for FOSS component security vulnerabilities. The benefits are to contribute to the improved security of software applications with open tools and data available freely to everyone and to lessen the dependence on a single foreign governmental data source, or a few foreign commercial data providers.</p> <p>In the new context of the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the access to an open, free and curated FOSS package vulnerability data source is now an imperative. And the organization of vulnerability data by Package URL or PURL identifiers in VulnerableCode enables easy frictionless integration with Software Composition Analysis (SCA) code analysis tool chains, direct enrichment of SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) to find if SBOM-listed packages have known vulnerabilities, and creation of VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange) document to communicate the impact of known vulnerabilities</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/VulnerableCode-enhancements">https://nlnet.nl/project/VulnerableCode-enhancements</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>LANShield</strong> — Constrain local network access for mobile devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>LANShield is a tool that will give users control over which apps and programs are allowed to access devices in the local network. This is done to defend against malicious apps that may try to scan the user's local network and subsequently leak sensitive information. For instance, when an app tries to access the local network for the first time, the user is asked whether this app should be allowed to access local devices. The project will also investigate models and protocols to safely enable an app to communicate with local devices, with the idea that apps can use this protocol to access local devices without requiring explicit user permission. The project will also investigate how to integrate this defence into Android.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LocalShield">https://nlnet.nl/project/LocalShield</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OWASP dep-scan</strong> — Security and risk audit tool</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>OWASP dep-scan is a next-generation Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool based on known vulnerabilities, advisories, and license limitations for applications, container images, and Linux virtual machines. Powered by abc - AppThreat atom, OWASP blint, and CycloneDX Generator (cdxgen) - dep-scan performs a range of advanced code hierarchy and lifecycle analysis (for example, reachability analysis) to improve precision and reduce false positives, thus helping developers and AppSec people focus on supply chain vulnerabilities and risks that needs real attention.</p> <p>Dep-scan is purpose-built to be integrated in CI, Vulnerability Management platforms, and air-gapped environments. Dep-scan can perform all the analysis offline, with no code or SBOM leaving your environment. The tool supports generating reports in CycloneDX VDR, OASIS CSAF VEX, HTML, PDF, and Markdown formats.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OWASP-dep-scan">https://nlnet.nl/project/OWASP-dep-scan</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Middleware and identity</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Client Proof-of-Work in TLS</strong> — Mitigation against DoS amplification on the TLS handshake</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The computationally expensive nature of asymmetric crypto in TLS makes it vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. We propose an extension to TLS that mitigates this attack vector, shifting the advantage from the attacker to the defender. The project will deliver a draft spec, mergeable patches for leading TLS libraries, and a measurement report explaining the results.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/TLS-Client-PoW">https://nlnet.nl/project/TLS-Client-PoW</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Data and AI</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>LabPlot</strong> — Scientific and engineering data analysis and visualisation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>LabPlot is a free, open source and cross-platform data visualisation and analysis software. It focuses on ease of use and performance. It provides high quality data visualisation and plotting capabilities, as well as reliable and easy data analysis, without requiring any programming skills from the user. Data import and export to and from a variety of formats is supported. LabPlot also allows calculations to be performed in various open source computer algebra systems and languages via an interactive notebook interface.</p> <p>In this project the team will work on extending the current feature set of the application to reach a wider audience. This includes scripting capabilities (in Python only in the initial implementation) to script and automate repetitive data visualisation and analysis workflows and to allow control of LabPlot from external applications via a public interface. The second feature that will be worked on is the ability to apply analysis functions such as FFT, smoothing, etc. to live/streaming data (data imported into LabPlot and modified externally). And thirdly, statistical analysis including common hypothesis tests, correlations, regressions and data panning.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/LabPlot">https://nlnet.nl/project/LabPlot</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>bluetuith</strong> — Bluetooth connection/device manager for the terminal</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>bluetuith is a lightweight Text User Interface (TUI) based Bluetooth manager for the terminal, which allows users to manage a multitude of different Bluetooth based functions, like pairing, connection, file transfers, handling audio playback and networking and so on seamlessly via an easy-to-use interface. The project aims to extend support to as many other platforms as possible, to achieve multiplatform support, and provide users with a familiar interface to control Bluetooth across different platforms. The project also aims to solve the issue of communication and user-friendliness of platform specific Bluetooth stacks, by creating daemons/services native to that platform, and lightly wrapping native APIs and exposing a standard set of APIs that will allow any client to be built cross-platform and to connect and control Bluetooth (Classic especially) in a much more efficient and uniform manner.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/bluetuith">https://nlnet.nl/project/bluetuith</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Draupnir</strong> — Moderation bot for Matrix servers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Draupnir is a comprehensive moderation bot for room moderators using Matrix (the open source decentralized instant messaging protocol). Draupnir assists room moderators in managing their community and provides continuous protection from spam and harmful content. This is done by utilising sharable and interoperable policy lists that allow different communities to work together to combat new threats. Draupnir also provides a plugin system that can adapt Draupnir to the different needs of every community. Our ongoing efforts to further modularise Draupnir's code base in the interests of maintainability should provide groundwork for future Trust &amp; Safety related projects in the Matrix ecosystem.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Draupnir">https://nlnet.nl/project/Draupnir</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Gancio</strong> — Shared agenda for local communities that supports Activity Pub</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Gancio is a shared agenda for local communities, and was the first one to support Activity Pub. Gancio focuses on cross-cutting collaboration through its decentralized instances that allow to connect communities. This enabling users to easily discover and engage in events in their neighborhood, as well as elsewhere - while avoiding attention-based business models and intrusive advertisements.</p> <p>The focus of this project are a numberof new features such as implementing HTTP Signatures, moderation and onion routing, as well as improving compatibility with other Fediverse event tools. In addition, the team seeks to establish a common agreed upon event format to make the interaction with such tools more streamlined.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Gancio">https://nlnet.nl/project/Gancio</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Miru</strong> — Multi-track video editing and real-time AR effects</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Miru is a new set of modular, extensible Web platform tools and components for still image and multi-track video editing and state-of-the-art, real-time AR. Using WebGL, WebAssembly, and open source, mobile-optimized machine learning models, Miru will give people on the social web the tools to edit images and apply interactive effects to recorded video without compromising on privacy and transparency. Miru aims to provide intuitive and user-friendly UIs which developers can easily integrate into their Web apps regardless of the frontend frameworks they use.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Miru">https://nlnet.nl/project/Miru</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>Openfire IPv6 support</strong> — Add IPv6 support to the Openfire XMPP server</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>Openfire is an open-source, mature, cross-platform, real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol. Originating around the turn of the century, IPv6 was not explicitly supported when it was originally created. As shown by anecdotal evidence, some IPv6 functionality already ‘works’ in Openfire. This, however, is accidental, and not by design. This project intends to add explicit IPv6 support to Openfire.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Openfire-IPv6">https://nlnet.nl/project/Openfire-IPv6</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> <h3>Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <ul> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>COCOLIGHT</strong> — Lightweight version of Communecter</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>COmmunecter is an open source social and societal platform. COCOLIGHT is an low tech light weight client able to connects to any COmmunecter server, allowing both read and contribution modes. Easy to Install, fully Activity Pub compliant, federating organizations, events, projects and open badges. It allows to create networks of many COPI instances interconnected together and exchanging information and data.</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Communecter">https://nlnet.nl/project/Communecter</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> <li> <details> <summary> <strong>OpenCarLink</strong> — Security tooling for vehicle ODB2 ports</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey"> <p>The project summary for this project is not yet available. Please come back soon!</p> <p>▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenCarLink">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenCarLink</a> </p> </div> </details> </li> </ul> </div> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <hr/> <p>NGI0 programmes are made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240610-Winner-of-2nd-BlueHatsPrize.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">node-oidc-provider Wins BlueHats Prize for FOSS maintainers</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240610-Winner-of-2nd-BlueHatsPrize.html"/> <updated>2024-06-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> <a href="https://github.com/panva">Filip Skokan</a>, maintainer of the node-oidc-provider project, is awarded the second BlueHats prize of 2024. Filip started the free and open source project in 2015 has maintained it ever since. node-oidc-provider provides an OAuth 2.0 (<a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749.html">RFC 6749</a>) Authorization Server with support for OpenID Connect (<a href="https://openid.net/connect/">OIDC</a>) and many other additional standards for the Node.js open-source and cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.</p> <p>This second of four BlueHats prizes of € 10 000 each, is an initiative to thank maintainers of critical free software and raise awareness for the need for FOSS end users to invest in maintenance and maintainers. The <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html">first BlueHats prize went to dns-masq</a>. <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">Nominations</a> for the remaining two prizes are still open and anyone can submit their favorite free and open source project. The BlueHats prizes are issued by the French public administration in collaboration with NLnet.</p> <h2>About node-oidc-provider</h2> <p>Through the protocols it implements, node-oidc-provider enables single sign-on (SSO), allowing users to access multiple websites with a single login. SSO delegates the responsibility of verifying and securing user interactions to trusted identity providers. This approach is often used to provide users with seamless access to various services using one account from a chosen identity provider. This streamlines the user experience while maintaining robust security standards.</p> <h2>Filip Skokan on receiving the BlueHats prize</h2> <p>In response to hearing he had won, Filip Skokan said: "I am incredibly honored and humbled to receive the BlueHats Prize. This recognition means a lot to me personally, as it validates the years of hard work and dedication I've put into the node-oidc-provider project. When I started this project, my goal was simply to learn. Seeing that node-oidc-provider has been adopted by initiatives like FranceConnect is truly rewarding and it is adoptions like these that reinforce my commitment to continue being involved with open source as well as the standards-developing organizations."</p> <h2>Praise for node-oidc-provider</h2> <p>Raphaël Dubigny from DINUM who nominated node-oidc-provider for the BlueHats prize motivated his choice saying: "The strategy of the software suite of the operator of DINUM relies on AgentConnect. AgentConnect relies on the same technological bases as FranceConnect. FranceConnect relies on the node-oidc-provider library for assuring compatibility with the OpenID Connect standard."</p> <p>The jury, made up of French public officials from <a href="https://cyber.gouv.fr/en">ANSSI</a> (French Cybersecurity Agency) and <a href="https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/dinum/">DINUM</a> (the Interministerial Digital Department), recognised the importance of node-oidc-provider and its role in identity federation. The members of the Free Software Council wish to continue to highlight this type of initiative: discrete projects that are critical to software infrastructures, and maintained by reliable teams over the years.</p> <h2>Standardization and certification</h2> <p>One of the elements that set Filip apart is that he wants to build the code to the point where it conforms to the protocol. During this work he got in contact with the OpenID Certification program. Through the exchanges with the program and the certification process itself he identified issues in his own code, but also in the reference implementation of the test suite. This has contributed to the OpenID Certification program winning the <a href="https://openid.net/openid-certification-program-wins-2018-identity-innovation-award/">Identity Innovation Award</a> and <a href="https://openid.net/openid-certification-program-wins-2018-european-identity-and-cloud-award/">European Identity and Cloud Award</a> in 2018 and gave Filip the confidence to take part in the standardization processes done by working groups at OIDF and IETF. The learning curve to read (and later also write) these types of documents was steep. Filip is enthusiastic about implementing the specifications as early as possible during the standardization process in order to be able to give much valuable implementer's feedback to the working groups.</p> <p>The fact that node-oidc-provider is <a href="https://openid.net/certification/">OpenID Certified™</a> is notable. Many software projects focus on the green path where all goes optimally. Filip likes to make sure that all negative test cases are handled correctly as well and the OpenID Certification program's test suite helps with that. The existence of an exhaustive test suite and a certification program can give users confidence that their software does what it is supposed to do and will not exhibit unexpected behaviors.</p> <p>Without the certification, France would not have chosen a Free Software solution. Stéphane Herman, CTO of FranceConnect, says: "We chose node-oidc-provider back in late 2018 because the library was listed as a certified OpenID Connect provider."</p> <p>About his attention for certification Filip said: "In the past, I <a href="https://x.com/_panva/status/1390957409695371264">wrote</a> that "Software's conformance to standards and its certification is not the pinnacle to shoot for. It is the absolute lowest bar." Certification is not usually a free process; it is, at the very least, a time-consuming one. I am happy to say that today, after lobbying the OpenID Foundation's leadership, the OpenID Certification is <a href="https://www.openid.net/certification/open-source-project-certification-policy/">free of charge</a> for qualifying open source projects. If you maintain an OpenID Connect open source project, either client or provider, get it certified."</p> <h2>About the 2024 BlueHats prizes</h2> <p>The BlueHats prize is een initiative of the French public administration to express gratitude to maintainers of critical free and open source software and raise awareness for the importance of maintenance. The initiative seeks to encourage end users of free and open software to invest in maintenance, addressing the issue of underfunding for this much-needed phase in a software's lifecycle.</p> <p>BlueHats are are civil servants who promote using and developing Free Software in public administrations. The BlueHats prize is executed by the Free Software unit at DINUM in collaboration with NLnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply before October 1st 2024</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240601-call.html"/> <updated>2024-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1^st 2024 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before October 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our minds and our mouth are: that is to <strong>increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2 id="open-themes">Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture and digital commons</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI TALER)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile software</a> (NGI MobiFree)</li> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/fediversity">Creating the hosting stack of the future</a> (NGI Fediversity)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2 id="about-nlnet-foundation">About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240521-Mobifree-official-launch.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Mobifree Launches to Develop Ethical Mobile Software</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240521-Mobifree-official-launch.html"/> <updated>2024-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div> <a href="https://mobifree.org/"> <img src="/image/Mobifree_launch_banner.jpg" alt="Text: Mobifree: more ethical and humane mobile software and logos of the participating partners"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="https://mobifree.org/">The NGI Mobifree project</a> aims to alter the landscape of mobile software through a commitment to ethical practices, user empowerment, and sustainability. Spearheaded by the <a href="https://e.foundation/">E Foundation</a>, the project unites twelve organizations in a collaborative effort to challenge the status quo of mobile technology development. Mobifree is made possible with funding of the European Commission's <a href="https://www.ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet initiative</a>.</p> <p>For decades, the mobile software industry has been dominated by Big Tech companies, leading to widespread concerns over privacy violations, environmental impact, and the exploitation of labor. Mobifree aims to address these issues head-on by advocating for a shift towards more open, transparent, and user-focused solutions.</p> <h2>Call for third party contributions</h2> <p> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a> participates in Mobifree to organise the open calls for third party contributions to the project. Part of the budget of Mobifree (670 000 Euro to be precise) is reserved for open calls to fund additional free and open source efforts that are aligned with the topics and approach of Mobifree. We already got started and are <a href="#addendum">evaluating the first batch of applications</a>. Calls open every two months and the next deadline for <a href="https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/">submitting a proposal</a> is June 1, 2024.</p> <h2>Core values and objectives</h2> <p>Mobifree is built around a set of core values that prioritize the digital rights of users, including privacy and freedom of speech. The project aims to deliver user-friendly mobile experiences that foster fair competition through the use of open data standards and encourage the empowerment of workers with fair labor practices.</p> <p>Inclusiveness is also a central component of the project, with efforts focused on ensuring that software is accessible to everyone, regardless of their physical abilities, financial status, or level of technical expertise. Moreover, the initiative is committed to environmental sustainability, advocating for development practices that minimize the carbon footprint of mobile software.</p> <h2>Empowering European citizens and organizations</h2> <p>Through a series of workshops and pilot tests, Mobifree seeks to engage directly with European citizens and organizations to better understand their needs and values regarding mobile software. These insights will inform the development of software in key IT areas, including:<ul> <li>e/OS, a fully open-source operating system for Android-based phones</li> <li>Privacy-focused app stores, messaging services, and mobile maps tools, such as F-Droid, microG, Conversations, Quicksy, Ltt.rs and Delta Chat</li> <li>Disaster and emergency response applications, such as the software kit by Commit Global.</li> </ul> </p> <h2>Collaborative effort for a sustainable future</h2> <p>Mobifree represents a significant step forward in the movement towards a more ethical and sustainable digital world. By focusing on open-source solutions and pro-privacy initiatives, the project challenges the industry to adopt practices that are not only beneficial for users but also positive for the environment. "We believe that the future of mobile software should be built on principles of digital freedom, privacy, sustainability and openness", said Gaël Duval, the President of E Foundation. "In the Mobifree Project we collaborate with 12 partners to make that future a reality."</p>List of partners in the Mobifree project:<ul> <li> <a href="https://e.foundation/">E Foundation</a> maintains /e/OS, a 100% open-source and privacy safe operating system based on the Android Open Source Project.</li> <li> <a href="https://waag.org/en/">Waag Futurelab</a> reinforces critical reflection on technology, develops technological and social design skills, and encourages social innovation.</li> <li> <a href="https://murena.com/">Murena</a> provides smartphones pre-installed with /e/OS and combines them with the Murena Cloud.</li> <li> <a href="https://www.rapid.space/">Rapid.Space</a> builds an open-source, open-hardware 5G Edge Cloud to get you online in the most remote places!</li> <li> <a href="https://microg.org/">microG</a> is an open-source implementation of APIs, libraries and services that Android apps need to run.</li> <li> <a href="https://f-droid.org/">F-Droid</a> is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform.</li> <li> <a href="https://microg.org/">microG</a> an open-source implementation of APIs, libraries and services that Android apps need to run.</li> <li> <a href="https://conversations.im/">Conversations</a> is an open-source, privacy-safe and ecnryptable Jabber/XMPP messenger for Android.</li> <li> <a href="https://quicksy.im/">Quicksy</a> is a spin-off of Conversations with with Easy Entry and Easy Discovery by automatic contact discovery.</li> <li> <a href="https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/lttrs-android">Ltt.rs</a> is a proof-of-concept e-mail client based on JMAP, the next-gen email protocol.</li> <li> <a href="https://merlinux.eu/">Merlinux</a> is facilitating and sponsoring the development of Delta.Chat</li> <li> <a href="https://www.ivir.nl/"> University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law (IViR)</a>The Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam researches the entire spectrum of legal areas related to today’s information societies.</li> <li> <a href="https://www.commitglobal.org/en">Commit Global</a> builds and provides open-source digital solutions for civic and humanitarian infrastructures.</li> <li> <a href="https://biosens.rs/">BioSense Institute</a> (BIOS) is an R&amp;D institute for IT in biosystems.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a> supports organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all.</li> </ul> <h3 id="addendum">Addendum</h3> <p> <strong>As with other programmes run by NLnet, Mobifree is a programme with a significant quality threshold. Only excellent proposals will be selected. In the first round (which had a deadline of April 1^st 2024), while there was significant interest unfortunately none of the 30 applications managed to make the selection. The budget is therefore automatically moved to the following round.</strong> </p> <h2 id="ack">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>This project has received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizoneurope/">Horizon Europe</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. <a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135795">101135795</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240508-podcast.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Projets Libres Podcast With Lwenn Bussière</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240508-podcast.html"/> <updated>2024-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div> <a href="https://www.projets-libres.org/en/nlnet-foundation-funding-free-software-in-europe-lwenn-bussiere/"> <img src="/image/Logo_Projects_Libres.png" alt="Projet Libre logo: penguin looking out over a lake with mountains in the background"/> </a> </div> <p>Listen to the <a href="https://www.projets-libres.org/en/nlnet-foundation-funding-free-software-in-europe-lwenn-bussiere/">podcast Projets Libres</a> titled NLnet Foundation: Funding Free Software in Europe. Podcaster Walid interviews <a href="/people/lwenn/">Lwenn Bussière</a>,Technology Assessor at NLnet, about the <a href="/NGI0/">NGI Zero funding programmes</a> and NLnet.</p> <p>Lwenn does a deep dive into history and purpose of the NGI0 grant programs for free and open source projects and provides insight into how the application process works.</p> <p>Lwenn: "The Internet infrastructure that we know very well comes from free software and it is based on an often invisible, often unpaid work of volunteers and enthusiasts. We fund people who actually build sustainable solutions for the Internet."</p> <p>The podcast is in French with transcriptions in both <a href="https://www.projets-libres.org/fondation-nlnet-financer-le-logiciel-libre-en-europe-lwenn-bussiere/">French</a> and <a href="https://www.projets-libres.org/en/nlnet-foundation-funding-free-software-in-europe-lwenn-bussiere/">English</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240508-Summer-of-Nix24.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Call for Participants Summer of Nix 2024</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240508-Summer-of-Nix24.html"/> <updated>2024-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> <a href="https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix">Apply for the Summer of Nix 2024</a> to join one of four teams in making selected free and open source software (FOSS) projects work reliably on a whim using Nix and NixOS. The deadline for applicants is May 10, 2024.</p> <p>Summer of Nix is a coordinated effort to support selected free and open source software (FOSS) projects, by making them available as Nix packages or NixOS service modules. It is part of the <a href="/NGI0">NGI Zero programmes</a> which offer not only grants but also <a href="/NGI0/services/">support services</a>. One of them is reproducable packaging with Nix offered by the <a href="https://nixos.org/community/index.html">NixOS Foundation</a>.</p> <h2>Summer of Nix 2024</h2> <p>The Summer of Nix is a rare opportunity for students or early-career professionals with diverse technical skills and interests to practice disciplined software development with Nix while contributing to the public good and receiving some payment for it in the form of a stipend. Participation in Summer of Nix has been – for some – a pathway to attractive jobs in software development.</p> <h2>How to apply</h2> <p>For more information on how to apply, timelines and eligibility criteria go to <a href="https://github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix">Github.com/ngi-nix/summer-of-nix</a> or <a href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/summer-of-nix-2024-call-for-participants/43249">Discourse.nixos.org</a> </p> <h2>Why package with Nix?</h2> <p>It is important for a project that is meant to scale to gather traction as early as possible. There should be a convenient and easy to obtain development and testing environment, to ensure people that are interested have a low barrier of entry. Nix is a powerful vendor-agnostic package solution for Linux, Mac OS X and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of build environments. By using the unique capabilities of Nix, and associated projects like NixOps and NixOS, complex dependencies (such as services) can be managed. This way the project is able to have a cross-distro development and delivery system that is easy to integrate with continuous integration, and allows anyone to easily check in to the development process of the projects. It also creates full transparency: the entire setup is declarative and allows for reproducible builds, so every source origin and every patch is completely verifiable.</p> <h2> <a name="acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a> </h2> <p>NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>. NGI Zero receives funding from the European Union's <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/">Horizon 2020</a> and <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en/">Horizon Europe</a> research and innovation programme.</p> <div class="row"> <div class="col3"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="col3"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="col3"> <a href="https://nixos.org/community/index.html"> <img src="/image/partners/NixOSfoundation.logo.svg" alt="NixOS Foundation logo" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="col3"> <a href="/"> <img src="/logo/banner.png" alt="Logo NLnet: abstract logo of four people seen from above" class=""/> </a> </div> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240507-ROS-10y.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Radically Open Security Donates 1 Million Euro to NLnet</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240507-ROS-10y.html"/> <updated>2024-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/Melanie_hacker_portret_copyright_Tobias Groenland-340h.jpg"/> <figcaption>Dr. Melanie Rieback, co-founder and CEO of Radically Open Security</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>When Dr. Melanie Rieback co-founded Radically Open Security (ROS) in 2014, she decided to make it a nonprofit computer security consultancy company. Ninety percent of ROS's profits go to NLnet, a foundation which contributes to a secure, resilient and open internet. Upon reaching ROS's 10 year anniversary, donations to NLnet have exceeded the incredible sum of 1 million euro. To celebrate this milestone, we talked with Melanie to learn why she decided to give ROS such an unusual business model.</p> <h2>‘Giving away’ the company: the business model</h2> <p> <em>NLnet: Was it challenging to create ROS’s unusual business model?</em> <br/> MR: Shortly after I started ROS, I established a foundation and sold the company for 1 euro to that foundation. My goal was to prevent the company from ever being sold and to lock down the mission. My notary pushed back at my giving away the company. He couldn’t understand why I would want to do that. It was also challenging incorporating as a Fiscal Fundraising Institution (FFI): a church-inspired tax label that enforces our donating 90% of our profits to a charitable foundation (ANBI Stichting). The FFI is commonly used for tax evasion, so the tax authorities were eager to make sure we weren’t abusing the system. This required quite some communication and negotiation.</p> <h2>Nonprofit: eliminating harmful financial incentives</h2> <p> <em>NLnet: Why did you make ROS a nonprofit when you started it ten years ago?</em> <br/> MR: I had ideological differences with large players in the commercial cybersecurity industry. That’s why I decided to make ROS a nonprofit, eliminating the financial incentives that drive corporate decisions to externalize costs onto society and the planet. Proprietary software, secrecy of workflow, and vendor lock-in might make sense in the context of for-profit business models, but it isn’t helpful for either cybersecurity or society as a whole. So I wanted to do things differently.</p> <h2>One million euro donated in 10 years</h2> <p> <em>NLnet: And now ten years later, ROS has contributed 1 million Euros to NLnet’s mission. How does that make you feel?</em> <br/> MR: When I first started ROS, I had only a vague idea of what might be possible. Since then, all of my expectations and hopes have been exceeded. The fact that we have built a profitable business with fifty staff members and hundreds of customers is amazing. As for the donations, I would never have dared to dream of reaching this amount. And the size of our donations continues to increase each year. All in all, it is nothing short of stunning.</p> <h2>Returning the favor: why NLnet?</h2> <p> <em>NLnet: Why choose NLnet as the beneficiary of ninety percent of ROS’s profits?</em> <br/> MR: I have a long history with NLnet. When I was an Assistant Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam I worked on the <a href="https://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/Publications/Papers/acisp-2005.pdf">RFID Guardian</a>, a battery-powered mobile device for RFID security and privacy management. NLnet financially supported the project at the time. When ROS was just founded, NLnet was financially struggling. I wanted to contribute back financially to NLnet because I felt that the world needed them. Today NLnet is in much better financial shape but our donations helped them over a bumpy patch in the road. Our donations have also contributed to NLnet growing and scaling their <a href="/NGI0/">NGI Zero programmes</a> (together with the European Commission), which funds literally hundreds of well known open source projects.</p> <h2>The way forward: Post Growth Entrepreneurship</h2> <p> <em>NLnet: You call your way of running a business ‘Post Growth Entrepreneurship’ (PGE). What does that mean?</em> <br/> MR: When I started ROS I didn’t know much about social enterprise or economics. But along the way, I read Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth and Prosperity without Growth by Tim Jackson. This provided a macroeconomic framework for the “nonprofit business” stuff I was doing intuitively. As ROS became more successful, I started getting requests from founders in other fields to help them start companies with a similar business model to ROS. So I wrote down the lessons I had learned by trial and error, and integrated it with the work of the New Economists. This is how Post Growth Entrepreneurship (PGE) started to take shape. The core of PGE is to eliminate financial extraction from business and finance. For founders today, “exits” (selling your company) is the definition of entrepreneurial success, which is actually quite bizarre if you consider how much short-termism harms society and the environment. PGE questions the “capital, scale, exit” ethos of Silicon Valley, and proposes “bootstrapping, flat growth, non-extraction” as an alternative. Our “Post Growth” startup incubator Nonprofit Ventures has incubated almost 60 startups so far (across 4 cohorts) with an emphasis on nonprofit entity forms, Steward Ownership, and cross-subsidizing charity with your profits (similar to ROS).</p> <p>I next generalized the PGE Incubator materials and turned them into a class called <a href="https://coursecatalogue.uva.nl/xmlpages/page/2023-2024-en/search-course/course/112127">Post Growth Entrepreneurship</a> at the University of Amsterdam Business School. I recently finished teaching it for the second time to 120 third year Bachelor students. (It's worth 6 EC points, and is part of the Economics and Sustainability minor.) The class is popular and has been “sold out” (fully enrolled) two years in a row. The second business school (Autonomous University of Barcelona) has recently adapted the course ('Degrowth Entrepreneurship') for their online Masters program, and I'm currently receiving more inquiries from other business schools.</p> <p>Five months ago, Nonprofit Ventures also collaborated with We Are Stewards to <a href="https://www.stewardownershiprechtsvorm.nl/articles/english">launch</a> a petition for a Steward Ownership legal entity form in the Netherlands. (Steward Ownership aims to restructure corporate financial incentives by separating profit rights from voting rights.) The Dutch parliament (Tweede Kamer) then voted to approve a motion, co-sponsored by a center-left (D66) and center-right (Nieuw Sociaal Contract) party, to start work on designing the legal text for a Dutch Steward Ownership entity form the 'Rentmeestervenootschap'. We still have a long way to go to turn this into law, but it has been an amazingly great start.</p> <h2>Advice to Free and Open Source founders about business models</h2> <p> <em>NLnet: Many of the Free and Open Source (FOS) projects we support are looking for ways to make their project financially sustainable but are averse to becoming a for-profit business. What piece of advice would you give them?</em> <br/> MR: Free and open source projects can greatly benefit from entrepreneurship and business, to provide long-term financial stability. But for projects to remain open source we need financially non-extractive business models. There are too many FOS projects that have transitioned to “freemium” or closed models, generally under pressure from a Venture Capitalist. This forms a huge problem for the projects' user-base and ecosystem. FOS founders should harness business in financially non-extractive ways, to ensure long-term financial viability without going down the “freemium” rabbit hole.</p> <i>NLnet thanks Radically Open Security, Melanie, and all ROS staff members for their continued support for NLnet’s mission to contribute to a secure, free and open internet. We wish you a happy 10 year anniversary, and many Radically Open years to come!</i> <p>To learn more: <br/> <a href="https://radicallyopensecurity.com">radicallyopensecurity.com</a> <br/> <a href="https://postgrowthentrepreneurship.com">postgrowthentrepreneurship.com</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240429-Brazier-Knighted.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet Co-founder Frances Brazier Knighted For Exceptional Contribution to Society</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240429-Brazier-Knighted.html"/> <updated>2024-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/people/Frances_Brazier.jpeg" alt="Headshot of Frances Brazier"/> <figcaption>Prof Dr. Frances Brazier</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Prof. Dr. Frances Brazier was awarded <a href="https://www.royal-house.nl/topics/decorations-and-honours/personal-decorations">Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion</a> on April 27, 2024. It is the highest civilian order of chivalry in the Netherlands, conferred on persons who have rendered outstanding service to society. Brazier is one of the founders of NLnet, the first internet service provider of the Netherlands and one of the first in Europe. She is a <a href="https://participatorysystems.tudelft.nl/team/prof-dr-f-m-t-brazier-frances/">full professor in Engineering Systems Foundations</a> at the Delft University of Technology.</p> <p>With her contribution to NLnet <a href="https://nlnet.nl/people/FrancesBrazier/">Brazier</a> promoted IP-connectivity in the Netherlands and helped bootstrap the open internet in Europe. She contributed to the development of open internet standards and within NLnet she recognized the importance of reliable and secure internet protocols. As a member of the NLnet board she co-founded <a href="https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/">NLnet Labs</a> in 1999 for long-term research projects. NLnet Labs is still a thriving foundation dedicated to developing open standards that strengthen the Internet’s architecture.</p> <p>Brazier was one of the first female professors in informatics and artificial intelligence in The Netherlands and she has worked towards improving the position of women in academia. She has published over 400 scientific papers and supervised more than thirty PhD students.</p> <p>We congratulate Frances with her well-deserved Knighthood and want to thank her for the important work she has done for the open internet in general and NLnet in particular.</p> <em>Image source: <a href="https://participatorysystems.tudelft.nl/team/prof-dr-f-m-t-brazier-frances/">Participatorysystems.tudelft.nl.</a> </em> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240418-BlueHatsPrize1.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240418-BlueHatsPrize1.html"/> <updated>2024-04-18T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/Dnsmasq_icon.svg" alt="Dnsmasq logo consisting of a purple Zorro mask."/> <figcaption>dnsmasq</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="bhrow"> <nav class="bhlang bg_grey"> <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/fr/1.html">fr</a> <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html">en</a> <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/nl/1.html">nl</a> </nav> <div> <p>BlueHats prizes is an initiative by the French Interministerial Digital Directorate. They are awarded to maintainers of critical free and open source projects. In 2024 four prizes of € 10 000 each will be given out. We are happy to announce the winner of the first 2024 BlueHats prize is Simon Kelley, maintainer of the dnsmasq project. Dnsmasq provides network addressing for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot.</p> </div> </div> <p>The jury, made up of public officials from the Ministries of Education and Youth, ANSSI and DINUM, recognised the importance of dnsmasq and its ongoing development for network security. The members of the Open Source Software Council wish to continue to highlight this type of initiative: discrete projects that are critical to software infrastructures, and maintained by reliable teams over the years.</p> <p>In response to hearing he had won, Simon Kelley said:<blockquote>I'm delighted to accept the prize. Like many Free Software projects, dnsmasq started as a creation for it's own sake, but it has been kept alive and developing for a quarter of a century because of the feedback that has come from its role in the outside world, and the recognition, small and large, that it makes a difference. This prize is valuable financially, but much more so as a mark of public recognition that dnsmasq is still something that's worth doing.</blockquote> </p> <h2>About dnsmasq</h2> <p>The dnsmasq project was started in the early 2000’s by Simon Kelley. He wanted to connect his laptop to the internet via his PC. The concept of a home router was new: connecting even one computer, via a telephone line, to the internet was a luxury. To let his laptop speak to the internet, the PC had to act as go-between for all the address information.</p> <p>To make this happen, Simon started his own project and got it to run on his PC. He has been improving and expanding it ever since. And he has been so generous to publish dnsmasq as Free Software.</p> <p>There is a good chance you are using dnsmasq since it is used in many home routers, some Internet of Things devices and included in the Android mobile operating system. Dnsmasq is a popular choice because it has low system resource requirements and fits a lot of functionality into one program. It does so in about fifty thousand lines of C code. That is a low number given all the different types of devices, each with its own quirks, that dnsmasq has to talk to.</p> <h2>Praise for dnsmasq</h2> <p>Anyone can nominate free and open source projects for one the BlueHats prizes (and <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">nominations</a> are still open). Dnsmasq was nominated by Samuel Bizien-Filippi, system administrator at <a href="https://www.peren.gouv.fr">Pôle d'expertise de la régulation numérique</a>(PEReN) (Center of Expertise in Digital Regulation), motivated his choice by writing:<blockquote>Dnsmasq is a versatile server: in a nutshell, it is both a DHCP server and a DNS proxy (that resolves domain names on local networks and internet). Dnsmasq is present in most routers ("internet box") and in several virtualization platforms (at least Proxmox VE). It greatly simplifies network configuration. Dnsmasq is a foundational - and overlooked - building block of networks for SMEs and public administrations. We use it at <a href="https://www.peren.gouv.fr">Pôle d'expertise de la régulation numérique</a>(PEReN) (Center of Expertise in Digital Regulation).</blockquote> </p> <p>When asked how dnsmasq is used at PEReN, Filippi answered:<blockquote>"At PEReN, we strive to keep all network and system configuration as code in a version control system. Since dnsmasq is configured using flat text files, it's a perfect fit for us. In our setup, dnsmasq is used:<ul> <li>for network configuration of clients via DHCP</li> <li>for automated installation of systems with DHCP and TFTP (both functionality provided by dnsmasq)</li> <li>for local name resolution."</li> </ul> </blockquote> </p> <!-- <p>Benno Overeinder, managing director of NLnet Labs foundation which develops open-source software for DNS and BGP routing, said about dnsmasq: <blockquote> “QUOTE BENNO” </blockquote> </p> --> <!-- <p>The jury motivated its choice for Simon Kelley, writing in its jury report: <blockquote> “Another quote from jury report” </blockquote> The jury members are all BlueHats, civil servants who promote using and developing Free Software in public administrations. </p> --> <img align="right" src="/bluehatsprize/2024/bluehats-logo.svg" alt="BlueHats logo consisting of three blue fedora hats" width="width" height="height" style="padding: 0px 0px 10px 10px;"/> <h2>BlueHats prizes for maintainers of critical software</h2> <p>The BlueHats prize aims to place maintainers of critical open source software in the spotlight. It is a well-known problem in the free and open source world: The benefit of having open source software is enormous but there is not enough attention and resources for maintenance and maintainers. <br/> Dnsmasq is a typical example of this state of affairs. Dnsmasq is a component used in many commercial products. Some of the vendors have been willing to pay Simon Kelley for implementing new feautures but there has been no funding for maintenance. The BlueHats prizes seek to encourage users of free and open software to invest in maintenance.</p> <h2>Nominations still open</h2> <p>Three more BlueHats prizes will be awarded in the upcoming months. You can still <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">nominate your favorite project</a> for one of the € 10 000 prizes. The BlueHats prizes are an initiative of the French public administration. The <a href="https://code.gouv.fr/en/">French Free Software Unit</a> (an OSPO) has partnered with NLnet to put four notable projects in the spotlight and award them the BlueHats 2024 prizes.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240417-announcing-projects.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">41 new projects awarded</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240417-announcing-projects.html"/> <updated>2024-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>We are happy to announce 41 new projects to our portfolio. That effectively means hundreds of people across the world working on great ideas that contribute to the Next Generation Internet and a more open information society. The 41 new projects will be part of two different <a href="/NGI0">NGI Zero</a> programmes: <a href="/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust</a> (which supports people who are working on privacy and trust enhancing technologies) in its final round sees no less than 30 teams receiving funding. The <a href="/core/">NGI0 Core</a> program welcomed 11 projects.</p> <p>Projects cover nine of the ten layers of the NGI technology stack, from trustworthy open hardware to services and applications which provide autonomy for end-users.</p> <p>What is clearly visible this round is a continued strong interest in web standards. This includes exciting work on low level standards like WebXR/WebGPU (with projects like <a href="/project/Wolvic-UI">Wolvic</a>, <a href="/project/Renderling">Renderling</a> (and alternative usage of these technologies in <a href="/project/GPGPU">GPGPU Playground</a>), but also higher level standards like ActivityPub, Solid and upcoming technologies like WebXDC. It also includes cross-platform browser engines forming the basis of projects like <a href="/project/WebKit-on-Windows">Webkit</a> and <a href="/project/Servo-CSS">Servo</a>. There is a significant number of open hardware projects too, including a project for <a href="/project/RedoxFlowBattery">low cost redox flow batteries</a>, <a href="/project/BrailleRAP">creating braille content</a>, compliance pre-testing for <a href="/project/O-ESD">ElectroStatic Discharge</a> (ESD) and better testing towards preventing <a href="/project/FPGA-Inject">fault injection</a> in FPGA's.</p> <h2>NGI Zero funding</h2> <p>NLnet has rolling calls with a deadline every two months. If you have a good idea that contributes to a better internet and digital commons we can build our societies on you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is June 1^st.</p> <h2>Meet the new projects</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3 id="Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing">Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>Squishy</strong> — SCSI multi tool and gateware library</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Squishy is a SCSI multi-tool aimed at long term access to computer systems and equipment. It accomplishes this by having capable hardware combined with an extremely flexible software ecosystem, allowing Squishy to act not only as nearly any device under the sun, but also as a SCSI bus initiator with high flexibility. Enabling it to be used for archival work to interact with obscure or arcane hardware to read magnetic tapes, or allowing modern systems to interface with and control older, but still reliable and used lab and scientific equipment. Squishy is currently in it's second prototyping phase, after lessons were learned from the first revision of the hardware. This involves a full redesign to grant it more capabilities and serve as a more solid foundation. The end goal is a relatively  small fully compliant device for multiple SCSI standards along with a robust software ecosystem, allowing for it to speak to any equipment be it a SCSI-1 tape drive, or an ULTRA-320 SCSI-based data acquisition system. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Squishy">https://nlnet.nl/project/Squishy</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>O-ESD: Open-hardware for ElectroStatic Discharge testing</strong> — Open-hardware for ElectroStatic Discharge testing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The goals of the Open-hardware for ElectroStatic Discharge testing (O-ESD) is to design, produce and verify an open-hardware and accompanying open-software for a device for electrostatic discharge testing. Electrostatic discharge is a phenomenon that occurs daily between humans and electronics and can irreversibly damage the electronics. All consumer electronics sold in EU, including all internet hardware, must satisfy Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive. One of the most hardest tests within EMC directive deals with electrostatic discharge as defined by IEC/EN 61000-4-2 standard. Standardized tests are typically done with special equipment in accredited EMC laboratories and are costly. The O-ESD tester will minimize the costs of pre-compliance testing and make it publicly available. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/O-ESD">https://nlnet.nl/project/O-ESD</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>openCologne</strong> — CM4 form factor SoM for GateMate chips</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Currently there is only one FGPA vendor in Europe (CologneChip). Their GateMate chips have some high quality features compared to other FPGA's, such as a high speed SerDes. Recently we have seen the appearances of a number of affordable boards with these FPGA's. The challenge (and opportunity) is now to make sure that the open hardware community can benefit from these FGPA's as soon as possible. This project will design a new iteration of the popular open hardware ULX-boards (ULX5M) featuring GateMate chips, which will be compatible with the widely used CM4 form factor - so it can be slotted into many existing designs instantly. This opens up this strategic new FPGA target for a broader audience, and help breach the market. In addition, the project will make a portfolio of entry level projects that selectively put GateMate resources to good use, including its unique SerDes. Be they in RTL or HLS, implemented as pure hardware FSMs, or by using HW/SW co-design and SOC techniques, or integrated with LiteX - delivering a variety of real-life use cases. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/openCologne">https://nlnet.nl/project/openCologne</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>BrailleRAP</strong> — Low-cost open hardware for creating Braille content</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">BrailleRAP is an open source Braille embosser. AccessBrailleRAP software give you the ability to translate a text document into Braille and emboss the Braille characters on paper with the BrailleRAP device. DesktopBrailleRAP software project aim to build a desktop publishing application suitable to build tactile documents for unsighted people with the Braille embosser BrailleRAP. The application brings the ability to import vector graphics in SVG format, or create text label with a position and orientation on a page layout. Text labels are translated in Braille with the ability to choose the Braille standard (language in a simplified manner). Vector graphics are decomposed in series of dot positions along path. All dots from Braille characters and paths are converted in GCODE commands for the BrailleRAP embosser. The result is a tactile document with accurate embossed Braille and tactile 2d graphics made by a series of close dots. DesktopBrailleRAP aim to build a suitable tool for individual or teacher to build tactile documents for unsighted people, such as geographic maps, building or organization maps (like school or campus), public transportation maps or teaching plans in biology and mathematics (geometry). The funding from NLnet will allow the development of the first public release with suitable documentation. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/BrailleRAP">https://nlnet.nl/project/BrailleRAP</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>FPGA Fault Injection Testing</strong> —Better testing towards preventing fault injection in FPGA's</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>S-SATA for openXC7</strong> —Open source SATA phy and interface for FPGA's</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Redox Flow Battery</strong> — Development Kit for Open-Source Hardware Redox Flow Battery</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The clean energy transition is underway, and batteries are becoming more common in everyday life. Stationary batteries can perform many roles, like reversibly storing intermittent renewable energy or providing backup power and services to the electrical grid, including internet infrastructure. Right now, lithium-ion batteries—also used in portable electronics and electric vehicles—are increasingly used for stationary applications. Lithium-ion batteries are, however, not ideal in terms of lifetime, cost, safety, and supply chain sustainability. There are viable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries for stationary storage, such as flow batteries, which are being commercialized but are not yet widespread. We plan to democratize flow battery technology by developing an open-source flow battery and starting an associated community around it. We will start with a benchtop-scale development kit, suitable for educational and research use, before progressing towards larger cells. With this NLnet funding, we plan to finish our first release of a 5 cm² kit as well as design and test the subsequent 25 cm² cell. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RedoxFlowBattery">https://nlnet.nl/project/RedoxFlowBattery</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN">Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>WWW SCION</strong> — Path-aware web server/proxy deployment and browsing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The WWW SCION project aims to bring innovation to web applications by enabling seamless SCION support to the web ecosystem. SCION is a clean-slate, more secure, and robust path-aware Internet architecture designed to provide route control, fault isolation, and explicit trust information for end-to-end communication. The main outcome of this project will be a full software suite for path-aware web browsing that can be easily adopted by network operators to make their web resources available on the SCION network. To do so, this project will develop (1) a production-grade reverse proxy, which enables web resources to be accessed via SCION, and (2) much improved client-side support. This will have an immediate impact on thousands of users who are already connected to the SCION infrastructure, allowing them to access next-generation network features such as expressing path-selection policies that implement their preferences. For instance, a web user could avoid traversing ASes (Autonomous systems) in certain regions when accessing their e-banking website. Another example from which users may benefit is using distinct paths depending on the web resources. In this case, the server could make use of a high-bandwidth path to increase the throughput when loading a large resource, while it could use a low-latency path for a latency-sensitive resource, e.g., a server control message. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SCION-proxy">https://nlnet.nl/project/SCION-proxy</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Cell broadcast support for the Linux Mobile Stack</strong> — Implement SMS-CB for emergency messages on Linux</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Cell broadcast is the capability of the mobile network to send messages to multiple mobile devices in an area. It is the common way to alert users about disasters and emergencies. Phosh is a user friendly, graphical interface for Linux based mobile phones using GTK, GNOME and the wlroots compositor library. It uses ModemManager for it's mobile broadband connections. ModemManager is used on Linux systems to control mobile broadband devices and connections. The aim of this project is to add cell broadcast support to ModemManager and the necessary UI elements to Phosh so cell broadcast messages sent to devices running this platform can be properly received and displayed. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/SMS-CB">https://nlnet.nl/project/SMS-CB</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>CAKE-MAINT</strong> —Improve network queue management algorithms on Linux</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Distributed GNU Shepherd</strong> — A Secure Distributed System Layer for Networked Cluster Computing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The project to convert the GNU Shepherd to a distributed program by porting it to use Spritely's Goblins library will empower users to more securely connect computers for clustered and other forms of cooperative work. As a daemon-managing daemon, the Shepherd exposes control of the system layer. Goblins, as an implementation of the object-capability security paradigm, provides both networking and security abstractions. Together, they will simplify and increase the efficiency of existing networked workflows without sacrificing security while also enabling entirely new kinds of cooperation between disparate machines. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DistributedShepherd">https://nlnet.nl/project/DistributedShepherd</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs">Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>Renderling</strong> — Real-time rendering library on top of WebGPU</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Renderling is an innovative, GPU-driven real-time renderer designed for efficient scene rendering with a focus on leveraging GPU capabilities for nearly all rendering operations. Utilizing Rust for shader development, it ensures memory safety and cross-platform compatibility, including web platforms. The project, currently in the alpha stage, aims for rapid loading of GLTF files and handling large, animated scenes with many lighting effects. Development emphasises performance, safety, observability, and the use of modern rendering techniques like forward+ rendering and physically based shading. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Renderling">https://nlnet.nl/project/Renderling</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Elliptic curve encryption speed-up using SIMD</strong> — Low-level instructin optimisation for curve25519-dalek &amp; Arkworks</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">This project aims to enhance the speed and security of elliptic curve cryptography using the Rust programming language, with a particular focus on mobile and IoT devices. Leveraging SIMD instructions, specifically ARM NEON, we can speed up elliptic curve cryptography in existing libraries such as curve25519-dalek with the goal to optimise encryption processes in software such as Signal. Additionally, we implement double-odd curves in Arkworks to bolster zero-knowledge protocols, and aim to abstract our optimisations to work on any CPU architecture and elliptic curve. By implementing improvements in these libraries, this project seeks to address the growing demand for efficient and secure cryptographic solutions, especially in mobile and IoT environments. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/curve25519-dalek">https://nlnet.nl/project/curve25519-dalek</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Pre-Scheme</strong> — Compile Scheme directly to portable C</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Pre-Scheme is a statically-typed dialect of the Scheme programming language which compiles to C, suitable for low-level systems programming. Pre-Scheme is implemented using a sophisticated general-purpose compiler, written in Scheme, with demonstrated applications to other programming languages and compilation targets. This project aims to port the compiler to R7RS, the latest Scheme standard, so that it can run on a variety of modern Scheme implementations. The Pre-Scheme language and tooling will also be updated to meet the expectations of a contemporary developer audience, and the compiler framework will be documented and exposed to support future innovations in programming language development and research. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pre-Scheme">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pre-Scheme</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>ELF tools in Rust</strong> — Porting patchelf and install_name_tool to a flexible Rust crate</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The "ELF tools in Rust" project aims to develop a versatile command-line tool/library for manipulating ELF and Mach-O binaries, with a particular focus on enhancing patching functionalities. It will leverage the patchelf tool as a standard, alongside Rust's efficiency and safety features. Additionally, it aims to provide seamless integration with Python via bindings created with PyO3 for enhancing accessibility and usability for a wider range of developers and use cases. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ELF-rusttools">https://nlnet.nl/project/ELF-rusttools</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>GPGPU Playground</strong> — A virtual GPU to learn GPU programming</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">GPUs are an extremely effective and widely deployed vector co-processor, and yet those interested in adapting their capabilities are faced with a very high barrier to entry. Tools like OpenCL, CUDA, and WebGL all require a broad background to get started solving even simple problems, and mistakes in larger programs can be nearly impossible to identify without an even deeper level of experience. This project takes advantage of WebAssembly and Vulkan's SPIR-V format to deliver a safe, on-demand toolkit for exploring the potential of GPUs, focused on applications outside the bounds of traditional graphics acceleration. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/GPGPU">https://nlnet.nl/project/GPGPU</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>WebXDC XMPP</strong> — Standardisation effort for WebXDC integration in XMPP</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">WebXDC is a fresh and still evolving effort to explore "private apps", essentially 'portable' web apps through which users can interact in any number of ways outside of the traditional client-server paradigm, e.g. over E2EE chat. Originally developed for Delta Chat over SMTP, we will bring the latest version of this experience to the XMPP ecosystem, including a standardized interchange format for other XMPP clients to use, and a gateway for communication with existing Delta Chat WebXDC users. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WebXDC-XMPP">https://nlnet.nl/project/WebXDC-XMPP</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>RETETRA3</strong> —Security research into TETRA standard</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Enhancing vula with IPv6 and REUNION rendezvous</strong> — IPv6, hybrid post-quantum improvements &amp; REUNION support for Vula</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">With zero configuration, Vula automatically encrypts IP (v4) communication between hosts on a local area network (LAN) in a forward-secret and transitionally post-quantum manner to protect against passive eavesdropping. When the local gateway to the internet is a Vula peer, internet-destined traffic will also be encrypted on the LAN. With simple verification using QR codes or other peer verification methods, Vula is also able to disrupt active surveillance adversaries. Vula combines WireGuard for forward-secret point-to-point tunnels with cryptographically enhanced mDNS and DNS-SD for local peer discovery. Vula enhances the confidentiality of WireGuard tunnels by using CSIDH as provided by highctidh, a post-quantum non-interactive key exchange primitive, to generate a peer-wise pre-shared key for each tunnel configuration. Vula avoids the need for any Single Point of Failure (SPOF) such as a trusted third party. Vula is equally functional on otherwise air-gapped networks. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Vula-IPV6-Reunion">https://nlnet.nl/project/Vula-IPV6-Reunion</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation">Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>DeviceCode</strong> — Structured technical information about consumer devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">This project is about reusing crowdsourced technical data about devices. This data is useful for researchers and tinkerers, but it is typically not the data that vendors are willing to give, let alone under a license that allows reuse. Think of: chipset information, serial port layout &amp; speeds, amount of memory, and so on. Several groups of people have collected this data in several places (mostly wikis) under an open data license, but they are hard to reuse by other projects that could be interested in this data. The goal of "DeviceCode" is to collect this information, rework it into a format that is easy to reuse by other projects without having to resort to Wiki scraping, and also clean up the data (as humans make data entry mistakes and put useful data in places where it shouldn't be), cross-correlate different sources and automatically enrich the data where possible. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DeviceCode">https://nlnet.nl/project/DeviceCode</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Reproducible-openSUSE</strong> — Reproducible distribution of openSUSE rolling release</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Reproducible-openSUSE project is creating a proof-of-concept of a general-purpose Linux distribution based on openSUSE-Tumbleweed. By employing reproducible-builds, it allows independent verification that all its binaries correspond to the sources. This greatly reduces the amount of trust that users need to place in the build infrastructure. It is not only a proving-ground, but also a staging-area for upstreaming changes to make them useful to millions of users. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Reproducible-openSUSE">https://nlnet.nl/project/Reproducible-openSUSE</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>The MacBook Liberation Project</strong> —Implement Coreboot support to various Apple devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <h3 id="Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling">Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>CRAVEX</strong> —Cyber Resilience Application for Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Pijul ecosystem</strong> — A modern patch-based version control system</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Pijul is a modern patch-based version control system that addresses many shortcomings found in existing tools. While its foundations are already mature and well-tested, it lacks many conveniences users expect from the ecosystems of popular tools such as Git. This project aims to significantly reduce Pijul's barrier to adoption by addressing common areas of user feedback - documentation, usability, robustness, and integration into other tools such as text editors or CLI prompts. We believe this will improve the workflow of existing users, and enable many more to adopt Pijul and its benefits without sacrificing other parts of their workflow. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pijul">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pijul</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Decentralised solutions, including blockchain/distributed ledger">Decentralised solutions, including blockchain/distributed ledger</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>Enhancing vula with IPv6 and REUNION rendezvous</strong> — IPv6, hybrid post-quantum improvements &amp; REUNION support for Vula</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">With zero configuration, Vula automatically encrypts IP (v4) communication between hosts on a local area network (LAN) in a forward-secret and transitionally post-quantum manner to protect against passive eavesdropping. When the local gateway to the internet is a Vula peer, internet-destined traffic will also be encrypted on the LAN. With simple verification using QR codes or other peer verification methods, Vula is also able to disrupt active surveillance adversaries. Vula combines WireGuard for forward-secret point-to-point tunnels with cryptographically enhanced mDNS and DNS-SD for local peer discovery. Vula enhances the confidentiality of WireGuard tunnels by using CSIDH as provided by highctidh, a post-quantum non-interactive key exchange primitive, to generate a peer-wise pre-shared key for each tunnel configuration. Vula avoids the need for any Single Point of Failure (SPOF) such as a trusted third party. Vula is equally functional on otherwise air-gapped networks. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Vula-IPV6-Reunion">https://nlnet.nl/project/Vula-IPV6-Reunion</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Pijul ecosystem</strong> — A modern patch-based version control system</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Pijul is a modern patch-based version control system that addresses many shortcomings found in existing tools. While its foundations are already mature and well-tested, it lacks many conveniences users expect from the ecosystems of popular tools such as Git. This project aims to significantly reduce Pijul's barrier to adoption by addressing common areas of user feedback - documentation, usability, robustness, and integration into other tools such as text editors or CLI prompts. We believe this will improve the workflow of existing users, and enable many more to adopt Pijul and its benefits without sacrificing other parts of their workflow. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Pijul">https://nlnet.nl/project/Pijul</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Data and AI">Data and AI</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>DeviceCode</strong> — Structured technical information about consumer devices</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">This project is about reusing crowdsourced technical data about devices. This data is useful for researchers and tinkerers, but it is typically not the data that vendors are willing to give, let alone under a license that allows reuse. Think of: chipset information, serial port layout &amp; speeds, amount of memory, and so on. Several groups of people have collected this data in several places (mostly wikis) under an open data license, but they are hard to reuse by other projects that could be interested in this data. The goal of "DeviceCode" is to collect this information, rework it into a format that is easy to reuse by other projects without having to resort to Wiki scraping, and also clean up the data (as humans make data entry mistakes and put useful data in places where it shouldn't be), cross-correlate different sources and automatically enrich the data where possible. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DeviceCode">https://nlnet.nl/project/DeviceCode</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Solid NC 2024</strong> — Add more Solid capabilities to Nextcloud</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Solid Nextcloud project implemented a server component with the Solid specification for Nextcloud, which makes ones Nextcloud server a Solid server as well. This allows user to user their existing server for identity and storage within the Solid eco-system. To enhance security and to enable easier cooperation and release of new versions we need to improve a number of things. The CI/CD of the project will be improved. Based on an earlier audit, we will implement a number of security enhancing features and we will release a PHP Solid Server next to the Solid Nextcloud module. These servers share a lot of code, which makes maintenance easier. The advantage is that PHP has a security maintenance cycle of three years, making it easier for users to stay secure when using a Solid server. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Solid-NC">https://nlnet.nl/project/Solid-NC</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>CRAVEX</strong> —Cyber Resilience Application for Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Dokieli</strong> — Decentralised article publishing, annotations &amp; social interactions</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Dokieli empowers users with full control and ownership of their content through self-publishing capabilities. As a decentralised authoring, annotation, and notification tool, dokieli enables users to create and share human-readable and machine-processable content. Users can author and annotate a wide range of creative works, including articles, reviews, technical specifications, research and academic works, resumes, journals, and slideshows. They can link significant units of information from various open sources, store their content using their preferred storage systems, and share it with their contacts. Dokieli is committed to leveraging open internet and web standards to ensure interoperability and universal access. Content produced by dokieli is decoupled from the application, allowing users the autonomy to switch to any other standards-compliant application and storage system. The project's goal is to make it usable and accessible for all. To this end, we will replace several key libraries; improve the UI; expand test coverage (including accessibility tests); increase support for offline use; perform security audits; and expand implementation of web standards, and provide implementation experience feedback to technical standards bodies. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Dokieli">https://nlnet.nl/project/Dokieli</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)">Services + Applications (e.g. email, instant messaging, video chat, collaboration)</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>Blink for Windows</strong> —Modern cross-platform SIP client</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Improving WebKit on Windows</strong> — Improve Windows support for the WebKit browser engine</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">WebKit is an open source browser engine, used by Safari and others. Such a browser engine is used to lay out web pages, graphically render the content and perform all other kinds of tasks under the hood of a browser or WebView. In recent years, one engine (Google's Blink engine, which forked from Webkit in 2013) has started to become nearly pervasive due to the market share of Google. Having a global dependency on a single piece of code maintained by a single entity is a significant liability, and isn't good for the open web either. It is important that applications on all platforms are able to choose from different engines like WebKit, Gecko or Servo. One weak part of Webkit in recent years has been its limited support for the Windows platform. This project will focus on enabling more features in WebKit’s Windows port, to make WebKit a more viable alternative choice when building a cross-platform web browser. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WebKit-on-Windows">https://nlnet.nl/project/WebKit-on-Windows</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Servo CSS</strong> — CSS feature parity for Servo browser engine</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications. Built with safety, speed, and concurrency in mind, Servo showcases the potential of Rust for modern web development. Servo's modular design allows for easy adaptation to various use cases. As part of this project we'll continue the work on adding support for more CSS features to the Servo layout. The main areas of work would be to finish Tables and Flexbox support; which will increase the number of web pages and applications render properly in Servo. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Servo-CSS">https://nlnet.nl/project/Servo-CSS</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>IronCalc</strong> — Embeddable spreadsheet engine written in Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">IronCalc is a versatile open-source spreadsheet engine written in Rust from the ground up, employing modern programming best practices. It can be used from any programming language or from end-user products like Web IronCalc. Around the world, millions of spreadsheets are used for accounting, data analysis, processing, educational purposes, collaboration, sharing, etc. IronCalc aims to be an all-purpose alternative to Excel or Google Sheets, filling an important gap in the democratisation of spreadsheets. Suited for companies, individuals, and schools alike, the project aims to be feature-rich, international, fast, and lightweight. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/IronCalc">https://nlnet.nl/project/IronCalc</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Wolvic User Interface</strong> — Flexible windows, tabs, zooming and web rendering in Wolvic</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Wolvic is an Open Source Web browser developed for XR (Extended Reality) devices, focusing on delivering both traditional web browsing and immersive experiences across multiple platforms. Led by Igalia, with its significant expertise in browser engine development and standards organizations, Wolvic builds on Mozilla’s Firefox Reality project to broaden the accessibility and functionality of web browsing in the XR space. This project will further the development of Wolvic by improving its user experience and adding support for more content, standards, and platforms. We will enhance the flexibility of window management in order to better adapt to different use cases and workflows, improve browsing functionality like tabs and zoom, and refine hand tracking and related features in the 3D space. Although Wolvic currently uses the Gecko browser engine, its architecture is designed to be independent of any particular engine; for improved support and performance, we will integrate the Chromium engine and make available a Chromium-based version of Wolvic alongside the existing Gecko-based one. Furthermore, we will also extend compatibility to new device formats, such as lightweight Augmented Reality (AR) glasses. Finally, we are enhancing our support of AR experiences on the Web and implementing the WebPayments standard for secure online transactions. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Wolvic-UI">https://nlnet.nl/project/Wolvic-UI</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Omnom</strong> —Add social layer to personal bookmarking</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>DeltaTouch</strong> — DeltaChat on UBports mobile phones</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">DeltaTouch is a Delta Chat compatible messenger app for the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform. In this project we will enhance Webxdc support, the last big feature missing compared to the mainline Delta Chat apps. Webxdc apps are small, portable web apps that are running inside a host application. At the moment, all official Delta Chat clients and Cheogram, an XMPP-based messenger, are able to act as a host for Webxdc apps. The DeltaTouch Webxdc implementation aims to support the current and also upcoming Webxdc specifications, allowing all existing Webxdc apps to function well with DeltaTouch. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DeltaTouch">https://nlnet.nl/project/DeltaTouch</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Webxdc evolve</strong> — Comparative analysis of HTML5 app containers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Webxdc.org is an evolving standard which defines a format for portable HTML5 applications and an API for local-first, peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted applications. For this project we will perform a comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary efforts with similar goals, including those by W3C working groups, independent open-source developers, and noteworthy proprietary platforms. We'll produce reference documents providing developers with a comprehensive overview of the space, summarizing their options for packaging portable HTML5 applications for different platforms, and highlighting affinities between closely aligned projects. As a follow-up, we'll propose additions to the webxdc API based on patterns observed in other projects, aiming to reduce the complexity of common designs and facilitate portability between or interoperability with existing platform implementations. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Webxdc-Evolve">https://nlnet.nl/project/Webxdc-Evolve</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Solid NC 2024</strong> — Add more Solid capabilities to Nextcloud</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Solid Nextcloud project implemented a server component with the Solid specification for Nextcloud, which makes ones Nextcloud server a Solid server as well. This allows user to user their existing server for identity and storage within the Solid eco-system. To enhance security and to enable easier cooperation and release of new versions we need to improve a number of things. The CI/CD of the project will be improved. Based on an earlier audit, we will implement a number of security enhancing features and we will release a PHP Solid Server next to the Solid Nextcloud module. These servers share a lot of code, which makes maintenance easier. The advantage is that PHP has a security maintenance cycle of three years, making it easier for users to stay secure when using a Solid server. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Solid-NC">https://nlnet.nl/project/Solid-NC</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>ActivityPub Quote Posts</strong> —Quote Posts in ActivityPub and Mastodon</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>FediMod</strong> —Tooling for Fediverse moderation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Dokieli</strong> — Decentralised article publishing, annotations &amp; social interactions</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Dokieli empowers users with full control and ownership of their content through self-publishing capabilities. As a decentralised authoring, annotation, and notification tool, dokieli enables users to create and share human-readable and machine-processable content. Users can author and annotate a wide range of creative works, including articles, reviews, technical specifications, research and academic works, resumes, journals, and slideshows. They can link significant units of information from various open sources, store their content using their preferred storage systems, and share it with their contacts. Dokieli is committed to leveraging open internet and web standards to ensure interoperability and universal access. Content produced by dokieli is decoupled from the application, allowing users the autonomy to switch to any other standards-compliant application and storage system. The project's goal is to make it usable and accessible for all. To this end, we will replace several key libraries; improve the UI; expand test coverage (including accessibility tests); increase support for offline use; perform security audits; and expand implementation of web standards, and provide implementation experience feedback to technical standards bodies. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Dokieli">https://nlnet.nl/project/Dokieli</a> </div> </details> <h3 id="Vertical use cases, Search, Community">Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <details> <summary> <strong>Cpdf Accessibility</strong> — Implement PDF/UA in cpdf</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Cpdf accessibility project extends the popular open-source PDF processing tool Cpdf to support PDF/UA (ISO 14289), the standard for accessible PDF. PDF/UA helps those with disabilities who use screen readers and other tools to navigate documents by tagging PDFs with metadata describing the logical structure of the content. Such metadata can also help all users by allowing reliable text re-flow, and better searching within documents. There is very little open-source tooling for accessible PDF at present, so this will represent a significant step forward. The work will involve adding functionality to Cpdf for the inspection and manipulation of existing PDF/UA files, and the creation of new ones from scratch. These tools will be useful to PDF/UA developers as well as to end users. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/cPDF-UA">https://nlnet.nl/project/cPDF-UA</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Inochi2D</strong> — Open source 2D animation/puppeteering framework</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Inochi2D is an open source, BSD 2-clause licensed toolkit and ecosystem for real-time 2D puppet animation, for use in game development, virtual avatars and other multimedia applications. Our ecosystem features a SDK and two tools: Inochi Creator, which allows the user to create a puppet by rigging layered 2D art via warping meshes, physics, dynamic masking and real-time lighting, in order to create the illusion of depth and liveliness. And Inochi Session, which allows the use of Inochi2D puppets for livestreaming, teleconferencing and more, by mapping external tracking data to a puppet's rigging. The SDK and tools together allows anyone to express themselves without restrictive licensing terms. With this grant our goal is to improve the user experience and portability of our tooling via the creation of a new UI toolkit which is purpose-built just for Inochi2D, called libsoba. We also plan to finish and release a major update to Inochi2D, version 0.9, which aims to make Inochi2D more future proof and portable, making it viable to use in game engines such as Godot and Unity, and on the web via WebASM, WebGL and WebGPU. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Inochi2D">https://nlnet.nl/project/Inochi2D</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>cables.gl</strong> — Creative tool for graphics and 3D content</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Cables is a tool which allows people to create beautiful, interactive, visual web content without knowing how to type a line of code. Your work is easily exportable at any time, so you can embed it into your website, use it an immersive VR experience, or integrate into other kinds of creative output. Cables patches can be published, shared, copied and remixed by the entire community. This allows people to constantly learn new things from each other. By developing a standalone version, that works outside of the browser, cables will open up even more for contributions from the open source community. It will be, at the same time, a development environment for contributors, and an offline version of the cables editor. As a side effect, using it with native modules on any major platform and operating system will open up a whole new area of how and where to use cables to create content. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/cables.gl">https://nlnet.nl/project/cables.gl</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>MinetestEdu</strong> — Education platform centered around 3D/cube world Minetest</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The MinetestEdu project is an open-source initiative designed to provide French teachers with tools for using the Minetest video game in the classroom. The aim is to encourage the adoption of open-source tools among educators and students in France and abroad, while contributing to the Minetest community with the development of educational features and customisable graphical elements with a focus on improved filtering of educational mods and enhanced manipulation of 3D data. This initiative follows on from the UNEJ (Urbanités Numériques En Jeux) project, which was developed in the north of Paris and is one of several projects using Minetest for education. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MinetestEdu">https://nlnet.nl/project/MinetestEdu</a> </div> </details> <details> <summary> <strong>Faircamp 1.0</strong> — Self-hostable, maintenance-free websites for audio producers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Faircamp is a static site generator for audio producers, empowering artists, labels and everyone else working with sound to distribute their work on their own, with low resource requirements and little to no maintenance effort. The aims within this project are to address usability, accessibility and cultural concerns, to improve documentation, to implement missing core architecture components and complete the embedding functionality, as well as complementary bugfixing and smaller feature additions. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Faircamp">https://nlnet.nl/project/Faircamp</a> </div> </details> <hr/> <br/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply before June 1st 2024</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240401-call.html"/> <updated>2024-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1^st 2024 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before June 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our minds and our mouth are: that is to <strong>increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2 id="open-themes">Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture and digital commons</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI TALER)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile software</a> (NGI MobiFree)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <p>The deadlines for the <strong>NGI Pilot</strong> <a href="/fediversity">Fediversity</a> will be announced later.</p> <h2 id="about-nlnet-foundation">About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240311-radio1-interview.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Digital David versus Tech Giant Goliath: Interview with Michiel Leenaars on Radio 1 </div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240311-radio1-interview.html"/> <updated>2024-03-11T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div> <a href="https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/spraakmakers/643d3e2d-6056-4d44-bdb9-ab3df4ad90d4/2024-03-11-michiel-leenaars-we-zijn-slaven-van-bedrijven-als-google-en-microsoft"> <img src="/image/people/Michiel_in_Radio1_studio.webp" alt="Michiel Leenaars in the Radio 1 studio."/> </a> </div> <p>“Email is a minuscule text file that you transmit across the internet. To claim that you don’t have the competence to arrange that yourself is a sign of administrative incompetence”, said Michiel Leenaars, NLnet's Director of Strategy in an <a href="https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/spraakmakers/643d3e2d-6056-4d44-bdb9-ab3df4ad90d4/2024-03-11-michiel-leenaars-we-zijn-slaven-van-bedrijven-als-google-en-microsoft">interview on Radio 1</a> (In Dutch). He responded to a <a href="https://www.clingendael.org/publication/too-late-act-europes-quest-cloud-sovereignty">recent report of the thinktank Clingendael Institute</a> which warns that the Dutch government has squandered cloud sovereignty by outsourcing storing vital and sensitive information to American providers.</p> <p>Host Roos Abelman opened the interview on <a href="https://www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen/spraakmakers/10eddffa-adfb-4ce9-8911-b805e4016e1e/2024-03-11-spraakmakers">radio show Spraakmakers</a> by framing the problem: "It is fairly easy for American intelligence agencies to read your Gmail and Hotmail inbox. And so too the Outlook inbox of many Dutch governments and banks. And did you know that all .nl domains are about to be moved to the American cloud? And the same goes for the data of the BKR foundation where every Dutch person with a debt is registered."</p> <h2>Email is older than tech giants</h2> <p>Email is older than any of the American companies that the Dutch governments are currently outsourcing to, said Leenaars. That we've ended up in this situation was not an inevitable outcome, but the result of a series of choices. One of them being that governments have been eliminating IT departments since the 1990s and as a result skills and compentences were lost. But not because nobody knew what was happening. Members of Parliament already urged the administration to make open source primary in its IT strategy more than 20 years ago.</p> <h2>The course of action is clear</h2> <p>"In our circles we don't call it the cloud but 'somebody else's computer'", said Leenaars. "And in this case that computer even falls under a different jurisdiction. American laws like the Patriot Act allow US intelligence agencies to access that data. And they do. We know they do. Politicians know they do. Everybody knows they do because <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden">whistleblower Edward Snowden</a> revealed that in 2013. And we're putting state secrets on those servers. BKR information, each and every debt of people in the Netherlands, the kompromat of Dutch society."</p> <p>"And you make yourself vulnerable like that only because it may be ten cents cheaper than hosting it in the Netherlands", said Leenaars. "Is that all it is?", asked interviewer Abelman, "money?". Leenaars: "Yes. The course of action is clear. But there seems to be some sort of fear to take responsibility. Big Tech does not perform magic. It's just time and money. But when it comes to sensitive information this should be the hill we are willing to die on: souvereignity, autonomy. It's okay if that costs time and money. In fact, that should cost time and money."</p> <h2>Digital David versus tech giant Goliath</h2> <p>"NLnet Foundation does not build technology itself", said Leenaars. "We are a decentralized trouble shooting operation for the internet. People come to us and point out problems and offer ideas to fix them. They say for instance: 'there is a vulnerability in this 20 year old protocol'. NLnet financially supports them to tackle the problem." <br/> “Are you a digital David who takes on the fight against tech giant Goliath?”, asked Abelman. [1] “You could look at it like that when you consider the small budgets we work with”, said Leenaars. "But there isn’t one David, there are millions of Davids. It’s more like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels"> Lilliputtians against Gulliver</a>, you can win because you are with so many more.”</p> <em>[1] This question was asked earlier in the broadcast and is not part of the segmented interview linked to above. You can hear the question on the 00:56:34 time mark and other contributions of Leenaars in the <a href="https://www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen/spraakmakers/10eddffa-adfb-4ce9-8911-b805e4016e1e/2024-03-11-spraakmakers">complete episode of the Spraakmakers program</a>. </em> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240222-webinar-GNS.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Webinar recording: The GNU Name System and the road to publishing an RFC </div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240222-webinar-GNS.html"/> <updated>2024-02-22T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h4 class="p-name">With Martin Schanzenbach, Bernd Fix and Stephen Farrell</h4> <p> <Strong>Watch <a href="https://vc.ngi-0.eu/playback/presentation/2.3/12a3e70f84993d6c6f90efcc90fd77ce261fae24-1708600826335">the recording </a>on our BigBlueButton platform</Strong> </p> <div> <a href="https://vc.ngi-0.eu/playback/presentation/2.3/12a3e70f84993d6c6f90efcc90fd77ce261fae24-1708600826335"> <img src="/image/202402222-webinar-GNS.jpg" alt="Screengrab from live demo of creating a GNS domain."/> </a> </div> <h2>About the webinar</h2> <p>The webinar took place on February 22, 2024, 13:00-14:30 CET</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.gnunet.org/en/gns.html">GNU Name System</a> (GNS) is a decentralized and censorship-resistant domain name resolution protocol that provides a privacy-enhancing alternative to the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. In november 2023 the GNS was published as <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9498.html">RFC 9498</a>. Martin Schanzenbach, Christian Grothoff and Bernd Fix are the authors of the RFC. In this webinar Martin and Bernd will give an explanation of GNS and talk about how the process of getting a specification published as an RFC work.</p> <p>The third speaker, Stephen Farrell co-founder of <a href="https://tolerantnetworks.com/">Tolerant Networks</a>, will talk about getting <a href="#advice">advice with standardisation processes</a>. Tolerant Networks offers NGI grantees support with standardisation and Stephen will explain what to expect from such support. The webinar concludes with a Q&amp;A with all three speakers.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/people/Martin-Schanzenbach.jpg" alt="Portrait of Martin SChanzenbach."/> <figcaption>Martin Schanzenbach</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h4>About Martin Schanzenbach</h4> <p>Dr. Martin Schanzenbach received his PhD from the Technical University of Munich in 2022. He is currently heading the research group "Applied Privacy Technologies" at the <a href="https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en.html"> Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC)</a>. The research group and its members work on privacy engineering, homomorphic encryption and functional encryption. His direct areas of research include privacy-enhancing technologies and secure distributed systems. In the context of various research activities and projects he is researching self-sovereign identity systems, peer-to-peer technologies and secure name systems. He is one of the authors and designers of the GNU Name System (RFC 9498).</p> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/people/Bernd_Fix.png" alt="Bernd Fix, sitting on the ground, mouse cables weaved through his fingers with nine mice hanging from them."/> <figcaption>Bernd Fix</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h4>About Bernd Fix</h4> <p>Bernd Fix is a hacker veteran of the <a href="https://www.ccc.de/en/">Chaos Computer Club</a> in Germany and founding board member of the <a href="https://www.wauland.de/en/">Wau Holland Foundation</a>. After working in the field of computer security for over two decades, his current work focuses on digital disobedience, freedom of information, informational self-determination and the impact of technology on the development of our society. He is one of the authors of RFC 9498.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/Stephen-Farrel-340h.jpg" alt="Portrait picture of Stephen Farrell."/> <figcaption>Stephen Farrell</figcaption> </figure> </div> <h4>About Stephen Farrell</h4> <p>Dr. Stephen Farrell is co-founder of Tolerant Networks and a <a href="https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Stephen.Farrell/">research fellow</a> in the Distributed Systems Group of the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin. At Trinity College Stephen teaches and researches on security and delay/disruption-tolerant networking (DTN). In 2006 he co-authored the first book on the latter topic. Stephen has been involved in Internet standards for more than a decade and has been an IETF security area director for six years. Prior to returning to academia in 2002, Stephen had 15 years experience in industry, working for Siemens and Baltimore Technologies amongst others.</p> <h4 id="advice">NGI Zero support service: Standardisation advice by Tolerant Networks</h4> <p>NGI Zero offers <a href="/NGI0/services/">support services</a> to projects who are active in the Next Generation Internet initiative. <a href="https://tolerantnetworks.com/">Tolerant Networks</a> offers support with best practices on standardisation and provides custom advice on standardisation strategy. Open standards are an essential component of the openness of the internet. Dealing with standards setting organisations as a relative outsider can be a good lesson in humility though. Standards bodies often have meritocratic characteristics, and processes with very specific timing, meaning that newcomers can be at a disadvantage. Not every project may need to interface with a standards setting organisation, but for those that do Tolerant Networks provides guidance and mentoring throughout the process, and can help introduce projects to relevant stakeholders to collaborate and build alliances. This does not deliver guarantees on successfully reaching a standard, but it can significantly increase their chances.</p> <p> <strong>About Tolerant Networks</strong> <br/> Tolerant Networks was founded in April 2010 by Stephen Farrell and Kerry Hartnett. The company was spun out of an EU FP7 funded project called N4C in which we used Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) to enable Internet-like communications in very remote communities. It has successfully completed a range of projects in the area of DTN deployment, educational DTN projects and DTN usage for the European Space Agency. Tolerant Networks is a a Trinity College Dublin campus company.</p> <hr/> <p>The GNU Name System received funding from <a href="/discovery/">NGI0 Discovery</a>, and <a href="/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust </a>, two funds established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet programme</a>, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 825322.</p> <div class="row"> <div class="col4"> <a href="/NGI0/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col7"> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240222-FOSDEM-talks.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">FOSDEM Talks: Running NLnet on NixOS &amp; Hexmas</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240222-FOSDEM-talks.html"/> <updated>2024-02-22T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>Talks by NLnet on FOSDEM 2024</h3> <div> <a href="https://mirror.as35701.net/video.fosdem.org/2024/h1302/fosdem-2024-1692-running-nlnet-on-nixos.av1.webm"> <img src="/image/2024-FOSDEM-talk-sysadminday.jpg" alt="Round cake saying happy sysadmin day with a penguin in the middle." style="border: #000000 6px outset"/> </a> </div> <p>At NLnet much of the infrastructure needed to operate the organisation is run on free and open source components. After all, it's important to eat your own dog food. Jos van den Oever, senior policy &amp; technology advisor at NLnet, is one of the people responsible for system administration. Over the last years most of the systems were moved to NixOS and the system setups are kept in a single git repository handled with nixos-rebuild. At FOSDEM 2024 Jos gave <a href="https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1692-running-nlnet-on-nixos/">a talk</a> on how to run a small organisation on NixOS.</p> <p>Jos also took the opportunity to remind people of the importance of the last Friday in July: "Once a year you have System Administrator Appreciation Day which is awesome. If people remember it and if they are not on holiday because it happens to be in the middle of the summer".</p> <h2>FOSDEM 2024 Highlights: Hexsticker review</h2> <div> <a href="https://mirror.as35701.net/video.fosdem.org/2024/janson/fosdem-2024-3723-fosdem-2024-highlights.av1.webm#t=31:00"> <img src="/image/2024-FOSDEM-talk-hexstickers.jpg" alt="Slide with hex numbers: 140.000 hex stickers, each with 1673 mm2 surface equals 234.2 m2 stickers enough to cover 3750 laptops." style="border: #000000 6px outset"/> </a> </div> <p>We brought about 140.000 hexagon stickers to FOSDEM. During the closing event with the highlights of FOSDEM 2024, Michiel Leenaars, NLnet's director of strategy <a href="https://mirror.as35701.net/video.fosdem.org/2024/janson/fosdem-2024-3723-fosdem-2024-highlights.av1.webm#t=31:00">presented a review of all things hex</a>. He dubbed FOSDEM Hexmas: "An event at which at least X new hex sticker designs are hexdropped, and at least Y hex stickers are distributed — with X and Y a matter of personal opinion.". (To learn about 'hexdropped' and other hex terminology, check out our <a href="/hex/glossary">Hex glossary</a>.</p> <p>There would have been a lot less hex stickers at FOSDEM if it weren't for Peter, Nico and people on the Fediverse who were so kind to share. Thanks very much! <iframe src="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero/111846105517695348/embed" class="mastodon-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="400" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"/> <script src="https://mastodon.xyz/embed.js" async="async"/> </p> <h2>Record All The Talks</h2> <p>And many thanks to FOSDEM for recording so many talks and making them easy to find. Just check the <a href="https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/">FOSDEM schedule</a> and you can find the recordings on the talk's page. For instance, you can use the <a href="/events/20240203/index.html">overview of all NGI0 related talks</a> to navigate to their video's.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240215-Interview-DeCorrespondent.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Portrait of NLnet in De Correspondent </div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240215-Interview-DeCorrespondent.html"/> <updated>2024-02-15T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Journalist Maurits Martijn is writing a series on his search for a better internet for the independent journalistic platform De Correspondent. If that's what you're looking for you'll inevitably end up with free and open source. In that light he wrote a portrait of NLnet Foundation which financially supports #FOSS projects based on an interview with Michiel Leenaars, Director of Strategy. The article is titled: <a href="https://decorrespondent.nl/15131/deze-nederlandse-club-zorgt-voor-een-internet-dat-wel-voor-iedereen-werkt/14e4d369-934a-04ed-31ed-a3c67bca00e1">Deze Nederlandse club zorgt voor een internet dat wél voor iedereen werkt</a>. (This Dutch club facilitates an internet that <em>does</em> work for everybody). It is also possible to listen to the article, read to you by its author.</p> <p>Big thanks to <a href="https://decorrespondent.nl/mauritsmartijn"> Maurits Martijn</a> who has been working for many years to inform people about how the internet is broken and ways to make it better.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240212-openwebsearch-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open Web Search Launches Third-party Open Calls</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240212-openwebsearch-call.html"/> <updated>2024-02-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>An invitation to researchers, innovators and computing centres to join the quest for a new Internet Search in Europe</h3> <div> <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/third-party-calls-2024-media-release/"> <img src="/image/openwebsearch-opencalls.jpg" alt="Openwebsearch.eu announcement of third-party open calls. Looking for researchers innovators and datacenters, Help building an open + independent Web Index. Funding offered between 50.000 and 150.00o euro"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/">OpenWebSearch.EU</a> is calling for third-party project proposals to help building an open and independent Web Index (OWI) based on European values. Researchers, innovators and data centres are invited to submit their ideas until 4th April. Applicants can request funding between 50.000 and 150.000 EUR. <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet Foundation</a> is one of the 14 partners in the OpenWebSearch.EU consortium.</p> <p>The OpenWebSearch.EU consortium calls for contributions in two new open calls. <br/> <em>(Note that applications can be submitted via the OpenWebSearch website and not through the NLnet application form.)</em> </p> <h2>Call # 2: Applications of the Open Web Index”.</h2> <p> <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call2/">Call # 2</a> invites researchers and innovators to submit ideas for innovative for ideas on how the data provided by the Open Web Index can be used and exploited in innovative use cases or research scenarios. The project consortium will provide access to pre-processed and indexed web data with continuous daily updates until the end of the project.</p> <p> <em>"We are looking for innovative ideas on how to leverage the Open Web Index and its data"</em>, explains Dr Stefan Voigt, who is a member of the OpenWebSearch.EU project management team, scientist at the German Aerospace Center DLR and Chairman of the board of the Open Search Foundation. <em>“The field for ideas is broad. Applicants can submit ideas that relate to vertical search applications (e.g., kids search), conversational search or search based on large language models. We also welcome topics such as geo-location-based search or new approaches to transparent and privacy-friendly search, just to name a few examples.”</em> </p> <h2>Call # 3: Computing and data centres</h2> <p> <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/">Call # 3</a> invites computing and data centres to join the OpenWebSearch.eu network of compute infrastructure providers and host parts of the Open Web Search and Analysis Infrastructure (OWSAI) . Called are universities, public compute infrastructure providers, data centres, companies (e.g., cloud providers) or research teams with a well-established data infrastructure.</p> <p>In this second and third third-party call, successful applications can request funding between 50.000 and 150.000 EUR for a period of up to 12 months. Members of the consortium as well as external experts will review the applications. Eligible are individuals as well as organisations residing in EU Member States or in Horizon Europe Associated Countries. The third-party projects will be funded under the OpenWebSearch.eu Community Programme. All awardees will be essential parts of ongoing and future R&amp;D activities of the Open Web Search Community.</p> <p> <strong> Applications go through the <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/">OpenWebSearch.EU website</a> and are accepted via email. Opening date is 8 February 2024. The calls close on 4 April 2024, 17:00 CET.</strong> </p> <p>Detailed information and application packages can be found at:  <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call2/">www.openwebsearch.eu/call2</a> and <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/">www.openwebsearch.eu/call3</a>.</p> <h2>Outcomes of first open call</h2> <p>IN the first open call, which ran in 2023, six projects were selected and onboarded as third-party funding partners. <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/owseu-project-almastic/"> Project ALMASTIC</a> aims to legally secure the Open Web Index by subjecting its technical aspects – collection, storage, distribution (and use by end-users) – to legal evaluation. <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/owseu-project-law4osai/">Project LAW4OSAI</a> (License-Aware Web Crawling for Open Search AI) aims to enable license-aware crawling of web content by automatically identifying and retrieving content licenses. <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/owseu-project-lisa/">Project LISA</a> (Open Web Search Legal, Intellectual Property, Cyber Security Aspects) seeks to help deliver tangible guidelines from a legal, social and security viewpoint.</p> <p> <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/owseu-project-loren/">Project Loren</a> (Legal Open euRopean wEb iNdex) seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of the legal constraints and requirements for building and operating an Open Web Index. <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/owseu-project-mrc/">Project MRC</a> assess the market potential of OpenWebSearch.EU transparently, quantifying benefits and costs in scaling a European web search index. <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/owseu-project-open-console/">Project Open Console</a> aims to solve questions around implementing EU law in data collecting applications.</p> <h2>About OpenWebSearch.eu</h2> <p> <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/">OpenWebSearch.eu</a> is the first EU-funded project which aims to get tomorrow's web search up and running. <a href="https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/">14 European NGOs and research centers</a> – including NLnet – kicked-off the project in September 2022. Over the three years, the researchers develop the core of a European Open Web Index (OWI). They aim to set the foundation for an open and extensible European Open Web Search and Analysis Infrastructure (OWSAI), based on Europe’s values, legislation and standards. The project receives funding of 8,5 million Euros from the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101070014. </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240212-announcing-projects.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">41 New Projects Awarded NGI0 Grants</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240212-announcing-projects.html"/> <updated>2024-02-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>We are happy to announce 41 new projects have been awarded an NGI Zero grant. That means 41 teams and individuals working on great ideas that contribute to the Next Generation Internet. Projects cover eight of the ten layers of the NGI technology stack, from trustworthy open hardware to services and applications which provide autonomy for end-users.</p> <p>What jumps out in this round is the large number of open hardware projects. There is an increasing interest in gaining user autonomy on the chip level but there is a need for more tooling to realize that. The number of projects in this round show we're in a fruitfull phase of strengthening open source in hardware. Another trend is the increasing popularity of memory safe languages on all layers of the technology stack. These languages protect against certain memory safety vulnerabilities by automating memory management.</p> <h2>NGI Zero funding</h2> <p>In this round projects received funding from two NGI Zero programmes. The <a href="/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust</a> program supports people who are working on privacy and trust enhancing technologies. In this round, 22 teams received funding within this program. The other 19 teams were selected for the <a href="/core/">NGI0 Core</a> program which supports projects that improve the open Internet architecture. NGI0 programs have rolling calls with a deadline every two months. If you have a good idea that contributes to a human-centered internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is April 1^st.</p> <h2>Meet the new projects</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3 id="trustworthy-hardware-and-manufacturing">Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>scalePNR</strong> — New place and route algorithms for large FPGAs</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The scalePRN project focuses on enhancing digital circuit design for large Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), which are complex chips used in everything from consumer electronics to mobile phone base stations to cameras to AI accelerators to internet backbone infrastructure to advanced computing systems. Traditionally, designing these chips has been a highly specialized and time-consuming task, due to the complexity and computational demands of arranging and determining efficient wiring between the millions of tiny logic blocks they contain. However, thanks to the CTU in Prague and openXC7 project's collaboration with NLnet, the open-source tool nextpnr is being expanded to tackle larger, more advanced FPGAs. This development means that the process of designing circuits for these high-capacity chips will become more accessible and efficient, potentially leading to faster, more energy-efficient electronic devices. By researching and implementing new algorithms, the project aims to make it easier and quicker to design circuits that run cooler, faster, and more reliably, bringing the benefits of the latest technology to a broader audience and fostering innovation in numerous tech-driven sectors. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/scalePNR">https://nlnet.nl/project/scalePNR</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>KiCad</strong> — Add RPC API, multichannel designs and schematic variant system to FOSS EDA suite</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">KiCad is an open source electronics design application (EDA) suite. The program includes schematic capture, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, circuit simulation, 3D viewer, and many other tools to provide the best possible user experience for professional electronics designers while still remaining approachable for new and inexperienced users. It is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux and is released under the GPL3+ license. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/KiCad-IPC">https://nlnet.nl/project/KiCad-IPC</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Py2HWSW</strong> — A tool to manage embedded HW/SW project</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">This project aims to develop an open-source Python framework for managing files, automating project flows of embedded hardware/software codesign projects, and partially generating Verilog hardware components. The framework simplifies the project structure, addresses challenges in Hardware Design Languages like Verilog and VHDL, and automates emulation, simulation, FPGA, and ASIC flows. The proposed Verilog generator offers flexibility, user control and ease of use, producing human-readable code compatible across FPGAs and ASICs. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Py2HWSW">https://nlnet.nl/project/Py2HWSW</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>f8</strong> —Modern 8-bit instruction set</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Klusterlab Wireguard</strong> — Implement Wireguard in Verilog on FPGA</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">WireGuard is a modern data tunneling and encryption protocol for Internet security. Traditional VPN solutions such as OpenVPN and IPSec are outdated, bloated, and have security gaps. While WireGuard in many cases will be a superior alternative, the performance of a software implementation will not always be enough for high-throughput use cases. The project will implement the WireGuard protocol on a cost-effective Artix-7 FPGA, targeting a board supported by open-source tools for Xilinx with four 1Gbps Ethernet ports. The corresponding gateware will be written in the industry-standard Verilog, welcoming everyone to contribute and review our code, helping us make it more secure and widely used. This project promises to deliver a working prototype of WireGuard in hardware in complete alignment with the spirit of the open-source movement. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/KlusterLab-Wireguard">https://nlnet.nl/project/KlusterLab-Wireguard</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>WireGuard on FPGA</strong> —FPGA implementation of wireguard protocol written in SpinalHDL</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>UberDDR3</strong> — Open Hardware DDR3 memory controller</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">UberDDR3 is set to transform the landscape of open-source technology as this will be above and beyond any previous opensourced DDR3 controller gatewares. This aims to unlock the full potential of DDR3 memory, aligning with the latest technological needs. We are dedicated to enhancing compatibility across diverse memory types and reaching higher speed. By integrating innovative features such as on-the-fly configuration, thermal management, ECC integration, and self-refresh mode, our goal is to elevate this open-source gateware to rival the performance of proprietary DDR3 controllers. This endeavor will empower the open-source community, ensuring that dependence on proprietary DDR3 controllers becomes a thing of the past, and setting a new benchmark for open-source hardware capabilities. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/UberDDR3">https://nlnet.nl/project/UberDDR3</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>ARMify</strong> — Auto-Identification of MCU Models to Simplify ARM Bare-Metal Reverse Engineering</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">ARMify aims to become a plugin for the open-source reverse engineering tool Ghidra, with its primary goal being to assist security analysts in analyzing ARM Cortex-M bare-metal firmware. This is achieved through automatic microcontroller model identification and annotation of memory-mapped peripherals. It helps analysts to understand how the firmware interacts with microcontroller features, offering significant time savings compared to manual cross-referencing with the microcontroller datasheet. The development entails creating an SVD parser (the SVD standard formalizes Cortex-M microcontroller system details, such as peripheral registers, in XML format) and a comprehensive microcontroller database, both of which will be released as standalone tools alongside ARMify. The SVD parser will enable the processing and preparation of Cortex-M microcontroller system details, while the microcontroller database will provide a repository of technical characteristics and a user-friendly interface for easy access. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ARMify">https://nlnet.nl/project/ARMify</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>DUT Control</strong> —Unified Control Interface for Firmware Security Tests</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>PTP gateware with openXC7</strong> — PTP on FPGA timing cards and SDR cards with openXC7</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">This project develops open-source gateware for the Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which is essential for accurate timekeeping across servers. Implementing this technology on Xilinx ZYNQ FPGA chips, it offers a secure, reliable alternative to proprietary gateware, reducing the risk of undetected security breaches through server backdoors. This initiative not only enhances Internet security but also enables diverse applications, from 5G networks to research instruments like particle accelerators, making advanced time synchronization accessible, and safeguarding the digital ecosystem for the general public. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/PTP-timingcard-gateware">https://nlnet.nl/project/PTP-timingcard-gateware</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Apicula IO primitives</strong> — Add additional IO primitives to libre Gowin FPGA tools</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Apicula is a project that aims to provide open source tools to work with Gowin FPGAs. (FPGAs are repurposable chips used in many everyday and specialist electronic products for everything from tying systems together to highly specialized algorithm accelerators). In recent years open source FPGA tools have made great strides to break the vendor lock-in of commercial FPGA tools. But to completely break vendor lock-in a variety of mature toolchains are needed. We have reached a point of general usability, and with this grant Apicula aims to make another large leap forward, improving feature parity, documentation, and support for more advanced and specialized Gowin devices. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Apicula-IOprimitives">https://nlnet.nl/project/Apicula-IOprimitives</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>uFork/FPGA</strong> — A memory-safe pure-actor processor soft-core</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">uFork is a novel microprocessor architecture based on dispatching immutable asynchronous message-events to reactive objects (actors) which manage private mutable state. Contention for shared mutable storage is eliminated, reducing complexity. Strong process and memory isolation prevents interference among tasks. Object-capability security (ocaps) provides fine-grained access control. The architecture has been validated by implementing a virtual-machine in software. This project will implement the design using FPGA hardware fully supported by open-source tooling. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/uFork-FPGA">https://nlnet.nl/project/uFork-FPGA</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>FastWave</strong> — Modern waveform VCD parser</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Whilst the fields of open-source hardware design tooling (including synthesizers and layout tools, and open-source digital logic/VLSI gateware) have recently experienced a significant renaissance, simulation visualization tools have not enjoyed similar advancements. This is noteworthy given that verification comprises approximately 80% of the digital logic development cycle. Efficient visualization and debugging of SOC simulations are thus becoming ever more critical. Fastwave, currently developed as a VCD (Value Change Dump) parser in Rust, along with its visualization frontend, Surfer, aims to address this gap. Future iterations of Fastwave will enable advanced visualization of simulation states through custom user plugins. Potential applications include, but are not limited to, visualizing CPU pipeline states with pipeline diagrams or representing mesh network activity by simply loading a VCD file. Plans for expanding the Fastwave suite include features like tracing signals to their source, allowing users to pinpoint the HDL conditions that prompted changes in simulation signal states. Ultimately, Fastwave intends to reduce the workload for digital logic designers by enabling them to align the tool's visual outputs with the mental models they already have of their hardware systems. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FastWave">https://nlnet.nl/project/FastWave</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3 id="network-infrastructure-incl-routing-p2p-and-vpn">Network infrastructure incl. routing, P2P and VPN</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Klusterlab Wireguard</strong> — Implement Wireguard in Verilog on FPGA</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">WireGuard is a modern data tunneling and encryption protocol for Internet security. Traditional VPN solutions such as OpenVPN and IPSec are outdated, bloated, and have security gaps. While WireGuard in many cases will be a superior alternative, the performance of a software implementation will not always be enough for high-throughput use cases. The project will implement the WireGuard protocol on a cost-effective Artix-7 FPGA, targeting a board supported by open-source tools for Xilinx with four 1Gbps Ethernet ports. The corresponding gateware will be written in the industry-standard Verilog, welcoming everyone to contribute and review our code, helping us make it more secure and widely used. This project promises to deliver a working prototype of WireGuard in hardware in complete alignment with the spirit of the open-source movement. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/KlusterLab-Wireguard">https://nlnet.nl/project/KlusterLab-Wireguard</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>WireGuard on FPGA</strong> —FPGA implementation of wireguard protocol written in SpinalHDL</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>IPv6-monostack</strong> — Commoditizing NAT64 and IP/ICMP translation to accelerate IPv6 deployment</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">NAT64/SIIT technology is critical in enabling networks to transition away from the legacy internet protocol IPv4, yet this network function is currently expensive and hard to deploy, seriously hampering adoption. We believe we can remedy this situation by getting this translation technology accepted into the upstream Linux kernel thus paving the way to rapid and widespread adoption, accelerating IPv6 adoption overall. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/IPv6-monostack">https://nlnet.nl/project/IPv6-monostack</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>TSCH-rs</strong> —Time Slotted Channel Hopping implement in Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Holo Routing</strong> — A novel routing stack in Rust, including IS-IS routing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Holo is a suite of routing protocols designed to address the needs of modern networks. Holo was started in response to the increasing trend in the networking field towards automation, where network devices are expected to be managed programatically using a variety of standard interfaces. Written in Rust, a memory-safe language, Holo prioritizes reliability, ease of maintenance, and security. This project aims to extend Holo by incorporating support for the IS-IS protocol, one of the most widely used interior routing protocols. The IS-IS implementation will encompass both IPv4 and IPv6 support, cryptographic authentication, and extensions for traffic engineering. Rigorous testing against multiple vendors and comprehensive conformance tests will ensure the interoperability and robustness of the implementation. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/HoloRouting">https://nlnet.nl/project/HoloRouting</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3 id="software-engineering-protocols-interoperability-cryptography-algorithms-proofs">Software engineering, protocols, interoperability, cryptography, algorithms, proofs</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>ReOxide</strong> — Improving Rust Decompilation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Modern compiled languages such as Rust and Go are notorious for producing binaries that are difficult to reverse engineer by default. As these languages grow in popularity, they are increasingly being used in proprietary products and are also attracting malware developers. In order to audit binary software and analyze malware, it is therefore necessary to improve reverse engineering tools with special support for specific languages. To fill this gap, we are developing the ReOxide framework, which targets the reverse engineering of Rust programs. In the presence of extensive compile-time code generation and strong memory optimizations, existing decompilers reach their limits when trying to recreate C-like languages. The design goal of ReOxide is therefore to build on top of the Ghidra decompiler and make it extensible for custom analysis passes. This will allow us to gather information that is readily available during decompilation itself, but not through Ghidra's public plugin API. We will use this information to address Rust specific language features, but also try to keep the extensions general enough for other languages. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ReOxide">https://nlnet.nl/project/ReOxide</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>vm-builder</strong> — Virtual Machine Build, Life Cycle and Integration in monolithic and microkernel platforms</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">As each piece of software is built using other software, it is difficult to ensure that a program is not accidentally infected through malicious code interfering anywhere in this process. An important defence is reducing the amount of code one relies upon and strictly isolating the build from any other processes that could influence it, typically by using a virtual machine. However, the are currently no minimal, portable and final virtual machine build systems which enable effective bootstrapping of operating systems. Delegating this task to container build systems is insufficient, since they are primarily available to the Linux kernel and provide weak isolation properties. Delivering those with a high portability and even (or especially) on low TCB microkernels is key to secure bootstrapping of operating systems and applications on (to be) trusted infrastructure. The current prototype has proven successfully applicable to nowadays general purpose OSs, templating/inheritance and reproducible builds are to be implemented. An implementation in a more robust programming language like Rust is still lacking and will be completed in the course of this project. The long term goal is to easily build and provide legacy platforms and software especially on microkernels — allowing for a migration path towards operating systems with effectively manageable complexity. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/vm-builder">https://nlnet.nl/project/vm-builder</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Whippet</strong> — A new local maximum in safe, managed memory</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Whippet is a new automatic memory manager (garbage collector) which is designed to be incorporated into the Guile Scheme programming language implementation. Switching to Whippet should improve the speed and scalability of Guix and other Guile-based software while also lowering total system memory usage. This project aims to push Whippet over the finish line, filling in missing functionality and doing the last-mile work to incorporate Whippet into Guile. The anticipated results should also give confidence to other language run-times looking for a state-of-the-art, embeddable, minimal, no-dependency garbage collector. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Whippet">https://nlnet.nl/project/Whippet</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>XMPP Interoperability and Protocol Standard Conformance Testing</strong> —Development of an XMPP Test Suite</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">XMPP is the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol. XMPP offers an open, extensible, standardised and mature set of open technologies designed for decentralised communication. With its flexible design and rich history, its utilisation is widespread. To advance interoperability in its diverse ecosystem of developers and implementations of server software, this project will create an implementation-agnostic test suite for XMPP servers, testing for conformance with the XMPP protocol standards. The suite will be designed to be integrated with various third-party CI components to minimise the complexity of including the suite in development processes of the various and varied parties that are developing XMPP server implementations. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/XMPP-interop-conformance">https://nlnet.nl/project/XMPP-interop-conformance</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Catalogs in MariaDB</strong> — Enable true multi-tenacy in the MariaDB database</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">MariaDB Server is the open source database powering most of the internet. Many deployments of MariaDB are done as part of a shared hosting solution, where the underlying hardware is shared by many different tenants. To achieve scalability, hosting providers typically start a single MariaDB Server instance and impose artificial limitations to tenants, such as disallowing any new user creation, modifications, passwords, access control changes etc. The alternative of starting up dedicated database servers incurs a significant resource overhead, limiting the number of total tenants and implies wasted energy and compute power. Catalogs is a feature built for MariaDB Server to eliminate the need for artificial restrictions, all while maintaining high scalability and user density. Catalogs introduce an extra separation on the SQL layer, allowing a user experience that is almost 100% identical to running a dedicated MariaDB Server instance, without the overhead of starting up multiple servers. With catalogs, hosting providers will be able to optimize hardware usage while their users will be able to modify their own dedicated system tables, without impacting other tenants. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/MariaDB-catalogs">https://nlnet.nl/project/MariaDB-catalogs</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>RADIUSdesk Multi WAN</strong> — Add Multiwan to RADIUSdesk</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">RADIUSdesk is a complete, open source solution for the provision and management of Internet connectivity. The main component is a feature-rich RADIUS server that includes features such as vouchers, BYOD and permanent users. Permanent users have support for Private PSKs and versatile Fair Usage Policies (FUP). MESHdesk allows you to quickly roll out WLAN connectivity over a large area. APdesk can be deployed in enterprise environments and offers support for guest networks and dynamic VLAN assignment. Bandwidth and data usage can be managed via one of the following options: a captive portal, a PPPeE server or private PSKs with RADIUS. MESHdesk and APdesk can be managed via your phone or a desktop browser. The system has an intuitive API that eases integration with other systems. In this project, Multiwan support will be added, together with private Pre-Shared Key (PPSK), Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) and Software-defined Wide Area Network capabilities which will allow to support more VPN technologies. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/RADIUSdesk-Multiwan">https://nlnet.nl/project/RADIUSdesk-Multiwan</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3 id="operating-systems-firmware-and-virtualisation">Operating Systems, firmware and virtualisation</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Converged Security Suite +AMD</strong> — Add AMD support to Converged Security Suite</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Converged Security Suite has been developed as an open-source tool to provision and test systems where proprietary (and closed) Firmware Security Technologies - such as Intel "Trusted Execution Environment", Intel "BootGuard", and Intel "Converged BootGuard and TXT" (CBnT) - are enabled. Since this is a security-critical operation, transparent open-source tooling is needed to securely provision and test the configuration of your system within the limitations of a closed system. The CSS made huge progress provisioning and testing Intel-based security mechanisms, and within this project we extend this to AMD's Platform Secure Boot, AMD's Secure Memory Encryption and AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization. The goal is to provide a test suite for those security mechanism in order to understand how they are configured and provide transparency into those features. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/CSS-AMD">https://nlnet.nl/project/CSS-AMD</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>bcachefs</strong> — Next generation file system</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">bcachefs aims to be a next generation Linux filesystem, with a fully modern featureset and vastly improved performance, scalability and reliability as compared to other next generation filesystems. Additionally, we aim to improve upon the state of the art in a number of areas such as extensibility, which will aid in development in other areas that have historically had to reinvent technology that already exists in local filesystems (distributed systems), repairability (online check and repair, self healing), and ease and correctness of development with the use of Rust. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/bcachefs">https://nlnet.nl/project/bcachefs</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>KDE Plasma Wayland</strong> — Accessibility and advanced graphics input support for KDE Plasma Wayland</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Plasma is the desktop provided by the KDE project, one of the largest and most successful open source initiatives in the world. Wayland is the successor of X11 for Unix desktops and the future for many reasons, including security and privacy. However there are some user groups that currently do not have their requirements satisfied. Some people have motor impairments of their arms/hands (such as restricted movement, tremors, or missing fingers) that make it hard or impossible to operate a traditional computer keyboard. Operating systems provide a number of options like sticky keys, slow keys, or bounce keys to accommodate for such disabilities. Another pain point is configuration of graphics tablet input devices. This includes things like mapping the tablet area to an output area, binding tablet/stylus buttons to actions, or configuring pen pressure curves. This proposal will implement support for these special user groups in KDE Plasma on Wayland. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/KDEPlasma-Wayland">https://nlnet.nl/project/KDEPlasma-Wayland</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>libnix</strong> — Native Nix on MS Windows</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The libnix project improves the Windows support of the Nix package manager, by making nix and nix-build work natively on the Windows platform. By creating a ‘libnix’ on top of this, it will allow package managers like node, cargo, pip, and vcpkg to use Nix for building their dependencies. The effort helps bring declarative, reliable packaging systems to a wider audience. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/libnix">https://nlnet.nl/project/libnix</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Proper Webcam support in Qemu</strong> — Better virtualisation of camera interfaces</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">QEMU is one of the most popular open source machine emulators and virtualizers. It supports a wide range of architectures and is capable of emulating many types of hardware devices. Many people rely on QEMU to run alternative operating systems or even as a secure development environment. Sometimes it is necessary to pass camera devices to the QEMU guest and make them available to the system. While it is possible to pass cameras using the generic QEMU USB host emulator, this only works with USB cameras and only makes them available to that single QEMU guest. However, many modern systems move away from USB cameras and provide other interfaces for the camera, and thus cannot be passed through. Our solution is to use the operating system's video API instead to make the video device available. We will focus on providing proper support for the Video4Linux API to emulate a USB video device so that it works with the already existing OS drivers. With proper integration of a camera subsystem, this opens the door to supporting more camera APIs and even extending paravirtualized VirtIO devices in the future to improve video quality for next generation video devices. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Qemu-Camera">https://nlnet.nl/project/Qemu-Camera</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3 id="middleware-identity-including-dns-authorisation-authentication-distributionx2fdeployment-operations-reputation-systems">Middleware + identity, including DNS, authorisation, authentication, distribution/deployment, operations, reputation systems</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>django-allauth</strong> — Versatile authentication for Django</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The goal of django-allauth is to offer a free, secure, well integrated, reusable authentication solution for the Django framework, covering all functionality related to local and social user accounts, multi-factor authentication, in various configurations, with flows that just work. By simpliyfing the complexities associated with user authentication, django-allauth empowers Django developers of all kinds to focus on building their web applications without compromising on the authentication features provided to their end users. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/django-allauth">https://nlnet.nl/project/django-allauth</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3 id="data-and-ai">Data and AI</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Manas</strong> — Rust modules for Solid clients and servers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Manas project aims to make Solid ubiquitous by creating an ecosystem with well-tested, reusable components in rust and js, with which one can assemble customized, feature rich Solid storage servers, clients, and applications, and digital-commons with data-sovereignty collaboration at the core. Using rust, the servers could be run on low resource raspberry-pies to low latency serverless clouds, or as lightweight developer test servers. Can use custom storages from filesystem, object-stores, or consumer cloud storages like google-drive as backends. Support for WAC, ACP authorization systems, Solid-OIDC, HTTPSig authentication schemes, multi pod management, solid-notifications, etc will be provided as reusable layers. And the layered architecture enables adding customized validation, or any other custom features. For clients, a rust client, and other helper crates will be developed for Solid protocol, Solid-notifications, etc, with probable bindings to other languages, that enables small CLIs, and other server-side/client side applications. For the applications, a reusable crate will be created to package them as native applications using tauri, and Manas. This could make Solid an attractive storage api to code web &amp; native apps with a single code base. It can be extended to offer sync solutions, native-first apps, etc in future. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Manas">https://nlnet.nl/project/Manas</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>JSON-Joy Peritext</strong> — Rich-text CRDT implementations for json-joy CRDT</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">json-joy is an open source library for building distributed collaborative web applications, its major focus is on implementing performant state-of-the-art CRDT algorithms. This project aims to implement a Peritext-like rich-text CRDT on top of the JSON CRDT Specification as part of the json-joy library. The goal of the project is to implement a production-ready collaborative rich-text editing algorithm, Peritext, and supporting modules for the json-joy library. The project will also improve on the originally proposed Peritext algorithm by leveraging JSON CRDT data structures to make various rich-text annotations mutable and block elements nestable. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/JSON-Joy-Peritext">https://nlnet.nl/project/JSON-Joy-Peritext</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>StreetComplete/AllThePlaces</strong> —Ingest data from AllThePlaces into StreetComplete</summary>More details to follow</details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Open Web Calendar Stack</strong> — Aggregate public and private web calendars</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Open Web Calendar stack is an open-source set of Python libraries and programs which read and write calendars based on the iCalendar standard. The Open Web Calendar displays a highly configurable website that can be embedded to show a calendar. Currently, ICS URLs are supported and a goal is to also support CalDAV. Amongst the used libraries is the popular icalendar library to parse and write iCalendar (RFC5545) information. This cornerstone of Python's ecosystem requires some work to be up-to-date with common practice such as updating the timezone implementation. The updates to the icalendar library will be tested and also pushed up the stack to the Open Web Calendar. The recurrence calculation of events is done by the python-recurring-ical-events library. Changes to icalendar will be tested against this library to find compatibility issues. As the iCalendar standard has been updated, recurrence calculation is affected, too. These updates need to be evaluated and possibly implemented for both icalendar and the recurrence calculation. By implementing changes at the base, the whole stack is improved. We can use the Open Web Calendar project to make sure that possible transitions and updates are mapped out and communicated to other projects in the ecosystem. Improving a FOSS solution thus spreads the accessibility of iCalendar. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenWebCalendar">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWebCalendar</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Vouivre</strong> — A dependent type system for machine learning in Lisp</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Current machine learning frameworks are built around relatively weak type systems. This is a problem because, at scale, machine learning applications are exceedingly intricate and computationally expensive, therefore making costly runtime errors unavoidable. This is where Vouivre comes into play. Using a dependent-type system, the project aims at enabling users to write machine-learning applications that solve real-world problems with compile-time validation of their correctness, thus preventing runtime errors at a reasonable computational cost. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Vouivre">https://nlnet.nl/project/Vouivre</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3 id="services-applications">Services + Applications</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Fidus Writer</strong> — Real-time collaborative web-based online editor for academia</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Fidus Writer is an open-source online editor that enables real-time collaboration among academic researchers. It supports exporting individual documents to various standard formats, but it lacks the ability to import and export document collections (books) to some of the most widely used formats, such as DOCX, ODT and JATS XML. This project aims to enhance the functionality and usability of Fidus Writer by including track changes on the collaborative editor (a sought after feature for many more official use cases), adding import and export filters for books, as well as a generic pandoc filter for documents , using the existing code base and infrastructure. This will allow Fidus Writer to reach a broader audience and increase its adoption in the academic community. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FidusWriter">https://nlnet.nl/project/FidusWriter</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Open Web Calendar Stack</strong> — Aggregate public and private web calendars</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Open Web Calendar stack is an open-source set of Python libraries and programs which read and write calendars based on the iCalendar standard. The Open Web Calendar displays a highly configurable website that can be embedded to show a calendar. Currently, ICS URLs are supported and a goal is to also support CalDAV. Amongst the used libraries is the popular icalendar library to parse and write iCalendar (RFC5545) information. This cornerstone of Python's ecosystem requires some work to be up-to-date with common practice such as updating the timezone implementation. The updates to the icalendar library will be tested and also pushed up the stack to the Open Web Calendar. The recurrence calculation of events is done by the python-recurring-ical-events library. Changes to icalendar will be tested against this library to find compatibility issues. As the iCalendar standard has been updated, recurrence calculation is affected, too. These updates need to be evaluated and possibly implemented for both icalendar and the recurrence calculation. By implementing changes at the base, the whole stack is improved. We can use the Open Web Calendar project to make sure that possible transitions and updates are mapped out and communicated to other projects in the ecosystem. Improving a FOSS solution thus spreads the accessibility of iCalendar. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OpenWebCalendar">https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWebCalendar</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Tau</strong> — Remote sharing of terminal sessions</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">A common problem among people working on a command-line interface is to share their terminal session with one or many other people via the internet, ideally along with an audio stream, without viewers having to install any specific software. This project creates a solution that enables anyone with a web browser to receive such a broadcast. Unlike generic screensharing alternatives, a broadcast created by .tau will not be a stream of compressed video but rather a stream of ASCII characters with preserved timing as well as a terminal look &amp; feel, and giving the ability to easily copy text. The broadcaster will have a nice and easy experience installing a piece of software which accomplishes this. Upon completing a broadcast, a single resultant file is available for later viewing on the internet and or private distribution. Simple, portable and robust. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Tau">https://nlnet.nl/project/Tau</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Lemmy Scale</strong> —ActivityPub-powered social link aggregation and discussion</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Monal IM UI</strong> — Modern UI for XMPP on iOS and macOS</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Monal is an open source XMPP instant messaging client for MacOS and iOS which strives to be the go-to client for these platforms just like the app Conversations is for Android. Like other messaging apps on iOS and macOS Monal must deal with the limitations of these platforms. Yet, Monal is able to fully support push messages even for encrypted groupchats without resorting to non-XSF- standardized extensions to the long-lasting XMPP protocol. Since Monal has a quite mature and stable XMPP backend now, the focus is shifting to rewriting the UI of Monal. And all this while adding new features, such as voice and video calls, which have only recently been added. In this project, Monal will receive a new chat UI that provides better UX and is way more maintainable for the developers. Additionally, the audio call functionality previously funded by NLNet, will be extended by a dialpad. This will allow calls to mobile and landlines via appropriated XMPP-VoIP-bridges like jmp.chat. To speed up connection establishment support for Bind2 and FAST will be implemented. This will result in better UX, especially for users on mobile connections with low bandwidth and high latency. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Monal-IM-UI">https://nlnet.nl/project/Monal-IM-UI</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Native IFC for FreeCAD</strong> — ISO-compliant Building Information Modeling in FreeCAD</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">IFC, or Industry Foundation Classes, is finally providing a true, gold, open, universal data format for BIM (Building Information Modeling), the CAD paradigm nowadays widely adopted by the architecture, civil engineering and construction (AEC) industry. The IFC format is open-source, maintained by a consortium, open and text-based, and also an ISO standard. FreeCAD, a popular open-source 3D modeling application, has been supporting the IFC format for years already. This project goes one step further, and turns IFC a default file format of FreeCAD. Without the translation layer needed to import and export IFC files, FreeCAD becomes a true, native IFC editor, with a wealth of advantages, such as having minimal, identifiable and version-control-friendly change sets, access to just any piece of IFC data, etc. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FreeCAD-IFC">https://nlnet.nl/project/FreeCAD-IFC</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>/kbin</strong> —Mobile app and feature additions to /kbin</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <h3 id="vertical-use-cases-search-community">Vertical use cases, Search, Community</h3> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Stract</strong> — Explorative search engine</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Search has become an intrinsic part of the way we explore the web. Sadly as of late, most of the current search engines fail to live up to this responsibility. Stract is a fully open source, independent and user-centric search engine for the web. In short, our goal is to do web search right. The funding from NLnet will be used to improve the performance of our index, improve the performance of our web graph, adding a live index for news articles and blog posts and finally improving our currently insufficient documentation. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Stract">https://nlnet.nl/project/Stract</a> </div> </details> </div> <div> <details> <summary> <strong>Agorakit</strong> — Groupware which is a friendly online home to communities</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Agorakit is a web-based, open source organization tool for collectives. By creating collaborative groups, people can discuss topics, organize events, store files and keep everyone updated as needed. The tool is very easy to use, participants only need to register with an email, the very low barrier of entry and easy to use user interface make it an ideal tool for heterogeneous groups with people of broadly different backgrounds and skills. Those seem like simple features, but to have access to all those in the same product without friction is in our very humble opinion unique to Agorakit. The scope of this project is to enhance documentation, ease use and installation, and allow external communication (including federation). ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Agorakit">https://nlnet.nl/project/Agorakit</a> </div> </details> </div> <hr/> <br/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply before April 1st 2024</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240201-call.html"/> <updated>2024-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1^st 2024 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before April 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our minds and our mouth are: that is to <strong>increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2 id="open-themes">Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture and digital commons</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/commonsfund">Reclaim the public nature of the internet</a> (NGI0 Commons Fund)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/taler">Privacy-preserving digital payments</a> (NGI TALER)</li> </ul> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/mobifree">More ethical and human mobile software</a> (NGI MobiFree)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <p>The deadlines for the <strong>NGI Pilot</strong> <a href="/fediversity">Fediversity</a> will be announced later.</p> <h2 id="about-nlnet-foundation">About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240109-CommonsFund-starts.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI0 Commons Fund Aims to Reclaim Public Nature of the Internet</div> </title> <link href="/news/2024/20240109-CommonsFund-starts.html"/> <updated>2024-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>NGI0 Commons Fund will award € 21.6 million in grants for the development of open digital technologies</h3> <p>Today the <a href="/NGI0/">NGI Zero coalition</a>, led by <a href="/">NLnet Foundation</a>, unveils the <a href="/commonsfund/">NGI0 Commons Fund</a>. Between now and 2027 the new public fund will award well over 21 million euro in small and medium R&amp;D grants to free and open source technology projects. This makes the fund the single largest investment made by the European Commission’s <a href="https://NGI.eu/">Next Generation Internet initiative</a> since it became operational in 2019.</p> <h2>The benefits of technology for society</h2> <p>The fund financially supports independent software engineers and researchers who develop digital commons – building blocks which can be used, studied, shared and modified by everyone. <q>The NGI0 Commons Fund is a strategic impulse for Europe’s digital independence, as much as it is an investment into our European economy</q>, says Michiel Leenaars, director of strategy at NLnet and program leader of the new fund. <q>People are looking for fairer alternatives to existing proprietary digital services. Yet it is still unclear how to go about it. Fostering digital commons through these investments will render technologies more accessible and the internet less dependent on proprietary services with unclear legal conditions. And, a more resilient internet is a clear benefit for society.</q> </p> <h2>Agile R&amp;D granting process</h2> <p>Unique to the NGI0 Commons Fund is that it recognizes the importance of grassroots efforts as drivers for change. This is why the fund enables a large number of carefully curated small grants (between 5 000 and 50 000 euro), effectively at a human scale. <q>If an investment of that size was good enough to bootstrap the development of the entire World Wide Web itself at the time, we believe it makes sense today to see what else we can bring into the world when there is no pressure from venture capital – but only talent that puts the public good at the center</q>, says Leenaars. The programme is open to both individuals and organisations of any type – but the project outcomes must be publicly available under a free and open license. For projects with high potential, a scale-up programme is available.</p> <p>The scope of the open calls is broad, meaning that those working on technology commons across the entire technological spectrum can apply: from libre silicon chips to privacy-friendly augmented reality &amp; AI, from alternative mobile operating systems to open office suites, and from end-to-end encrypted messaging applications to community-curated open data repositories.</p> <p> <q>Making the internet human centric is part of the core mission of the Next Generation Internet initiative”</q>, states Fabrizia Benini, Head of unit within the European Commission responsible for the NGI initiative. <q>The European Commission is making a strategic investment into free and non-proprietary open software and hardware as well open standards, open data policies and publicly accessible science. These new building blocks of digital commons will make the internet more trustworthy, helping to overcome the dependency issues Europe is facing today.</q> </p> <h2>First call opens February 1, 2024</h2> <p>The first open call is scheduled for next month, to be followed by new opportunities every two months until the budget is fully allocated. Besides financial support grantees can count on a range of support services to improve the quality, maturity and deployability of their efforts. Practical services like security, accessibility audits and packaging help to improve the quality and promote adoption of the projects, while services like mentoring and diversity management aim to strengthen the communities behind them.</p> <h2>About NGI Zero</h2> <p>NGI Zero is a dynamic coalition of not-for-profit organisations that together fund and support the development of technology commons as building blocks for the Next Generation Internet initiative in various ways. Since 2019, NGI Zero has been reshaping public funding of technology with one of the most ambitious and productive funding programmes of its kind — providing bottom-up grants to create digital commons with a pipeline of tailored support to help mature the technologies in question. So far <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/discover-ngi-solutions/?&amp;NGI_project=4167,2728,4155,2729">well over five hundred projects</a> have been funded, ranging <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/WireGuard-upscale/">from formally verified VPN tunnels</a>, <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/EthicalApps/">open</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Reproducible-F-Droid/">app</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/F-Droid-Trackers/">stores</a>, <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/offen"> privacy-preserving</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/GoatCounter">analytics</a> to <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Mastodon/"> decentralised</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Pixelfed">social</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/ActivityPub">media</a> – and many more.</p> <p>The team behind NGI Zero Commons Fund includes the following European partners: <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (NL) (program lead), <a href="https://ow2.org">OW2</a> (FR), <a href="https://fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> (DE), <a href="https://openforumeurope.org">OpenForum Europe</a> (BE), <a href="https://apell.info">Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre</a> (BE), <a href="https://nixos.org">NixOS Foundation</a> (NL), <a href="https://tolerantnetworks.com">Tolerant Networks</a> (IE), <a href="https://radicallyopensecurity.com">Radically Open Security</a> (NL), <a href="https://www.han.nl/international/en">HAN University of Applied Sciences</a> (NL), <a href="https://apc.org">Association for Progressive Communications</a> (ES), <a href="https://techcultivation.org">Center for the Cultivation of Technology</a> (DE) and <a href="https://commonscaretakers.com">Commons Caretakers BV</a> (NL). Additional funding for the Swiss partners (<a href="https://f-si.org">Free Silicon Foundation</a> and <a href="https://isoc.ch">Internet Society Switzerland chapter</a>) is made available by the <a href="https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home.html">Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation</a> (SERI). An overview of earlier and ongoing programmes such as <a href="https://nlnet.nl/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/core/">NGI0 Core</a> can be found on <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">https://nlnet.nl/NGI0</a>.</p> <br/> <p class="attention center"> <a class="buttoncall" href="https://lists.nlnet.nl/mailman3/lists/newsletter.lists.nlnet.nl/">Subscribe to our newsletter</a> </p> <hr/> <br/> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/commonsfund"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0CommonsFund_tag.svg" alt="NGI0 Commons Fund logo" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231213-bluehats.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Nominate Free Software Projects for the €10.000 BlueHats Prizes</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231213-bluehats.html"/> <updated>2023-12-13T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="container thumbright"> <img src="/bluehatsprize/2024/bluehats-logo.svg" alt="BlueHats logo"/> </div> <p>The French public administration is awarding four € 10 000 prizes to maintainers of free and open source projects. Its <a href="https://code.gouv.fr/en/">Free Software unit</a> (an OSPO) has partnered with NLnet to put four notable projects in the spotlight and award them the BlueHats 2024 prizes. <a href="https://code.gouv.fr/en/bluehats/">BlueHats</a> are civil servants who promote using and developing Free Software in public administrations.</p> <h2>Nominate a project</h2> <p>Anyone can nominate a project. An important condition is that the project must be in use by at least one agency of the French administration. There's a link on the <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">BlueHats prize 2024</a> page to a non-exhaustive list of dependencies that are eligible. The page also offers the light-weight form to nominate your favorite project.</p> <h2>Announcement of the winners</h2> <p>The nominated projects will be evaluated by a jury. The jury will provide a jury report and the winners of the four BlueHats prizes will be announced in March, April, May and June. The chosen projects will receive a prize of € 10 000 to be spent freely. So don't hesititate and nominate a free and open source project for the <a href="/bluehatsprize/2024/">BlueHats prize 2024</a>.</p> <br/> <p class="attention center"> <a class="buttoncall" href="https://lists.nlnet.nl/mailman3/lists/newsletter.lists.nlnet.nl/">Subscribe to our newsletter</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply before February 1st 2024</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231201-call.html"/> <updated>2023-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1^st 2024 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before February 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our minds and our mouth are: that is to <strong>increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2 id="open-themes">Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture and digital commons</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <p>Note that on January 1^st 2024 a new fund, <a href="/commonsfund">NGI Zero Commons Fund</a> will open. The deadline for the first call has been extended to April 1^st 2024 for procedural reasons. Deadlines for the <strong>NGI Pilots</strong> (like <a href="/taler">NGI TALER</a> and <a href="/fediversity">Fediversity</a> will be announced later as well.</p> <h2 id="about-nlnet-foundation">About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231123-announcing-projects.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">55 New Projects Awarded NGI0 Grants</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231123-announcing-projects.html"/> <updated>2023-11-23T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>We are happy to announce 55 new projects have been awarded an NGI Zero grant. That means 55 teams and individuals working on great ideas that contribute to the Next Generation Internet. Projects cover all ten layers of the NGI technology stack, from trustworthy open hardware to services and applications which provide autonomy for end-users.</p> <div class="center"> <img src="/image/logo-row-1.svg" alt="collection of logos of NGI0 projects."/> </div> <p>Currently there are two NGI Zero programmes active. The <a href="/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust</a> program supports people who are working on privacy and trust enhancing technologies. In this round, 39 teams received funding within this program. The other 16 teams were selected for the <a href="/core/">NGI0 Core</a> program which supports projects that improve the open Internet architecture. NGI0 programs have rolling calls with a deadline every two months. If you have a good idea that contributes to a human-centered internet you can <a href="/propose/">submit a proposal</a>. The next deadline is December 1^st.</p> <div class="center"> <img src="/image/logo-row-2.svg" alt="collection of logos of NGI0 projects."/> </div> <h2>Meet the new projects</h2> <p> <em>(you can click or tap on the project name to fold out additional information)</em> </p> <h3>Layer 1 Trustworthy hardware and manufacturing</h3> <div class=""> <details open=""> <summary> <strong>Icestudio</strong> — Visual developer tool for development of FPGAs</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Icestudio is an open source integrated development environment (IDE) with a "no code" philosophy that, through a block and diagram oriented visual interface, simplifies and streamlines the design of digital electronics on FPGAs. The simplicity of the concept breaks with the complexity of other tools in proprietary EDA environments, being able to meet the educational needs of STEM disciplines for the youngest students in schools, institutes, and universities, as well as providing more advanced users with a tool that simplifies their workflow in a much more user-friendly and visual environment without losing power or control. Through its frictionless installation system and the generation of Verilog code from the visual design, Icestudio allows users to get started immediately, acting as an integrating element between designers and manufacturers of open hardware, with developers of open software solutions for synthesis such as Oss Cad Suite and transpilers such as Silice, Amaranth, or Cflexhdl. Icestudio has the vocation of becoming the standard as a visual IDE for digital design on FPGAs, allowing other code-oriented IDEs to integrate it as part of their solution in the near future. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Icestudio">https://nlnet.nl/project/Icestudio</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>mikroPhone</strong> — Open Hardware feature phone</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">mikroPhone is currently a basic feature phone with extensible open source firmware. It is a fully open hardware device and it can easily be built in a home lab. It is intended to protect user's privacy to the highest possible level and to bring data sovereignty back to its users. This project focuses on further improvement of the basic phone device and integration of ARM module that runs GNU/Linux OS. Since linux module is entirely optional, it is not used for handling any critical functions of the device (e.g. cellular voice and secure VoIP calls, SMS messaging) and it can be powered-up on demand. This would solve common problems of linux smartphones such as poor basic phone functionality and short battery life. The goal of the project is to provide an option of enjoying a fully usable linux smartphone. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/mikroPhone">https://nlnet.nl/project/mikroPhone</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Naja</strong> — Add Dissolved and Batch Netlists to Naja EDA</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Naja is an EDA (Electronic Design Automation) project aiming at offering open source data structures and APIs for the development of post logic synthesis EDA algorithms such as: netlist simplification (constant and dead logic propagation), logic replication, netlist partitioning, ASIC and FPGA place and route, … In most EDA flows, data exchange is done by using standard netlist formats (Verilog, LEF/DEF, EDIF, …) which were not designed to represent data structures content with high fidelity. To overcome this problem, Naja relies on Cap'n Proto open source interchange format. Naja also emphasizes EDA applications parallelization (targeting in particular cloud computing) by providing a robust object identification mechanism allowing to partition and merge data across the network. The core of Naja is formed by two interrelated data structures: the Structured Netlist (SNL) and the Dissolved Netlist (DNL). SNL is tailored for high-fidelity representation of hierarchical netlists, while DNL offers a flattened netlist view, optimized for rapid, multi-threaded analysis and optimization tool development. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Naja-DNL">https://nlnet.nl/project/Naja-DNL</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>OVT 13</strong> — Open Hardware laptop</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The open hardware laptop OVT 13 (Open Vision Technology 13" Laptop) will be a thin and light laptop that is on-par in terms of performance and look-and-feel with established solutions available from market dominating competitors. The OVT 13 is designed to meet the modern standards imposed on thin and light laptops. The fully open-hardware design as well as the modular approach will satisfy both the enthusiast and non-technical user in terms of design openness, upgradability and repairability, performance and formfactor. The vast amount of engineering innovation that goes into designing consumer electronics devices goes unnoticed by many users. These innovations take place behind closed doors and do not advance the technical progress of our society, but only serve to increase the market share of a single company. The OVT 13 will not only be an open hardware design, but also a communication effort that shines a light on the design challenges and the innovations needed to overcome them. By publicly documenting the whole design process no knowledge will be kept behind closed doors and the innovation that goes into designing such a system can be used by everyone. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OVT13">https://nlnet.nl/project/OVT13</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Topola</strong> — Topological (rubberband) router for printed circuit boards</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Topola is an open-source topological (rubberband) router for printed circuit boards (PCBs). Unlike traditional maze routers, topological routers like Topola are not constrained by a grid or 45° angles, allowing for more efficient circuit board layouts (denser arrangement of components and traces, lower crosstalk, reflection, and electromagnetic interference). The goal of the project is to develop a dutifully maintained engine for interactive and automatic routing that can be used both as a standalone application and reusable software library integrated in popular open-source PCB electronic design automation (EDA) packages, giving designers a tool for developing high-quality open hardware designs without having to pay for expensive proprietary software. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Topola">https://nlnet.nl/project/Topola</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Verilog-AMS in Gnucap (cont'd)</strong> — Analog/Mixed modelling and simulation in Gnucap</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Verilog-AMS is a standardised modelling language widely used in analog and mixed-signal design, but without an open reference implementation. Gnucap is a modular mixed-signal circuit simulator that partially implements Verilog-AMS, that aspires to eventually implement the complete language. In 2023, with NLnet support, we made significant progress in support for Verilog-AMS, the "analog" part, also known as Verilog-A, both on the simulator side and in the model compiler. For 2024, we will extend the work, concentrating on three tasks. The first is extensions to modelgen, the model compiler, essentially completing the analog part of Verilog-AMS, with some digital. The second task is enhancements to the simulator, mostly related to fast simulation of large mixed circuits, with both analog and digital parts. The first and second tasks are related to the "mixed-signal" aspect of Verilog-AMS. The third task addresses interoperability with other software, including schematic entry and layout, ability for Gnucap to use device models from other simulators, for modelgen to generate code to be used with other simulators, and porting some analysis commands. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Gnucap-MixedSignals">https://nlnet.nl/project/Gnucap-MixedSignals</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>TerosHDL: OSS, GHDL, NVC</strong> — IDE with support for Open SYthesis Suite and GHDL/NVC simulators</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">TerosHDL is an open-source graphical IDE tailored to FPGA/ASIC development. The goal is to empower engineers, hobbyists, and students to easily engage in RTL design, fostering innovation and growth in the field. TerosHDL serves as a comprehensive platform, supporting RTL design, synthesis, simulation and common code edition (linting, formatting, etc). In this project, TerosHDL will incorporate support for a number of additional powerful RTL design tools: Yosys, GHDL, and NVC. This will give users an interface which is friendly to first time users, equipped with real-time feedback and debugging capabilities. This further streamlines the chip design process, enhancing efficiency and making RTL design more accessible and productive. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/TerosHDL-Yosys-GHDL-NVC">https://nlnet.nl/project/TerosHDL-Yosys-GHDL-NVC</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>TISG trustable image sensor gateware</strong> —FPGA based camera providing encrypted video streams</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 2 Network infrastructure</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Improvements for the next generation firewalling tool in Linux</strong> —Netfilter kernel improvements, user space tools and testing</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Katzen Metadata Minimizing Messsenger</strong> —Privacy preserving instant messaging using a modern mixnet</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>OCaml-QUIC</strong> — Implement QUIC/QUIC-TLS/QPACK and HTTP/3 in OCAML</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">HTTP/3 is the most recent version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web. Like the QUIC transport layer protocol it uses, it is standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). OCaml-QUIC is an implementation of QUIC (RFC9000), QPACK (RFC9204), HTTP/3 (RFC9114) and associated protocols in OCaml, an industrial, functional, memory safe programming language, used in sectors ranging from finance and research to social media and web application. The project aims to provide an open, complete implementation of the aforementioned protocols to be used and deployed in embedded devices, POSIX/UNIX operating systems and unikernels (self-contained, library operating systems). <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OCaml-QUIC">https://nlnet.nl/project/OCaml-QUIC</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 3 Software engineering and protocols</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Σ-protocols</strong> —Formalise and implement zero-knowledge proof Σ-protocol</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Alive2</strong> — Translation validation for LLVM</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Modern compilers, such as LLVM, perform advanced optimizations to improve performance and reduce binary size of programs. However, getting these optimizations correct is very challenging: there are many corner cases, tricky issues with undefined behavior, modular arithmetic, and so on. On the other hand, programs rely on compilers being correct. A single bug in the compiler may introduce security vulnerabilities in the compiled programs. Alive2 aims to solve this issue by verifying that LLVM is correct. It is an indispensable tool for compiler developers and for anyone that wishes to validate the compilation of their program. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Alive2">https://nlnet.nl/project/Alive2</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>ForgeFlux</strong> —Software Forge independent federation with ActivityPub and F3</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Feather UI</strong> — Declarative cross-platform UI toolkit</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Feather is a universal UI library that applies user inputs to application state, and maps application state to an interactive visualization using a custom graphics rendering language capable of compiling to arbitrary GPU code or vectorized CPU code. By building on top of a well-typed graphics abstraction, it is possible to make custom shaders "write once, run anywhere" with confidence and no overhead. This allows the creation of UI Fragments, which no longer need to be built on top of a library of UI widget elements, allowing the creation of arbitrarily complex UI elements that are no longer bound to traditional widget designs. This level of abstraction allows targeting anything from embedded devices to webpages, or even mixed-reality devices. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FeatherUI">https://nlnet.nl/project/FeatherUI</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Fediverse Test Suite</strong> — Interoperability effort for W3C ActivityPub</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Fediverse is a global, standards-based, decentralized social network accessible to all and not subject to algorithmic manipulation or platform surveillance. While best known for Mastodon, an open-source alternative to X/Twitter, it already successfully connects dozens of independently developed software applications running on tens of thousands of independently operated servers and implementing feature sets that go far beyond traditional social networking. To enable even more innovative developers to successfully connect their applications to the Fediverse, and their users to successfully interoperate with users using different software, it needs to become much simpler and cost-effective for developers to 1) know that they have implemented the relevant standards (notably ActivityPub) correctly, that their implementation is not regressing and that 2) their software indeed delivers the experience users expect from interoperability with other software developed independently by other developers. This project brings together a group of fediverse developers to set up an automated test framework and initial test cases in an open-source project that will systematically test standards conformance, ensure meeting user expectations for interoperability of Fediverse apps, and enable a new wave of innovation based on more trustworthy infrastructure. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/FediverseTestsuite">https://nlnet.nl/project/FediverseTestsuite</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>jaq</strong> — Implementation of jq in Rust with formal semantics</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">JSON is a data format that is frequently used to publish Open Data. jq is a widely used programming language that allows citizens to easily process JSON data. There are several tools to run jq programs, including jq, gojq, and jaq. Of these three tools, jaq is the fastest (judging from several benchmarks), despite having the smallest code base. This project centers on improving jaq and the wider jq ecosystem: First, we want to advance the development of jaq, in particular to support more features of jq. Next, we want to make jaq more accessible, by creating JavaScript bindings for jaq. This will allow developers to integrate jaq into websites. Furthermore, this will allow users to run jaq from a browser, respecting their privacy by processing data on their machines. Finally, we want to create formal semantics for jq, based on jaq's execution approach. This will allow users to better understand how jq programs behave. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/jaq">https://nlnet.nl/project/jaq</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>lib25519 for ARM</strong> — Add 64bit ARM optimisations to lib25519</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Modern network protocols rely on elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) toprotect communication against espionage and sabotage. lib25519 is a new software library for the Curve25519 elliptic curve, including the X25519 encryption system and the Ed25519 signature system. Curve25519 is the fastest curve in TLS 1.3, and the only curve in Wireguard, Signal, and many other applications. So far lib25519 has exploited the features of Intel CPUs to provide top speeds for those CPUs, while meeting the security constraint of not leaking secret information through timing. This project will extend lib25519 to target 64-bit ARM CPUs, and in particular the Cortex-A53 CPU, which for instance powers the Raspberry Pi 3.<em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/lib25519-ARM">https://nlnet.nl/project/lib25519-ARM</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>owi</strong> — Symbolic evaluator and fuzzing of WASM software</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">WebAssembly (Wasm) is a post-JavaScript code format for the web, enabling efficient computing, with built-in sandboxed execution. Its usage is expanding: it is now used in online services, in embedded systems and to create portable binaries. Owi is a toolkit tailored for Wasm. In particular it can perform efficient symbolic program execution. That is to say, for a given program, it is able to find input values leading to a crash. Many languages are compiling to Wasm, e.g. C/C++/Rust. Owi can thus be used as a bug-finding tool working on any of these languages. We're currently improving the usability of the tool as a part of the testing workflow for developers, the first step of this work is to provide an interface making Owi a drop-in replacement for AFL. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/OWI">https://nlnet.nl/project/OWI</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Standards Grammar Catalog/Toolchain</strong> — Open Standards Grammar Catalog/Toolchain</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Open Standards Grammar Catalog/Toolchain makes it easier to implement a format or protocol by translating its machine-readable definition, usually in a language such as ABNF, into forms readily compatible with popular programming languages, like regular expressions, YACC, ANTLR, and native code. By providing a toolchain for making these translations, assembling a catalog of commonly used formats protocols, and publishing a developer-friendly website for browsing the grammars and generating translations, these tools will reduce the need to manually write a parser, ultimately reducing errors due to hand-written code, and enhancing interoperability. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/StandardsGrammarCatalog">https://nlnet.nl/project/StandardsGrammarCatalog</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>webxdc PUSH</strong> — Towards an usable, interoperable and trustworthy web app ecosystem</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Webxdc PUSH advances a new (fully NGI-aligned) paradigm for writing and distributing web apps, majorly improving interoperability, usability, reliability, trustworthiness and and interactivity of chat-shared web apps (webxdc) across messengers and platforms. PUSH enables app developers to use new notification, upgrading and real-time messaging facilities, majorly leveling up the cross-messenger webxdc effort and specifications. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WebXDC-Push">https://nlnet.nl/project/WebXDC-Push</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Zilch</strong> — Tools for efficient granular builds and introspection</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Zilch is an experimental test bed for alternative approaches to building programs, services, and full Linux distributions. Being built on top of Nix, it is entirely compatible with NixOS. The goal of this project is to research and develop a set of tools that allow a developer to write programs and patch existing upstream projects, while keeping the reproducibility and sandboxing afforded to them by Nix. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Zilch">https://nlnet.nl/project/Zilch</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 4 Operating system and firmware</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Oils for Unix</strong> —Bringing shell environments into the 21st century</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Open source ESP32 802.11 MAC</strong> — Open source wifi drivers for ESP32</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The ESP32 is a low-cost microcontroller with Wi-Fi connectivity. Currently, the Wi-Fi MAC layer of the ESP32 is closed-source. This project aims to change that: by reverse engineering the hardware registers and software, we can build a networking stack that is open-source up to the hardware, instead of having to use the proprietary MAC layer. This will improve security auditability, open up the possibility for features not supported in the proprietary implementation (for example, standards-compliant mesh networking), improve interoperability and make research into Wi-Fi networks with lots of nodes more affordable. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/ESP32-opendrivers">https://nlnet.nl/project/ESP32-opendrivers</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Python bindings to the rattler library</strong> —Python bindings to the rattler library</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>TrenchBoot for AMD platform in Linux kernel</strong> —Upstream TrenchBoot AMD support to the Linux kernel</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Tvix-{Store/Build}</strong> — Improve store and builder component of Tvix</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Tvix is a modern design and implementation of the Nix package manager (GPLv3). It brings a modular architecture in which components such as the build environment or package store are replaceable, which enables new use-cases and platforms. A graph-reduction evaluation model will make it possible to use Nix for package definitions and entire system configurations, its proven and tested use case, as well as for granular build definitions for individual components of software. Tvix will be fully compatible with nixpkgs, the existing package definition set for Nix, letting its users leverage more than a decade of community contributions and making it useful right out-of-the-box. This particular project focuses on the Store and Builder components of Tvix, upgrading the store protocol, improving the Builder API as well as providing more interop with Nix. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Tvix-Store_Builder">https://nlnet.nl/project/Tvix-Store_Builder</a> </div> </details> </div> <details> <summary> <strong>UEFI Capsule Update for coreboot with EDK II</strong> —Implement more robust firmware updates in coreboot</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 5 Measurement, monitoring, analysis and abuse handling</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Back to source: trust but verify all the packages</strong> —Analysis pipeline for mapping and cross-referencing binaries with source code</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>EEZ flow for EEZ Studio IV</strong> —Open Hardware Test &amp; Measurement equipment</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>purl2sym - FOSS code symbols indexing system</strong> —purl2sym - FOSS code symbols indexing system</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 6 Middleware + identity</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>DNSvizor</strong> — Privacy-enhanced DNS resolver and DHCP server</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">A secure and robust DHCP server and DNS resolver with a small resource footprint. We will develop a MirageOS unikernel providing these crucial network services. There are various privacy extensions (such as query name minimisation, and recently published opportunistic encryption between the resolver and the authoritative name server), as well as the possibility to deny resolution of configurable domain names (block lists). For enhanced security, we will implement DNSSec. We will provide DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS services. This will be a drop-in replacement for DNSvizor and Pi-hole. The project builds on top of MirageOS: a library operating system developed in OCaml — a memory-safe functional programming language. In MirageOS, each service is a separate unikernel with a minimal attack surface that only contains the code required to run it. These unikernels are normally executed as a virtualized machine such as KVM, VirtIO, Xen. MirageOS also supports using a strict security feature of the Linux kernel called seccomp. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DNSvizor">https://nlnet.nl/project/DNSvizor</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 7 Decentralised solutions</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Automerge</strong> — Add Merkle Search Tree support to Automerge</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Automerge is a CRDT library for building local-first collaboration software, allowing several users to concurrently edit a file, both in real-time and offline. It is currently optimized for working on a single document; this project aims to improve Automerge's support for synchronizing large collections of documents across multiple devices (for example, all of a user's notes in a note-taking app). The challenges here are efficiently determining which documents need to be synced, syncing multiple documents in parallel, giving users a progress indicator during large data transfers, and making the protocol efficient in terms of computation, memory, and bandwidth. Our protocol will be compatible with both client-server and peer-to-peer synchronization. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Automerge-MST">https://nlnet.nl/project/Automerge-MST</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>AVantGaRDe</strong> — Reliable Foundations of Local-first Graph Database</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The *AVantGaRDe* (Verified highly-Available and Reliable Distributed Graph Databases) project aims to develop a framework for reliably supporting local-first connectivity. Graph databases have recently been introduced to efficiently manage interconnected, heterogeneous, and semi-structured data. These leverage native graph storage, an expressive property graph model, and dedicated graph query languages. Still, scalably and reliably managing large graphs, while ensuring availability, low latency, and consistency is challenging. While cloud graph databases try to address this, local-first solutions allow users to preserve ownership and agency over their data. Unfortunately, no local-first graph databases exist, as these require customized replicated data types (CRDTs) and compositionally preserving graph invariants. Moreover, as CRDTs are already notoriously difficult to construct, ensuring the correctness of complex graph CRDTs is challenging. The project aims to develop a novel framework for designing foundational models for local-first graph databases, with built-in trustworthiness and reliability guarantees. *AVantGaRDe* sets to design a unified framework for prototyping and extracting correct-by-construction horizontally scaled property graph CRDTs that can preserve complex invariants. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/AVantGaRDe">https://nlnet.nl/project/AVantGaRDe</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>p2panda: group encryption and capabilities</strong> —Add group encryption and capabilities to peer-to-peer SDK</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Willow Sync</strong> — General Sync Protocol for Willow written in Rust</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Willow is a protocol for syncable data stores, forming resilient data networks which can endure indefinite connectivity outages. This protocol brings qualitative advances to data deletion in distributed networks, supports completely decentralised fine-grained permission schemes, and has been designed to use memory, bandwidth (and consequently energy) efficiently. In this project, the Willow protocol will be implemented using the Rust programming language. This new implementation will be able to take advantage of Rust’s efficiency and safety guarantees, and make the protocol accessible to embedded devices, as well as provide a more efficient solution for smartphones, computers, and servers alike. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/WillowSync">https://nlnet.nl/project/WillowSync</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 8 Data and AI</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>AI Horde</strong> — Collaborative infrastructure for running generative AI models</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The AI Horde is a crowdsourced, free, libre and open sourced service with the aim to truly democratise access to Generative AI. It supports both generating text via Large Language Models and images via Stable Diffusion via a simple REST API, allowing everyone to integrate this technology to any product. One of the biggest challenges with Generative AI is the amount of resources required to run even simple models, leaving the vast majority of humanity without access to this technology. The AI Horde delivers a groundbreaking smart-queuing clearing house where enthusiasts can volunteer their idle compute for everyone in the world to generate images or text without any further commitments or budget. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/AI-Horde">https://nlnet.nl/project/AI-Horde</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Inventaire</strong> — Social reading with cross-instance book exchanges using ActivityPub</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">he Inventaire Association supports and promotes the use of libre/free software and open knowledge to share information on resources. This ideal results in inventaire.io: a libre book sharing webapp, inviting everyone to make the inventory of their physical books, say what they want to do with it (giving, sharing, selling) and who may see it (friends, groups, or everyone). To provide data on books, inventaire.io reuses, extends, and facilitate contribution to wikidata.org. This allows users to build their inventories on top of a huge open multilingual knowledge graph, connected to Wikipedia, national libraries, the fediverse, and many other resources. As the inventaire software becomes more mature, it is now time to deliver on a promise made years ago: decentralization. Installing and maintaining a self-hosted data-federated inventaire server should soon be as easy as (cyber-)cake! This would allow association libraries, privacy-concerned collectives, or anyone preferring self-hosting, to run their own instance: they would fully control their inventory data ("We have this book"), while still having the possibility to benefit from a mutualized bibliographic database ("This author wrote this book"). <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Inventaire-Fed">https://nlnet.nl/project/Inventaire-Fed</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>uMap</strong> — Collaborative custom mapping with OpenStreetMap data</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">uMap is an online open source application to make custom maps. It aims to make creating maps easy for anyone in a few clicks. It’s simple for basic use cases, whether you want to prepare a bike travel with your friends or communicate the current roadworks for your city. But it’s also flexible and extendable for more complex or custom ones: drawing or importing data, customizing style and interface, sharing access to a map… uMap is also easy to install and to maintain to enforce a decentralized model. It is already deployed in several European countries, and is translated in dozen of languages. Plus, it also allows to create maps anonymously. In this project, we will adding real-time collaboration on maps with local-first support - which will for instance help a lot with live events and mapping sprints - and clean up the user interface. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/uMap">https://nlnet.nl/project/uMap</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 9 Services + applications</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Bonfire Framework</strong> — Elixir-based ActivityPub implementation and library with groups and RBAC</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Bonfire is an open-source, federated social networking toolkit, designed to empower communities to build custom and federated social networks. The current focus of our project is to improve the stability, performance, and documentation of our codebase, honing a solid framework that enhances user experience and encourages wider adoption. We aim to catch bugs, enhance platform performance, and enrich the developer experience by crafting comprehensive tutorials and documentation. A key aspect of our project involves extending our ActivityPub Library, which underpins the federated nature of Bonfire, and contributing back to the ActivityPub ecosystem by releasing v1.0 of our open-source ActivityPub library. The expected outcomes include a robust, efficient Bonfire framework to be used in production, a surge in developer and community adoption, and contributions to standardize federation protocols. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Bonfire-Framework">https://nlnet.nl/project/Bonfire-Framework</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Commune</strong> — User-friendly persistent chat/voice rooms</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Commune is an open source alternative to Discord, specifically designed for public-by-default communities. Based on Matrix and built as a Synapse server extension combined with a custom client, Commune inverts a lot of Matrix norms: (1) Web-readable channels and threads that are easily shared as links and tended to in a digital garden; (2) shared interest discoverability across spaces via federated webrings; (3) opt-in encryption for ease of onboarding. The mission of Commune is to act as an accessibility layer on top of the Matrix protocol as a backbone for online community building. Commune meets users where they are by integrating tightly with Discord through two-way syncing and social logins (OAuth), allowing for incremental adoption as opposed to competing directly with the networking effects of incumbents. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Commune">https://nlnet.nl/project/Commune</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Delta Tauri</strong> — DeltaChat implemented in Tauri</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">The Delta Chat Desktop app is currently built with Electron and shipped to end-users on all platforms and many app stores. Delta Tauri will port it to instead use Tauri on all platforms, minimizing resource consumption and improving security. The download size is expected to decrease to around a fifth from the present situation, and the use of a system web view instead of the Electron-shipped full Chromium browser improves security because users benefit from operating-system managed security updates. Delta Tauri will also provide an important stepping stone towards a potential Delta Chat Web client, an often requested feature from users. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/DeltaTauri">https://nlnet.nl/project/DeltaTauri</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Elm Matrix SDK</strong> —Better moderation for Matrix rooms and servers</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">More details to follow</div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Email &lt;=&gt; XMPP gateway</strong> — Bridge instant messaging with email</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Libervia is a versatile communication ecosystem offering features like instant messaging, blogging, event planning, photo albums, file sharing, audio/video calls, and more. It can additionally function as an XMPP component, providing server-side features. This initiative focuses on creating an Email &lt;=&gt; XMPP gateway, enhancing file management for attachments, transforming mailing list threads into interactive, forum-style discussions with modern elements such as tags and mentions, and ensuring support for end-to-end encryption. The Libervia interface will also see improvements for a better user experience, with clear indicators of message origins and security status. This gateway is a move toward unifying various communication methods within single clients, following Libervia's philosophy as seen with its ActivityPub &lt;=&gt; XMPP gateway and is in harmony with other projects like Slidge, Spectrum 2, or Biboumi. With the introduction of this component, not only will Libervia's functionality be elevated, but it will also equip other XMPP ecosystem projects with the ability to connect their users with the email world, fostering deeper integration of XMPP across the spectrum of communication tools. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/EmailXMPPgateway">https://nlnet.nl/project/EmailXMPPgateway</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>GoToSocial</strong> — Improvements to ActivityPub server written in Go</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">GoToSocial is an ActivityPub-enabled social network server. It complements existing ActivityPub implementations (Mastodon, Akkoma, etc) by providing a lightweight, customizable and privacy focused entry to decentralized social media hosting. GoToSocial places a high value on ease of deployment and maintenance; this means low power requirements, simple set up, and clear documentation. It empowers self-hosting newcomers and experts alike, to easily and reliably deploy decentralized communities at minimal cost. With something as low-power as a small single-board home server, you can deploy a personal instance to follow your favourite Fediverse users, post content and interact with the decentralized community at large, all while retaining ownership of your personal data. For more experienced and privacy conscious users we offer features like allow-list federation mode, to ensure your data is only circulated among those you explicitly permit. In this project, the team will add two factor authentication, improve interoperability, scalability and add some new features like better archiving capabilities. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/GoToSocial-scale">https://nlnet.nl/project/GoToSocial-scale</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Karrot</strong> — Location-aware community self-organisation</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Karrot is a tool to support grassroots community organizing. It is designed to enable community-building and a more transparent, democratic and participatory governance of groups. Some of its defining features are the self-assignment of tasks, full transparency of members’ actions and a trust-based role system that avoids all-powerful group admins. Karrot originates in facilitating food-saving and sharing initiatives but developed a wider scope of community support. Equipped with a better understanding about the diverse ways in which people self-organize and practice commoning, we will further develop the existing roles and permissions system, add features through which groups can run polls and enact graduated sanctions according to their needs. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Karrot-customroles">https://nlnet.nl/project/Karrot-customroles</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Mobilizon UX</strong> — Share events on the fediverse</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Mobilizon enables the creation of community venues for organising and promoting local and topical events, activities, and groups. These instances can share information using the ActivityPub protocol, allowing users to publish their events on one Mobilizon server and propagate these elsewhere. Mobilizon is designed to be user-friendly and empowering. In order to reach a wider audience with Mobilizon, we need to make sure we serve the needs of users well - whether they are instance administrators, event organisers, or end users. We will conduct workshops to study how each of these interacts with Mobilizon and understand their expectations, so that we can develop Mobilizon accordingly. Additionally, we will test, document and improve interoperability with other Mobilizon instances, other fediverse applications, and other websites in general. This can be achieved through plugins, APIs, and aligning on standard formats such as Ical. Ultimately, communicating about local activities will become more efficient and finding local activities easier. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Mobilizon-UX">https://nlnet.nl/project/Mobilizon-UX</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>NodeBB</strong> — ActivityPub support and accessibility improvements for forum software</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">NodeBB is a Node.js based community forum software utilizes web sockets for instant interactions and real-time notifications. NodeBB benefits from modern features like real-time streaming discussions, mobile responsiveness, and rich RESTful read/write APIs, while staying true to the original bulletin board/forum format — categorical hierarchies, local user accounts, and asynchronous messaging. In this project, the team will be working on bringing ActivityPub integration to NodeBB, in order to allow forums to become truly interconnected with other ActivityPub-enabled applications throughout the wider Fediverse (of course including other NodeBB forums). The absolute hardest part of starting a community — forum or otherwise — is gaining a critical mass of adoption in order to sustain interest and content. What if we could bypass this hurdle altogether? <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/NodeBB">https://nlnet.nl/project/NodeBB</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Overte</strong> — Virtual reality based social platform</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Overte is a virtual social platform that allows its users to socialize in a more involved way than traditional digital communications, by allowing them to enter worlds using Virtual Reality. It can be used not just for recreational activities, but also education, psychotherapy, congresses, and more. The goal is to support peoples need for immersive social platforms, by providing them with something that is privacy respecting and free. As part of this project, we aim to take on bigger maintenance and development tasks that may otherwise happen slowly or remain undone. Such tasks include overhauling the build system, as one of our challenges is enabling volunteers to build, test, and contribute to a software with more than a million lines of code and many major dependencies on multiple different platforms. ▸ <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Overte">https://nlnet.nl/project/Overte</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Personal 3D model archive</strong> — Manage private collections of 3D models</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">This project will build a web application for managing collections of 3d models, with a focus on the needs of the 3d printing community. It is designed to be self-hosted, and lets users browse, organise, and analyse their downloaded models. With NLnet’s support, we aim to develop it into a decentralized multiuser platform for hosting and distributing 3d content. Using ActivityPub, we aim to build a kind of 'decentralized Thingiverse', allowing anyone to run their own instance to distribute content, and subscribe to content on other servers using any one of the many ActivityPub services out there such as Mastodon. We also aim to develop an innovative open format for progressive transmission of 3d mesh data, allowing both quick previewing of remote models, and low-quality previews for commercial content. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Personal-3D-archive">https://nlnet.nl/project/Personal-3D-archive</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Popularizing PeerTube</strong> — Decentralised video platform powered by ActivityPub</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">PeerTube is a software that empowers collectives to create their own video hosting and live-streaming solution, present a federated video catalog, and emancipate themselves from proprietary centralized platforms. It is nowadays used by institutions, educators, collectives of creators and citizens. This development project is aimed toward improving on PeerTube's features and ecosystem in a way that facilitates adoption, experience and usability. Such developments include: user's data export import, a full accessibility audit (including integrations), splitting audio video streams, comments review moderation tools for content creators, automated filters to facilitate moderation, streaming in "audio only" mode, a redesign of the video management system, a new content warning/characterization system, a whole UI/UX audit and remodel. We also want to develop the first version of an official mobile app dedicated (at first) to find and enjoy content on the PeerTube vidiverse. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/PeerTube-mobile">https://nlnet.nl/project/PeerTube-mobile</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>xrsh</strong> — Interactive text/OS terminal inside WebXR</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">xrsh (xrshell) brings the FOSS-soul of unix/linux to WebXR, promoting the use of (interactive text) terminal and user-provided operating systems inside WebXR (=xrsh). Technically, xrsh is a bundle of freshly created re-usable FOSS WebXR components. These provide a common filesystem interface for interacting with WebXR, offering the well-known linux/unix toolchain including a commandline to invoke, store, edit and run WebXR utilities — regardless of their implementation. Think of it as termux for the VR/AR headset browser, which can be used to e.g. livecode (using terminal auto-completion!) with XR components (registries). <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/xrsh">https://nlnet.nl/project/xrsh</a> </div> </details> </div> <h3>Layer 10 Verticals</h3> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>AlekSIS</strong> — All-libre extensible kit for school information systems</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">AlekSIS' – short for All-libre extensible kit for school information systems – goal is to digitise educational institutions' organizational tasks in a sustainable, individual and independent manner. Educational institutions are complex and diverse places: A fair bit of information has to be managed and made accessible in a way that serves the needs of all groups involved. Furthermore, the needs of schools differ considerably, making a one-size-fits-all solution infeasible. Originating in and being built in close collaboration with schools, the AlekSIS project provides the missing FOSS solution for this application area. It aims to deliver a fully fledged, highly customizable software suite that gives schools full control over operation, data and privacy, while integrating existing FOSS projects. From displaying timetables to providing digital class records or person and group management, AlekSIS already includes a great deal of the features the people involved in education, students and teachers, need in their daily routine. Designed as a web application built around the Django and Vue.js frameworks, its responsive design and offline capabilities cater to various devices and user groups. A further aspect of AlekSIS' FOSS architecture is to provide learning opportunities to its student users by facilitating the creation of extensions and contributions to the project itself. The goals of this project are to further strengthen our efforts in porting the whole legacy frontend to the newer, Vue.js based one, to finish making AlekSIS capable of timetable and substitution planning and to extend AlekSIS' functionality making it even more competitively viable. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/AlekSIS">https://nlnet.nl/project/AlekSIS</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Protomaps</strong> — Self-hostable maps based on OpenStreetMap data</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">Protomaps is a free and open source map of the world, deployed as a single file you can host yourself. It enables interactive, zoomable mapping applications with only static storage and HTTP Range Requests. It uses the OpenStreetMap dataset as a primary source; its configurable toolchain can create maps with specific areas, custom data, and different cartographic styles. It’s used in earth science, journalism and the public sector. Protomaps has no vendor lock-in, permits end-to- end data sovereignty, and can ensure end-user privacy. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Protomaps">https://nlnet.nl/project/Protomaps</a> </div> </details> </div> <div class=""> <details> <summary> <strong>Fleetbase on Solid: A production-ready supply chain solution</strong> — Federated open source supply chain solution using Solid</summary> <div class="box marge bg_grey">One of the most exciting features of Solid is its ability to set up a knowledge graph that connects the data with different owners. This is useful for connecting personal data, but it's even more useful for connecting business data. As such, supply chain management is a field with a high potential for disruption with Solid. Individual companies can share supply chain data with their clients and suppliers, allowing for more insights across the entire supply chain. Building a supply chain solution on top of Solid doesn't only take knowledge of Linked Data, it requires partners who are experts in supply chain management. Fleetbase is an MIT licensed, open-source logistics platform serving companies around the world. The "Fleetbase on Solid: A production-ready supply chain solution" project seeks to make Fleetbase solid compatible and flesh out a real-world use-case that relies on the power of linked data sharing enabled by Solid. By the end of the project, shipping companies will be able to used Fleetbase on Solid to sharing information and coordinate with third party delivery companies. <em>For more details see</em>: <a href="/project/Fleetbase-Solid">https://nlnet.nl/project/Fleetbase-Solid</a> </div> </details> </div> <hr/> <br/> <p>Still hungry for more projects? Check out the <a href="/project/current.html">overview of all our current and recent projects</a>...</p> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231101-FiveYearsNGI0.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Celebrating Five Years NGI Zero :)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231101-FiveYearsNGI0.html"/> <updated>2023-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <img src="/image/hexstring-3.svg" alt="collection of hexaconic stickers, each having the logo of a NGI0 project."/> </div> <p>Today five years ago, the NGI Zero coalition went live with a clear mission: to make a better internet for everyone. A mission that by its nature is a collaborative effort which is why we have a distributed approach to fixing the internet. We invite anyone who has a good plan to develop fundamentally better technologies to come and “work for the internet”. And over these five years many have done so. Next week the 500^th <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/index.html">NGI0 project</a> will start its important work.</p> <h2>Call for participation</h2> <p>To celebrate this distributed effort we invite everyone to our call for participation. Send us your cartoon, meme, sound bite, ascii art, essay, one-liner, text-based game, picture, 8-bit video, gif, infographic, letter, drawing, LLM prompt, recipe, ..., <strong>to share your vision of a better internet for everyone</strong>. Anything goes, you may want to encompass the entirety of the network of networks or zoom in and celebrate your favorite NGI0 project. <br/> You can send in your contribution up and until December 7. By e-mail <a href="mailto:ngi0-party@nlnet.nl">ngi0-party@nlnet.nl</a> or on the <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero">fediverse</a>. <br/> We'll publish all the contributions. On the internet, of course, and maybe in other formats too. You contribution may become a sticker or a T-shirt. (Unless you tell us you don't want yours published, then we won't.)</p> <h2>Prizes for everyone</h2> <p>Everyone who participates receives a picked selection of our ever-growing collection of hex stickers. (If you have specific stickers you’d like, do let us know). There will be six extra prizes: five T-shirts and one money prize of 250 euro. To be honest, we do not have criteria (yet) for distributing the extra prizes. We might just do a blind draw.</p> <h2>How it started</h2> <p>On November 1, 2018 NGI0 launched with two funds: <a href="/PET/">NGI0 Pet</a> (Privacy and trust Enhancing Technologies ) and <a href="/discovery/">NGI0 Discovery</a> (Search and Discovery). Running until 2021, over 11 million euro was granted to independent researchers and open source developers. In 2022 <a href="/entrust/">NGI0 Entrust</a> powered up to support projects working on trust and data sovereignty on the internet with a total granting budget of 9,6 million. In that same year <a href="/NGI0/review/">NGI0 Review</a> was established to support the quality and maturity of the digital commons. <a href="/core/">NGI0 Core</a>, started in 2023, supports projects that upgrade the open Internet architecture with a total budget of 8,8 million euro. All three funds will run until 2025.</p> <h2>Where we're going</h2> <p>We are happy to announce the new NGI Zero Commons Fund which will start at the beginning of 2024 and will last until mid 2027. The goal of the new fund is to strengthen the digital commons by supporting the entirety of free and open source software and hardware, open standards and open data projects. And the good news does not end there. We’re also welcoming several new partners to the NGI0 coalition who will contribute their specific expertise: <a href="https://www.ow2.org/">OW2</a> and <a href="https://www.apell.info/">APELL</a> (business advice, help with governance), <a href="https://openforumeurope.org/">OpenForum Europe</a> and <a href="https://www.isoc.ch/">Internet Society Switzerland</a> (policy strategy, community outreach and end user engagement) and <a href="https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php?title=Main_Page">Free Silicon Foundation</a> (libre silicon toolchains).</p> <h2>Big big thank you's</h2> <p>After five years there are many thanks to go around. First of all we want to thank all the people and communities who decided to come and work for the internet. There are nearly 500 NGI0 projects, each of which is a building block for a better internet for all. <br/> Next we want to thank each and every person who uses free and open source software and hardware. Sidelining proprietary soft- and hardware and abandoning walled gardens is the surest way to an open internet. <br/> Thanks also to every partner of the NGI0 coalition: <a href="https://apc.org">Association for Progressive Communications</a>, <a href="https://www.fit.vut.cz">The Faculty of Information Technology of Brno University of Technology</a>, <a href="https://techcultivation.org/">Center for the Cultivation of Technology</a>, <a href="https://commonscaretakers.com">Commons Caretakers</a>, <a href="https://fsfe.org">Free Software Foundation Europe</a>, <a href="https://www.hanuniversity.com/en/research/research-center/inclusive-digital-design-engineering/">HAN University of Applied Sciences</a>, <a href="https://nixos.org/nixos/foundation.html">NixOS Foundation</a>, <a href="/">NLnet Foundation</a>, <a href="https://ps.zoethical.com/">Petites Singularités</a>, <a href="https://radicallyopensecurity.com">Radically Open Security</a>, <a href="https://tolerantnetworks.com">Tolerant Networks</a>, <a href="https://accessibility.nl/english">Accessibility Foundation</a>, <a href="http://translatehouse.org/">Translate House</a>, <a href="http://www.ifross.org/">ifrOSS</a>, <a href="http://securesoftware.nl/">TIMIT</a>, <a href="https://www.netsec.ethz.ch/">Network Security Group of Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich</a>. It would not have been possible without you. <br/> And last but not least we would like to thank the European Commission and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology which is the organisational home of the <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet Initiative</a>.</p> <hr/> <br/> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231016-marginalia.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Interview With Viktor Lofgren from Marginalia Search</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231016-marginalia.html"/> <updated>2023-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>"Let's take alternative paths away from big tech websites"</h2> <div> <a href="https://search.marginalia.nu/"> <img src="/image/Marginalia-interface.jpg" alt="screenshot from the Marginalia search page interface."/> </a> </div> <p>Viktor Lofgren is the creator of <a href="https://search.marginalia.nu/">Marginalia Search</a>, a search engine takes you of the beaten track by letting you find small quality web pages. These pages barely surface in commercial search engines because they are snowed under by larger commercial websites and marketing. We interviewed Viktor for <a href="/events/20230929/index.html">FreeWebSearchDay</a>. You can listen to the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/media/viktor-marginalia.opus">recording of the interview</a> or read the edited transcript below. The interview was conducted by Tessel Renzenbrink, comms officer at NLnet.</p> <h2>"The internet seems a lot smaller than it used to be"</h2> <strong>NLnet: Can you tell us something about Marginalia Search?</strong> <br/> <p>Viktor: Marginalia Search is really bit of a COVID baby. Like many people I had a lot of time on my hands during the pandemic. I spend a bunch of it online and I was frustrated with the state of the internet. I noticed in recent years something had changed, it seemed a lot smaller than it was before. Never really seeing anything new and I couldn’t find any blogs and forums and so on. So I wanted to investigate what was going on. It was certainly possible that the internet had changed and all these websites had vanished. But it also seemed possible that the way we are interacting with the web had changed.</p> <p>And that is difficult to verify without having something to compare it with. I just started working on a search engine, intended more or less to work like Google used to do in the late 1990’s. It is a very traditional, by the book search engine, a keyword search engine. I am doing my own crawling and my own indexing basically on PC hardware. What I found was a bunch of website that were completely different to what I would find in the big search engines or on social media. Which is fascinating. It did not give me another option than to build this search engine because it was such a breath of fresh air. Basically I have been going since and adding to it. Running it on fairly low-powered hardware as well.</p> <h2>"Without software diversity, you get a one-sided view of the world"</h2> <strong>NLnet: I understood that you want to make the crawling data public?</strong> <p>Viktor: That is an ambition, at least. We will have to see in how far that is possible in terms of logistics but it may also be a legal gray zone that’s is difficult to navigate. My ambition is in the future to collaborate on the crawling bit. Possibly run various versions of this search engine or something similar.</p> <p> <strong>NLnet: How would it benefit people if the crawling data was public?</strong> </p> <p>Viktor: The thing about search engines in general and this is the big problem with having just a few of them is that they are censurable. If you have too few search engines someone can come and intimidate you into removing a website or hiding some fact. But also, if we are talking having different pieces of search software that are using the same crawling data, when you design a ranking algorithm you basically encode your own values and perspectives into the software. So if you don’t have enough software diversity in the sense that you have multiple search engines build by multiple people than you get a very one-sided view of the world. And having someone else come and build a search engine with ther own ranking algorithm for example, is that they would promote different types of content. And that would benefit people in general. Just to be able to find different types of websites.</p> <strong>NLnet: And you also want to crowd source the search sets?</strong> <p>Viktor: I’ve experimented a bit with that. I have a GitHub repository where, if you want to add a website you can make a pull request. If it isn’t a terrible website in some way I will approve it and then it will be eventually crawled. I haven’t actually rejected any entrees yet. But maybe one day someone will try to add something awful.</p> <h2>"If you can’t find something, it will not grow"</h2> <strong>NLnet: Do you want to give people more possibilities to find their own way on the web with Marginalia, as opposed to how the big search engines work?</strong> <p>Viktor: Yes, and that is an important point. Because you can think about search engines as bringing websites to people but you can also think of them as bringing people to websites. In terms of growing communities and fostering creative content and information sharing and so on, having search engines and discovering mechanisms for this stuff is critically important. Because if you can’t find something than it will not grow. A lot of stuff is out there but it is really struggling to find an audience because it is just displaced by so much search engine marketing. If you are an ad tech company than it is fairly hard to penalize adds on the internet in a way that I can do. But it does not harm me if you don’t see adds in my search results.</p> <strong>NLnet: Can you expand on that? What do you mean with penalizing ads?</strong> <p>Viktor: I can for example look at the HTML of a document and if it has too many ads or if it has too many tracking elements I can downrank the website for example. Or enable a user to have a check box to say I don’t want to many ads. I prefer content that does not have ads, for example. It is hard to get it perfectly right, but even to remove 75% of the ads that’s still a huge improvement.</p> <h2>"Having fresh eyes on the problem is refreshing"</h2> <strong>Moving on from Marginalia to search in general, what do you think are the big issues with how search works today?</strong> <p>Viktor: I think I’ve gone over most of my key gripes with search in general. The big problem is the limited number of indexes that are available. There are a lot of search engines out there but most of them use Google or Bing as their back end. There are a few other indexes online as well but there is not really a lot of them. Having this limited set of sources to pull from if you are building a search engine, really limits what you can accomplish.</p> <strong>NLnet: With an index you mean mapping the web?</strong> <p>Viktor: Yeah, basically. You can conceptualize a search engine as consisting of a database that you fetch results from and then you can do some re-ranking of them. Both Google and Bing and even my search engine offer an API where you can ask me to do the search. I will give you a machine readable list of results and then you can do something with them yourself. For instance if you want to build a front end of a search engine. Most search engines aren’t doing this. They are using a combination of what is available and that is a bit limiting. I would like to see more different takes on this. It would be really helpful to have other people dabble in search without having to build an entire search engine from scratch.</p> <strong>NLnet: Are there other efforts that you know of who are working on this?</strong> <p>Viktor: I don’t know if I can or want to mention any particular projects. But as I said, there are a lot of small projects, especially in the last couple of years. It may be a COVID effect. Maybe a lot of developers had a lot of time on their hands to to explore this area and build independent search engines. Some of them have stagnated and some of them haven’t. But it is refreshing to see people who are not coming from an academic background and formal information retrieval look into this. Because there are a lot of assumptions that have been around since the ‘80s, or the ‘70s even, on how to build a search engine. So having fresh eyes on the problem, even if it does mean occasionally reinventing the wheel, is refreshing. And there is interesting stuff coming out of it. And not everything is turning into search engines but just in general, discovery. It feels like for the last ten years not a lot of stuff has happened but the last two years there has been a large number of these tiny projects showing up. That is exciting to me.</p> <h2>"The Linux of internet search engines"</h2> <strong>NLnet: If you think about search five or ten years from now, what would you like to see?</strong> <p>Viktor: I just want to start by noting that we’re at an interesting inflection point right now in terms of hardware. Because computers have gotten super powerful in the last ten years. And we are at a point where operating a search engine isn’t necessarily that expensive anymore. Ten, fifteen years ago you needed a large budget to be able to play in this space. You needed to demonstrate that you were going to be making a profit. Because nobody is going to throw tens of millions of dollars at something just for fun. But now we are at the point where regular human beings can dabble in this space. I hope this means a lot of developers and programmers and other people will seize the opportunity to experiment and approach the problem. Because if you have more eyes looking at the problem, than hopefully more solutions will be found and old conventions will be challenged.</p> <p>I am hopeful for the future that something good will come out of this and something like the Linux of internet search engines will emerge. Where people can collaborate and build something great together, open source.</p> <h2>"Venture outside of the big main stream websites"</h2> <strong>NLnet: Is there anything that people can do today to make this better future of search a reality?</strong> <p>Viktor: I think by just participating in the web and not just consuming it. There is a chicken and egg situation where smaller websites are kind of dying because people aren’t finding them and people aren’t looking for it because they are difficult to find. I think maybe look more actively outside of the beaten path and big social media websites. Even though that is a bit hard right now. The more people venture outside of the biggest main stream websites the more stuff they will find. And the more people are finding this stuff the better these websites will get, and the more alternative paths away from the gigantic big tech websites will be build. By walking them.</p> <strong>NLnet: And if someone would want advice on how to get there, I can recommend your search engine, Marginalia, which is build to get people there</strong> <p>Viktor: Yeah, that is the big goal for the project right now. Just to show people what is out there. Perhaps it is not the most useful search engine right now. There are some improvements necessary before it can be more than it is. But I think we will probably get there at some point.</p> <strong>NLnet: The last question is about FreeWebSearch Day. Is there anything you hope people will take away from it?</strong> <p>Viktor: I think they should take away that websites aren’t fixed. We don’t have to have a Google and a Twitter and a Facebook. That does not need to be the forever status quo. Even if you think back ten years ago the web was different. And it is possible to build new stuff. The stuff we have now was build by someone. And we can still do that. For some reason I think we stopped trying to build new websites and new web services. But that is still doable and, if anything, easier than before.</p> <br/> <hr/> <h3>Funding</h3> <p> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Marginalia/">Marginalia Search received funding</a> through the <a href="/entrust/">Entrust Fund for Trustworthiness and data sovereignty</a>. The funds are established by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet.nl</a> with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> programme.</p> <p> <strong>Do you also have an open source project that needs funding? You can apply for one of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/themes/">theme funds</a> of NLnet.</strong> </p> <br/> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231012-meta-press.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Interview With Simon Descarpentries from Meta-Press.es</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231012-meta-press.html"/> <updated>2023-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>"We should not rely on search engines to free us from the effort to know the world"</h2> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://www.meta-press.es//"> <img src="/project/Meta-Presses/metapress.logo.svg" alt="Meta-Press logo: a butterfly net catching stars " style="padding: 0px 10px 10px 10px;"/> </a> </div> <p>The <a href="https://www.meta-press.es/">Meta-Press.es search engine</a> lets you explore the news without middle men or trackers. Creator and lead developer Simon Descarpentries is a free software enthusiast for over twenty years and former <a href="https://framasoft.org/en/">Framasoft employee</a> he currently is CEO at <a href="https://www.acoeuro.com/">Acoeuro.com</a> and treasurer of <a href="https://www.fdn2.org/en/presentation.html">Fund for Defense of Net Neutrality</a>. We interviewed Simon for <a href="/events/20230929/index.html">FreeWebSearchDay</a>. You can listen to the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/media/simon-metapress.opus">recording of the interview</a> or read the edited transcript below.</p> <h2>Hand-picked sources</h2> <strong>Question: Can you tell us something about Meta-Press.es?</strong> <br/> <p>Answer: Meta-Press is free software allowing everyone to search through online press. With one click you can search through 930 online newspapers. All these sources are indexed one-by-one by humans. Currently, if you query GAFAM news search engines, you'll get results which include fake newspapers. They just copy content from other sites to sell advertisement. These search tools can’t sort out the real sources from the false ones because everything in the process is automated. In Meta-Press we did it all by hand, so it is all verified by a human. Meta-press also includes about 300 newspapers which give free access to their content because that is the economic model that they choose. Unlike Google News, Meta-Press does not lead you to a dead end: this exists but you can’t reach it.</p> <h2>No censorship</h2> <p>Meta-press is a <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/meta-press-es/">Firefox browser add-on</a> and is free software, accessible for everyone. It's built with a software architecture which guarantees there are no bottle-necks, no single point of failure and no censorship. Because once you install the add-on in your web browser your requests are not send to a hypothetical Meta-Press server. Instead, your computer is instructed how to do the search. It’s your web browser that has gained the superpower to request results from nearly 1000 newspapers. Therefore it is virtually uncensorable because you have plenty news papers on the one side and plenty of computers on the other. And that is how the internet works. No central point that we all have to cross. The more people use Meta-Press the better it will work.</p> <h2>Problems with search today</h2> <strong>Q: What problems do you see with search today?</strong> <p>A: My main concern with GAFAM news search engines is what I mentioned before: they serve fake newspapers. It is easy to feed those engines fake content designed exactly to go through their ranking algorithm. And since nobody ever checks, you can fool it. It is possible to do for you, for a government, a company, it’s flawed. We need something else. It is bloated, dishonest and not working anymore. And it will only get worse because there is money at stake. And there are political stakes too.</p> <h2>Mass surveillance as an economic model</h2> <p>Another big problem with search online is that it's currently dominated by a handful of megacorporations following no rules except their own and whose economic model is just based on mass surveillance. They following everyone, knowing who came back to the website and what they were interested in, what click they made. If you had a screen next to the newspaper displaying all the information they extract from your online activity, you would just turn off the computer. They sell that information to companies, governments and political parties. That is not a conspiracy theory. We know that to be true from Snowden en the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It would be more comfy to live in a world where we could forget about those scandals but it’s a reality we have to face.</p> <h2>Decreasing accuracy of search results</h2> <p>A third problem is that the accuracy of Google search is decreasing. More and more content is created just to score high in their ranking algorithm. It shows up even if it was not exactly what you wanted to see. It's called an injection attack. Every website should be protected from injection attacks. Google is an open security breach regarding injection attacks. That is a technical problem in search today.</p> <h2>We're losing our ability to be inquisitive</h2> <p>And last but not least, regular humans are abandoning their ability to search in favor of those dishonest tools. You could compare it to GPS. When you use GPS for navigation you’ll slowly lose your ability to read a map and other navigation skills. If GPS was dishonest and provided you with the wrong information, you would be lost and abandon the tool. It is exactly the same thing with online search. The tool is dishonest and you have to abandon it. You need to work on your skills to search for things: cross check your information, compare your sources, publish your results so others can verify them. You must become a bit of a journalist. Like <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230929/index.html">Viktor Lofgren of Marginalia Search said</a>: the more you use Google the more you'll become fenced into a small park Google allows you to reach. But the best search tool is to think.</p> <h2>Information has a price</h2> <strong>Q: How does Meta-press address these problems? </strong> <p>A: Meta-press addresses the fake news problem because it only searches through sources that are validated by humans. You're guaranteed to search in real newspapers with articles written by real humans. Humans who were trained and paid for it, which is what we call journalists. This type of information has a price and we should pay that price. If you do not pay for the information you get, than it's you who is the product sold in the transaction. And you're not getting the information that you need. You should pay for the services you use or run them on your own computer. If you don’t change the way the world is turning, it will continue to turn the wrong way.</p> <h2>A solution to decentralized indexing</h2> <p>There are multiple projects working on free software search engines to make general purpose search available such as <a href="https://yacy.net/">YaCy</a>, <a href="https://github.com/searx">Searx</a>, and <a href="https://search.marginalia.nu/">Marginalia</a>. They are addressing a difficult problem: how to make a distributed index of the world that is reliable and honest. With Meta-Press we addressed this by limiting our scope to online newspapers. Newspapers provide honest indexes, because their reputation is at stake. With Meta-Press we just stitched those indexes together. This is a small window to the rest of the world with only information created by journalists. But hopefully information that covers the entire world because journalists are looking everywhere.</p> <p>General purpose indexes are a complicated problem and I am better at solving simple problems. When I started the project it was a small compared to Google. But I decided I would pull one hair out of the head of Google. I invite you to do the same. Get your own hair of the head of Google and we will win quite fast. It is my collibri approach to this thing. You address a small part of the problem but you address it well.</p> <h2>The future of search should be collaborative</h2> <strong>Q: What do think will happen with search in the future?</strong> <p>A: ChatGPT could be the end of Google Search in a year if it continues to rise like this. Not because the results are better. ChatGPT is a stochastic parrot. It has no idea what it says. You can ask it what the French presidents of the Republic are and you get the right list. Ask it who the female presidents are and you'll also get a list. But no such list exists. But ChatGPT works because it is simple for people to use. That is always what wins.</p> <p>ChatGPT works with so-called AI algorithms and fortunately for us they are not the same kind of AI as in the Matrix movies. It’s just a statistics matrix and this technology which is 40 years old can be used for the good of humanity. For instance you have <a href="https://identify.plantnet.org/nl">Pl@ntNet</a>. You send it the picture of a plant and it will tell you what it is. This is access to knowledge. This is the same technology but used in a good way. This is search made well. <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/">iNaturalist.org</a> helps you find out which insect you are seeing. <a href="https://birdnet.cornell.edu/">BirdNET</a> from Cornell University will tell you what bird you are hearing.</p> <p>These are examples of online search tools I am the most excited about. They are collaborative efforts. The more you use it, the more accurate it will get. Take Pl@ntNet for instance. If you upload a picture of a rare plant, something that is missing in their database, they will display a pop-up inviting you to upload more photo’s of it once it is flowering or the seeds are fully grown to improve the database. That way humanity works together to get better knowledge of what surrounds us. That looks like the way to go for me. Going to Mars is not an interesting thing to do as long as we don’t have maps of the ocean floors.</p> <h2>We mustn't rely on search engines to know the world</h2> <strong>Q: Is that how you would like to see search evolve in the future? It becoming more collaborative?</strong> <p>A: Yes. There are two sides of the problem. Is it search that has to be improved? Or is it the way we publish things? Searching for something in the library is easy because it is an organized world. You have shelves, you have books in alphabetical order, that works great. If we publish things better we won’t have a problem searching for them. But hoping that search engines will free us from the efforts to know the world and to sort it, is a bad way to go. Something that won’t work and will catch people in the glue like small birds.</p> <p>Keep in mind the limits of the dream sold to us nowadays. Artificial intelligence is just another algorithm to sort things automatically and we have absolutely no idea of what the content is. Tools won’t solve society’s problems. If humans work together it will be better.</p> <p>Collaborative efforts to discover the world, to map it, like <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=7/52.154/5.295">OpenStreetMap</a> is the way to go. People working together and giving each other knowledge that will help to know the world and to search through it. For instance, you can help Meta-Press mapping the news papers of the world. It is a collaborative effort. And the project is open to all your contributions. Help us to map the world! And thanks to NLnet it will soon be possible for people who aren’t computer science engineers to do this, I promise.</p> <h2>Ways to get involved with Meta-Press</h2> <strong>Q: How can we contribute to Meta-Press?</strong> <p>A: You can add your own sources to Meta-Press. On Meta-Press.es you find much documentation on how Meta-Press sees the world and how it can see your favorite news paper. It’s currently a long process available for someone who knows how to make a CSS selector. But with funding from NLnet I am working on an interface in which you will just have to copy paste the address of the source and click here is the search engine, here is the title of the results, here is the link and it will be enough.</p> <p>Once you have this result it’s recorded somewhere in Meta-Press and you have a button in the settings to manage your local sources and you will have the JSON object describing how to fetch the results from this source. You can send it by mail to Meta-Press or you can create a pull request on FramaGit.org. You can reach me via IRC, Mastadon, no limitation, free communication, free software.</p> <p>Adding sources is the contribution you can do. But every kind of help to the project would be welcome. You can help with translations. Translation managed by <a href="https://weblate.org/en/">Weblate</a> which is a great free software project and enterprise. You can also help the project by just speaking about it. Introduce it to people or your local university. There are a lot of configurations possible in Meta-Press to search for specific topic or in one language or country. Just try it, use it and make it known.</p> <hr/> <h3>Funding</h3> <p>Meta-Press.es received funding through the <a href="/discovery/">Search and Discovery fund</a>. The funds are established by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet.nl</a> with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> programme.</p> <p> <strong>Do you also have an open source project that needs funding? You can apply for one of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/themes/">theme funds</a> of NLnet.</strong> </p> <br/> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply before December 1st 2023</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20231001-call.html"/> <updated>2023-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1^st 2023 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of <em>digital commons</em> and <em>networked technology</em>, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>Can your idea help create a more robust and open internet by and for users, and help us work towards higher level goals like <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>? Are you working on <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> hardware, toolchains for libre silicon or improving the state of cryptography? Is your work helping to further the privacy and scalability of concrete internet services like videoconferencing, or helping to redefine <a href="/NGI0/ActivityPub">decentralised social media</a> based on open standards? Or are you even tackling something as ambitious as rewiring parts of the <a href="/core">architecture of the internet</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before December 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our minds and our mouth are: that is to <strong>increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society</strong>. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2 id="open-themes">Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2 id="about-nlnet-foundation">About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apply before October 1st 2023</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230801-call.html"/> <updated>2023-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1^st 2023 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of digital commons and networked technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? We are interested in further developing open solutions that empower users on all layers of technology.</p> <p>Can your idea help create a more robust and open internet by and for users, and help us work towards higher level goals like <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>? Are you working on <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> hardware, toolchains for libre silicon or improving the state of cryptography? Is your work helping to further the privacy and scalability of concrete internet services like videoconferencing, or helping to redefine <a href="/NGI0/ActivityPub">decentralised social media</a> based on open standards? Or are you even tackling something as ambitious as rewiring parts of the <a href="/core">architecture of the internet</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then <a href="/propose">submit your proposal</a> to NLnet foundation before October 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2 id="open-themes">Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2 id="about-nlnet-foundation">About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230724-tetra-burst.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">TETRA Radio For Critical Comms Is Vulnerable, Researchers Show</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230724-tetra-burst.html"/> <updated>2023-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/TETRA_station.jpg" alt="TETRA Transceiver station, a tiny concrete shack with a huge antanna on top."/> <figcaption>TETRA Transceiver station</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>Security consultancy <a href="https://www.midnightblue.nl/tetraburst">Midnight Blue</a> has found five vulnerabilities in TETRA, a radio standard used world-wide for critical communications such as emergency response, industrial equipment, military comms, transport and critical infrastructure. The collection of vulnerabilities named TETRA:BURST allow for realtime decryption, message injection, and user deanonymization. During a 1.5 year-long responsible disclosure process mitigation measures have been shared with relevant stakeholders. They will be made public on August 9, 2023 when the embargo is lifted. The research was funded through the <a href="/PET/">NGI0 PET programme</a> </p> <h2>No security by obscurity</h2> <p>TETRA or Terrestrial Trunked Radio was standerdised in 1995 by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Despite its critical function, wide-spread deployment (over 100 countries) and its age, it has never been subjected to public security research until Midnight Blue stepped up. TETRA security relies on a set of secret, proprietary cryptographic algorithms. This is not a good practice, according to the three Midnight Blue researchers Jos Wetzels, Carlo Meijer and Wouter Bokslag. Rather than relying on secrecy it's better to have open systems which can be prodded and tested by security experts.</p> <h2>Old garbage</h2>Bart Jacobs, Professor of Security, Privacy and Identity at Radboud University Nijmegen, also advocates for open systems. In an <a href="https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5397898/tetra-lek-kritieke-infrastructuur-c2000-nederlanderse-onderzoekers">interview with journalist Daniël Verlaan</a> for the Dutch news program RTL Nieuws, he said: "TETRA is, to say it plainly, old garbage that has been used for much too long. That is unacceptable behavior. Not only of vendors who sell these types of systems but also of those who deploy it like the government and big companies. They should have been more critical and just buy open systems instead of these kinds of secret systems.<h2>Backdoor</h2> <p>The researchers were able to reverse-engineer the algorithms. Of the TETRA:BURST vulnerabilities they found, two are critical, one of which is a backdoor purposefully built in. The backdoor reduces the original 80-bit key which is strong to a 32-bit key. The researchers demonstrate the <a href="https://youtu.be/-m9UTJLt4uw">use of the backdoor</a> in a video. It takes them about a minute to crack the key using an ordinary laptop. Once cracked, they can not only intercept all radio traffic but also communicate. Since TETRA is also used for machine-to-machine communication in industrial settings, this can be exploited to send harmful commands to machines. The backdoor is found in one specific algorithm that was intended for commercial use and restricted export scenarios.</p> <h2>Disclosure process</h2> <p>Midnight Blue first reported TETRA:BURST to the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in December 2021. The coordinated vulnerability disclosure process took 1.5 years, much longer than the six months the NCSC's guidelines stipulate. This was the result of the critical functions of the TETRA system, the complexity of addressing the vulnerabilities, and the difficulty tracking down TETA's many vendors and users. The mitigation measures consist of patches in some cases and extra security measures in others. The have been shared with the relevant stakeholders by way of the NCSC. They are described on the <a href="https://www.midnightblue.nl/tetraburst">Midnight Blue webpage</a> and further technical details will be released when the embargo is lifted on August 9, 2023. The researchers will present their work on conferences such as Blackhat USA, DEF CON and Chaos Communication Camp. The full list of tour dates and much more information on TETRA:BURST is on the Midnight Blue webpage linked above.</p> <h2>Funding</h2> <p>Midnight Blue's research was funded under the project name <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/TETRA-crypto/">RE:TETRA</a> through the <a href="/PET/">NGI0 PET</a>. The PET or Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technologies fund is established by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet.nl</a> with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> programme.</p> <p>Do you also have an open source project that needs funding? You can apply for one of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/themes/">theme funds</a> of NLnet.</p>Image: TETRA Transceiver station by Wilbert van de Kolk via <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Trunked_Radio#/media/Bestand:TETRA_station.jpg">Wikipedia</a>. Public domain.<div class="thumbleft"> <a href="/NGI0"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class=""/> </a> </div> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230719-eCommonsFund.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet and Dutch Government Launch e-Commons Fund</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230719-eCommonsFund.html"/> <updated>2023-07-19T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <figure> <img src="/image/Alexandra_van_Huffelen-600.jpg" alt="Portrait of State Secretary Van Huffelen"/> <figcaption>State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>NLnet Foundation and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior have established a new fund to finance contributions to the digital commons. The e-Commons Fund promotes the development of technologies for a fair digital society and will become operational on September 1, 2023. NLnet will manage the fund and the Ministry acts as initial investor with a contribution of €100,000.</p> <h2>Digital Commons</h2> <p>The digital commons are digital resources that are accessible to anyone and benefit everyone. All things open - such as software, hardware, data and standards - are part of the digital commons because they can be used, copied, studied and modified by all. The e-Commons Fund finances initiatives that contribute to the creation, development, operation, maintenance and popularisation of technologies that belong to the digital commons.</p> <h2>Secretary of State: “Stimulate public alternatives”</h2> <p>Alexandra van Huffelen (D66), State Secretary for Digitalisation, announced the establishment of the Fund in a <a href="https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2023/07/07/kamerbrief-over-digitale-gemeenschapsgoederen">Letter to Parliament</a> (Dutch). She explained why she supports the digital commons: “The goal of this policy is for the government to stimulate public alternatives in cases where private services can infringe on public values such as privacy, transparency and freedom of choice.” Citizens and public institutions too often have a one-sided dependence on private platforms for public activities such as education, research and health care, she added. Digital commons offer a remedy to the problematic status quo. The Letter contained multiple other measures to stimulate the digital commons on the national, European and international level.</p> <h2>Collective responsibility</h2> <p>The e-Commons Fund will be managed by NLnet. Michiel Leenaars, NLnet’s Director of Strategy said: “We have a collective responsibility to make sure the information society is shaped by our shared values. With the e-Commons Fund, NLnet aims to give a tangible impulse to the technical and operational basis of an open and value-based information society.” The Fund is based in the Netherlands but operates internationally. It is open to donations from public &amp; private organisations and individuals. The Ministry acts as the Fund’s launching investor with an initial contribution of €100,000. After evaluations in 2024, the State Secretary will decide on possible follow-up investments.</p>Photo: Portrait of Alexandra van Huffelen (D66) by Martijn Beekman / D66, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114738415">via Wikipedia</a>. <br/> <h4>About NLnet Foundation</h4> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230511-recording-Coughlan.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Watch Shane Coughlan's webinar on OpenChain ISO standards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230511-recording-Coughlan.html"/> <updated>2023-05-11T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Watch the recording of the webinar <strong> <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683800917548">on OpenChain ISO standards and certification</a> </strong> by <strong>Shane Coughlan</strong>. In this fourth and final episode of the webinar series on open source software supply chain management Shane Coughlan discusses how to build trust by process management. He talks about OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020, the international standard for open source license compliance and ISO/IEC DIS 18974, OpenChain Security Assurance Specification which is slated to become accepted as a standard later this year. Coughlan also talks about the inner workings of the OpenChain organization. It has a strong focus on making compliance as easy as possible for big as well as small organizations, and the standards are openly developed by a vibrant user community. The talk is followed by a lively Q&amp;A in which Coughlan gives sound advise on how to build a truly international organization or community.</p> <p> <div> <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683800917548"> <img src="/image/webinar-coughlan.jpg"/> </a> </div> </p> <h3>About Shane Martin Coughlan</h3> <p> <strong>Shane Martin Coughlan</strong> works at <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/">the Linux Foundation</a>. He is general manager of the <a href="https://www.openchainproject.org/">OpenChain Project</a>, a global community of organizations collaborating to create trust in the open source supply chain and which maintains the OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230:2020, the International Standard for open source license compliance. He's also a General Assembly member of <a href="https://openforumeurope.org/">OpenForum Europe</a>.</p> <h3>Webinar series: The Ins and Outs of Open Software Supply Chain Management</h3> <p>Shane Coughlan's talk is the fourth and final in a series of webinars about open source supply chain management. The series will explore topics such as the software bill of materials, legal consequences, tooling, and the Cyber Resilience Act.</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/">April 6</a>: <strong>Armijn Hemel</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1680777009189">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/">Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2">April 13</a>: <strong>Philippe Ombredanne</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1681382167830">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2">Tooling</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3">May 4</a>: <strong>Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683197109758">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3">The importance of a Software Bill of Materials in light of the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act and product liability legislation in Europe</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep4">May 11</a>: <strong>Shane Martin Coughlan</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683800917548">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep4">ISO standards and certification</a> </strong>.</li> </ul> <p>All episodes start at 13.00 at CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome).</p> <h4>Related NGI projects</h4> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/BANG-Kaitai/">Binary-analysis-ng improvements</a>: BANG is a tool to analyse firmware and other binary files.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/FOSS-supplychain/">FOSS Code Supply Chain Assurance</a>: Mitigate attacks through software dependencies.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/">Free Software Vulnerability Database</a>: A resource to aggregate software updates.</li> </ul> <div class="row"> <div class="col6"> <a href="/NGI0/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> </div> <hr/> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230505-webinar-Pianon-Piana.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Webinar Recording of Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon on SBOM and the Cyber Resilience Act</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230505-webinar-Pianon-Piana.html"/> <updated>2023-05-05T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683197109758">recording of Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon webinar</a> is now available online. They talk about the importance of the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) in light of the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and product liability legislation in Europe.</p> <p>Carlo Piana goes into the possible consequences of the CRA for open source and Alberto Pianon talks about <a href="https://www.openchainproject.org/">OpenChain</a> which works towards a open source software supply chain with trusted and consistent compliance information.</p> <div> <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683197109758"> <img src="/image/webinar-piana-pianon.jpg"/> </a> </div> <br/> <h3>About Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon</h3> <p> <strong>Carlo Piana</strong> is a lawyer and digital freedom advocate. A qualified attorney in Italy, Piana has been practicing IT law since 1995, focusing his practice on software, technology, standardization, data protection and digital liberties in general. He represented <a href="https://fsfe.org/index.en.html">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> and the Samba Team in the largest antitrust litigation in Europe, arguing before the Court of Justice and the European Commission in a ten years long confrontation. This led to the confirmation of the decision against Microsoft and to the opening of a phase of more openness of its protocols and more competition in the browser field. He has assisted several projects and companies in devising their open source strategy from licensing to governance, from trademark registration to internal policies, dedicating countless pro bono hours to the cause. He is also a board member of the <a href="https://opensource.org/">Open Source Initiative</a>.</p> <p> <strong>Alberto Pianon</strong> A long standing activist and user of Free and Open Source Software, Alberto is a qualified lawyer in private practice in Vicenza, Italy. His practice covers intellectual property, cyberlaw and copyright law, with a particular focus on open source licensing and compliance, especially in the embedded/IoT field. He is member of the Legal Network of the FSFE and partner of <a href="https://www.openchainproject.org/">OpenChain</a> in Europe together with Carlo Piana (Array).</p> <h3>Webinar series: The Ins and Outs of Open Software Supply Chain Management</h3> <p>Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon's talk is the third in a series of webinars about open source supply chain management. The series will explore topics such as the software bill of materials, legal consequences, tooling, and the Cyber Resilience Act.</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/">April 6</a>: <strong>Armijn Hemel</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1680777009189">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/">Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2">April 13</a>: <strong>Philippe Ombredanne</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1681382167830">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2">Tooling</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3">May 4</a>: <strong>Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683197109758">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3">The importance of a Software Bill of Materials in light of the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act and product liability legislation in Europe</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep4">May 11</a>: <strong>Shane Martin Coughlan</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683800917548">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep4">ISO standards and certification</a> </strong>.</li> </ul> <p>All episodes start at 13.00 at CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome).</p> <h4>Related NGI projects</h4> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/BANG-Kaitai/">Binary-analysis-ng improvements</a>: BANG is a tool to analyse firmware and other binary files.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/FOSS-supplychain/">FOSS Code Supply Chain Assurance</a>: Mitigate attacks through software dependencies.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/">Free Software Vulnerability Database</a>: A resource to aggregate software updates.</li> </ul> <div class="row"> <div class="col6"> <a href="/NGI0/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230417-recording-ombredanne.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Watch Philippe Ombredanne on Tooling in the Software Supply Chain</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230417-recording-ombredanne.html"/> <updated>2023-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Watch the recording of the webinar <strong> <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1681382167830">Tooling: Software Supply Chain Management Automation with "open source on open source"</a> </strong> by <strong>Philippe Ombredanne</strong>. In this second episode of the webinar series on software supply chain management Philippe Ombredanne discusses tooling. On the 32-minute mark he provides live demo's of <a href="https://nexb.github.io/scancode.io-homepage/">ScanCode</a>: a server to script and automate the process of Software Composition Analysis and <a href="https://public.vulnerablecode.io/">VulnerableCode</a>: a free and open database of software package vulnerabilities. <br/> <br/> <div> <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1681382167830"> <img src="/image/webinar-Philippe-Ombredanne.jpg"/> </a> </div> <br/> <h2>Abstract</h2> <p>Free and open source (FOSS) code is the essence of modern software. Therefore it is imperative to track FOSS across the supply chain(s). For provenance, licensing, composition and dependencies, security and vulnerability, quality, obsolescence and sustainability. And of course, open source demands open source tooling. In this webinar we'll explore the state and trends in open source tooling and automation:<ul> <li>The range of tooling &amp; automation domains and how they are served by leading FOSS tools</li> <li>The key trends and insights for supply chain management tooling and SBOMs</li> <li>New and upcoming FOSS tools</li> <li>How to leverage these and participate to create better, more secure software more efficiently</li> </ul> </p> <h2>About Philippe Ombredanne</h2> <p>Philippe Ombredanne is a FOSS hacker on a mission to enable easier and safer to reuse FOSS code. He is the maintainer of <a href="https://nexb.github.io/scancode.io-homepage/">ScanCode</a>, the industry standard license detection tool and other open source tools for software composition analysis and license &amp; security compliance at <a href="https://aboutcode.org">aboutcode.org</a>.</p> <p>Ombredanne is the project lead of two supply chain projects: <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/FOSS-supplychain/">FOSS Code Supply Chain Assurance</a>. This project is building a new system to help verify the integrity of deployed code packages and validate their origin with external data sources, with the potential to mitigate attacks on open source packages supply chains such as: detecting if a package in use is matching verified code by matching source and binaries exactly and approximately. The other project is the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/">Free Software Vulnerability Database</a>: a resource to aggregate software updates. Both projects were funded by NGI0.</p> <h3>Webinar series: The Ins and Outs of Open Software Supply Chain</h3> <p>Philippe Ombredanne's talk is the second in a series of webinars about open source supply chain management. The series will explore topics such as the software bill of materials, legal consequences, tooling, and the Cyber Resilience Act.</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <strong> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/index.html">April 6</a> </strong>. Speaker: <strong>Armijn Hemel</strong>. Topic: <strong>Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains</strong>. You can <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1680777009189">watch the recording</a> here.</li> <li> <strong> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2/index.html">April 13</a> </strong>. Speaker: <strong>Philippe Ombredanne</strong>. Topic: <strong>Tooling</strong>. You can <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1681382167830">watch the recording</a> here.</li> <li> <strong> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3/index.html">May 4</a> </strong>. Speaker: <strong>Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon</strong>. Topic: <strong>The importance of a Software Bill of Materials in light of the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act and product liability legislation in Europe</strong>. You can <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683197109758">watch the recording</a> here.</li> <li> <strong>May 11</strong>. Speaker: <strong>Shane Martin Coughlan</strong>, Topic: <strong>ISO standards and certification</strong>. You can <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683800917548">watch the recording</a> here.</li> </ul> <p>All episodes start at 13.00 at CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome).</p> <h3>Special thanks</h3> <p>Special thanks to all the people who made and released these excellent free resources:<ul> <li>Presentation template by SlidesCarnival at https://www.slidescarnival.com/ licensed under CC-BY-4.0 https://www.slidescarnival.com/terms-of-use#templates-license</li> <li>Photographs by Unsplash https://unsplash.com/license licensed under the unsplash license https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org/unsplash.html</li> <li>All the open source software authors that made VulnerableCode, ScanCode and other AboutCode FOSS projects possible.</li> </ul> </p> <h4>Related NGI projects</h4> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/BANG-Kaitai/">Binary-analysis-ng improvements</a>: BANG is a tool to analyse firmware and other binary files.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/FOSS-supplychain/">FOSS Code Supply Chain Assurance</a>: Mitigate attacks through software dependencies.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/">Free Software Vulnerability Database</a>: A resource to aggregate software updates.</li> </ul> <div class="row"> <div class="col6"> <a href="/NGI0/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> </div> <hr/> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230412-webinar-Hemel.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Recording of Armijn Hemel on Open Source in Electronics Supply Chains</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230412-webinar-Hemel.html"/> <updated>2023-04-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1680777009189">recording of Armijn Hemel's webinar</a> on Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains is now available online. He gives a high level overview of how electronics supply chains work and explains where these can fail in the context of software provenance. After having mapped out the problems, Hemel discusses solutions around the 27-minute mark. Solutions may come from the governance side such as the Cyber Resilience Act, as well as tooling and better information sharing.</p> <div> <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1680777009189"> <img src="/image/webinar-Armijn-Hemel.jpg"/> </a> </div> <br/> <h2>About Armijn Hemel</h2> <p> <strong> <a href="https://github.com/armijnhemel/">Armijn Hemel</a> </strong>, MSc, is the owner of Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions. Mr Hemel studied computer science at Utrecht University, where he explored reproducible builds by building the first prototype of NixOS, a Linux distribution built around the Nix build system, where reproducibility and provenance is central. Since 2005 he has been focusing on open source license compliance and supply chain management in the (consumer) electronics industry, first on the license enforcement side as part of gpl-violations.org, but later (more effectively) as a consultant helping companies come into compliance, fight off copyright trolls and help improve processes. Mr Hemel has co-written academic research papers (MSR 2011, WCRE 2012, ASE 2014), made various open source tools for firmware reverse engineering and license compliance, and frequently talks at (industry) conferences about supply chain management in the (consumer) electronics industry. In the past he has served on the boards of NLUUG, as well as NixOS Foundation.</p> <h2>Webinar series: The Ins and Outs of Open Software Supply Chain</h2> <p>Armijn Hemel's talk is the first in a series of webinars about open source supply chain management. The series will explore topics such as the software bill of materials, legal consequences, tooling, and the Cyber Resilience Act.</p> <p>Other talks in this series:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/">April 6</a>: <strong>Armijn Hemel</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1680777009189">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/">Open Source in (Consumer) Electronics Supply Chains</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2">April 13</a>: <strong>Philippe Ombredanne</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1681382167830">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230413/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep2">Tooling</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3">May 4</a>: <strong>Carlo Piana &amp; Alberto Pianon</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683197109758">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230504/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep3">The importance of a Software Bill of Materials in light of the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act and product liability legislation in Europe</a> </strong>.</li> <li> <a href="/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep4">May 11</a>: <strong>Shane Martin Coughlan</strong>. [ <a href="https://bbb.protagio.nl/playback/presentation/2.3/e156bbe10c5967b48f606f4ec5b14e818ba4877e-1683800917548">watch recording</a> ] <br/>Topic: <strong> <a href="/events/20230511/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain-ep4">ISO standards and certification</a> </strong>.</li> </ul> <p>All episodes start at 13.00 at CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome).</p> <h4>Related NGI projects</h4> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/BANG-Kaitai/">Binary-analysis-ng improvements</a>: BANG is a tool to analyse firmware and other binary files.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/FOSS-supplychain/">FOSS Code Supply Chain Assurance</a>: Mitigate attacks through software dependencies.</li> <li> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase/">Free Software Vulnerability Database</a>: A resource to aggregate software updates.</li> </ul> <div class="row"> <div class="col6"> <a href="/NGI0/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230406-TerosHDL.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">TerosHDL: Making Hardware Development More Easy and Reliable</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230406-TerosHDL.html"/> <updated>2023-04-06T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/TerosHDL/"> <img src="/project/TerosHDL/teroshdl.logo.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>The <a href="https://terostechnology.github.io/">TerosHDL</a> team has completed their NGI project. TerosHDL is an open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Hardware Description Language (HDL) developers. The goal of TerosHDL is to provide HDL developers with the same functionalities available to software developers. NGI funding went towards improving the stability of TerosHDL, the creation of a command line version and simplifying the Graphical User Interface (GUI).</p> <h2>Multilingual and multiplatform</h2> <p>TerosHDL focuses on the development and integration of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools in an IDE. EDA tools are used to design integrated circuits like ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits) and FPGAs (Field-Programmeble Gate Arrays). HDLs are used to to formally describe the structure and behavior of electronic circuits and TerosHDL supports three of them: VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog. The IDE integrates tools that are developed by <a href="https://github.com/TerosTechnology">Teros Technology</a> as well as from other open source projects such as <a href="https://wavedrom.com/">WaveDrom</a>, <a href="https://vunit.github.io/">VUnit</a> and <a href="https://github.com/olofk/edalize/">Edalize</a> (also <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Edalize-ASIC/">funded by NLnet</a>). TerosHDL operates on three platforms: Linux, MacOS and Microsoft. It works as a plugin on top of the code editors VSCodium (open source) or VSCode (Microsoft). TerosHDL aims to make ASIC/FPGA development easier and more reliable in order to reduce the adaptation time for new users of hardware languages and help professionals streamline their development process.</p> <h2>Project outcomes: increasing stability and adding features</h2> <p> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/TerosHDL/">TerosHDL</a> received funding from NLnet through the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure">NGI Assure programme</a>. Within the project the largest milestone was improving the stability of the IDE. To achieve this the backend was rewritten from JavaScript to TypeScript. Improvements were also made to the project manager such as adding support for OSVVM (the most popular open source framework for VHDL), VUnit and cross-file. To create safer hardware designs, verification libraries for VHDL were integrated. A command line version was created and the GUI interface was improved. And lastly new documentation was added including a tutorial for students.</p> <h2>Funding</h2> <p>TerosHDL is funded through the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure">NGI Assure programme</a>, a fund established by [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/) with financial support from the European Commission's [Next Generation Internet](https://ngi.eu/) programme.</p> <p>Do you also have an open source project that needs funding? You can apply for one of the [theme funds](https://nlnet.nl/themes/) of NLnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for proposals</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230401-call.html"/> <updated>2023-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: August 1^st 2023 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of internet-related technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? Perhaps it will empower users through <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>, or deliver more <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> technology? Or work on key internet technologies like videoconferencing, routing or are you redesigning parts of the <a href="/core">architecture of the internet</a> Or do you have another idea to create a more robust and open internet by and for users?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before August 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230228-rosenpass-release.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Rosenpass: Hardening the Internet Against Quantum Computer Attacks</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230228-rosenpass-release.html"/> <updated>2023-02-28T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Rosenpass/"> <img src="/project/Rosenpass/RosenPass.logo.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>The <a href="http://rosenpass.eu/">Rosenpass project</a> was released on February 26, 2023. Rosenpass is formally verifiable, state-of-the-art Post Quantum Cryptography which protects against attacks with so-called 'quantum computers'. It initially primarily affects Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). In the future, it may very well be adapted to other key elements of today’s internet security, preserving trust and safety in the coming quantum era.</p> <p>NLnet supported Rosenpass through the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure/">NGI Assure Fund</a>. Sixty percent of the resources went toward security analysis of the protocol in the symbolic model using proverif. The remainder of the funds were used for unit testing of the implementation and documentation.</p> <p>Rosenpass provides a complement to the well-recognized VPN protocol WireGuard, adding quantum-hardened cryptography and key exchange while keeping the established WireGuard-standard encryption security. Therefore, Rosenpass is not just an add-on or a plug-in, but a coprocessing software that interacts with WireGuard at exactly one point, enhancing WireGuard's predefined key generation and exchange process with Post Quantum Secure (PQS) cryptography, based on the McEliece cryptosystem.</p> <h2>Making the internet future-proof</h2> <p>The problem Rosenpass aims to address is that various companies have presented prototypes of so-called quantum computers in recent years. In the future, these could break the encryption mechanisms of today's Internet. This development could take cybercrime and cyberwar to new levels. It's not just about confidential communication, but about basic functions without which the Internet would no longer work. For example, checking whether the website you are visiting is actually the real thing and not a fake, access to online banking or the name server that forwards Internet addresses to the right place. These are all things that need to be secured against attacks with quantum computers.</p> <p>Project Rosenpass is run by a team of cryptographers, researchers, open source developers, hackers and designers with a focus on verifiable security improvement, usability and user advantage. Project manager Karolin Varner said: "This software project is a milestone in the development of encryption methods to make the Internet more future-proof".</p> <p>Rosenpass is free and open software that can be <a href="https://github.com/rosenpass/rosenpass">reviewed, tested and further developed</a> by security researchers. It is published under the Apache and MIT licenses. The team will continue to develop Rosenpass and are looking for partners in academic research and industry.</p> <h2>Funding</h2> <p>Rosenpass is funded through the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure/">NGI Assure Fund</a>, a fund established by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a> with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a>) programme.</p> <p>Do you also have an open source project that needs funding? You can apply for one of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/themes/">theme funds</a> of NLnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230227-typecell-release.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">TypeCell Notebooks: Democratizing Software Development</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230227-typecell-release.html"/> <updated>2023-02-27T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/TypeCell/"> <img src="/project/TypeCell/typecell-logo-tekst.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>The <a href="https://www.typecell.org/">TypeCell Notebooks</a> repository has been released! TypeCell is a collaborative open source TypeScript live programming environment which aims to make software development more open, simple and accessible. It integrates a live programming environment as a first-class citizen in an end-user block-based document editor. The open source platform enables users to instantly inspect and edit the software they’re using. It's a collaboratibve code editor that enables multiple users to work on the same notebook. Check out the <a href="https://www.typecell.org/docs/interactive-introduction.md">interactive tutorial</a> to see how it works or get started right away by creating <a href="https://www.typecell.org/@typecell/new">your own Notebook</a>.</p> <p>NLnet financially supports TypeCell through the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure/">NGI Assure Fund</a>. Funding was granted to bring TypeCell from a prototype to a functional application. This included building multiple libraries and an open source Notebook environment including a publicly hosted version where users can start creating and sharing notebooks. Part of the funding was dedicated to community building and documentation (because, as we all know, <a href="https://youtu.be/tV6nzcfG2CA?t=36">without documentation, your project might as well not exist)</a>.</p> <h2>Making web development accessible</h2> <p>The goal of TypeCell is to make software development more open and accessible by reducing the complexity of (web application) development. By taking away barriers like complex build-systems, IDEs and command lines, TypeCell hopes to democratize access to web development and technology in general.</p> <p>TypeCell is build on top of other great open source projects such as <a href="https://github.com/yjs/yjs">Yjs</a>, <a href="https://mobx.js.org/">MobX</a>, <a href="https://www.matrix.org/">Matrix</a>, <a href="https://www.esm.sh/">ESM.sh</a> and <a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org/">Typescript</a>. For more info on what each of these projects does, see Typecell's <a href="https://github.com/TypeCellOS/TypeCell#credits-%EF%B8%8F">credits page</a>.</p> <h2>Funding</h2> <p>TypeCell Notebooks is funded through the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure/">NGI Assure Fund</a>, a fund established by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet</a> with financial support from the European Commission's <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet</a> programme. Do you also have an open source project that needs funding? You can apply for one of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/themes/">theme funds</a> of NLnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230201-call.html"/> <updated>2023-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1^st 2023 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of internet-related technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? Perhaps it will empower users through <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>, or deliver more <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> technology? Or work on key internet technologies like videoconferencing, routing or are you redesigning parts of the <a href="/core">architecture of the internet</a> Or do you have another idea to create a more robust and open internet by and for users?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before April 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> <li> <a href="/core">Internet architecture</a> (NGI0 Core)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20230124.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet at FOSDEM 2023</div> </title> <link href="/news/2023/20230124.html"/> <updated>2023-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="row"> <div class="col9"> <p class="leadpara"> <a href="/events/20230204/FOSDEM">Join NLnet Foundation at FOSDEM 2023</a> in Brussels (4–5 February 2023), meet up with representatives from interesting projects in person and check out interesting presentations of various projects funded by our grants.</p> </div> <div class="col3"> <p> <a href="https://fosdem.org"> <img src="https://nlnet.nl/project/VideoBox/fosdem.videobox.logo.svg"/> </a> </p> </div> </div> <p>After finding refuge in the virtual realm for its <a href="/events/20220205/FOSDEM">past</a> <a href="/news/2021/20210204-NGIZeroAtFOSDEM.html">two editions</a>, the world’s largest gathering of free and open source software enthusiasts is back in Brussels! As always, this two day event is completely free for everyone to join, and you can come even at the last minute — no registration is required.</p> <div class="center"> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <strong> <a href="/events/20230204/FOSDEM">Read more</a> </strong> about the different talks, sessions etc.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="box marge bg_grey rounded"> <p>NLnet Foundation will be there — and we are happy to meet, chat and learn from you! Come join us for a drink and a chat during our <strong> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/ngi_zero_network/">NGI0 FOSDEM Meetup</a> </strong> on <strong>Saturday February 4^th at 14:00h</strong> in our Birds of a Feather session in <a href="https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/bofs_track_c_in_ub2147/">UB2.147</a>. Or ask us any questions you may want to ask during our <strong> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/nlnet_office_hour/">NLnet FOSDEM office hour</a> </strong> on <strong>Sunday February 5^th at 11:00h</strong> (same location, <a href="https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/bofs_track_c_in_ub2147/">UB2.147</a>).</p> </div> <p>Please check the <strong> <a href="/events/20230204/FOSDEM">overview of NGI Zero events during FOSDEM 2023</a> </strong> to learn about all the talks, sessions etc that will take place this year. We are looking forward to see you! Can't make it to Brussels? Fear not, many sessions will be streamed and recorded to enjoy at your earliest convenience...</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20221201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20221201-call.html"/> <updated>2022-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1^st 2023 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of internet-related technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? Perhaps it will empower users through <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>, or deliver more <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> technology? Or make our lives easier by providing <a href="/assure">strong technical assurances</a> where needed? Do you work on key internet technologies like <a href="/entrust">videoconferencing</a> or <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a>? Or do you have another idea to create a more robust and open internet by and for users?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before February 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances</a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20221001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20221001-call.html"/> <updated>2022-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1^st 2022 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of internet-related technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? Perhaps it will empower users through <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>, or deliver more <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> technology? Or make our lives easier by providing <a href="/assure">strong technical assurances</a> where needed? Do you work on key internet technologies like <a href="/entrust">videoconferencing</a> or <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a>? Or do you have another idea to create a more robust and open internet by and for users?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before December 1^st and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is not just technology for technologies sake, but benefits society and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances</a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220801-call.html"/> <updated>2022-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1^st 2022 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of internet-related technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a> and brings us the <a href="/NGI/vision">next generation of the internet</a> closer? Will your idea empower users through <a href="/entrust">data sovereignty</a> and <a href="/entrust">service portability</a>, or deliver more <a href="/entrust">trustworthy</a> technology. Can your idea assist users and operators by providing <a href="/assure">strong technical assurances</a> where needed? Do you work on key internet technologies like <a href="/entrust">videoconferencing</a> or <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a>? Or do you have another idea to create a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make those ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional effort to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the utility and benefit of open technologies for society. Have a look at our <a href="/project/current.html">portfolio</a> to see what we mean. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that the fruits of your project become available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own independent funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission —. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220712-jobopenings.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet is hiring!</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220712-jobopenings.html"/> <updated>2022-07-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Apply before: August 2nd 2022</p> <div class="row"> <div class="col10"> <p class="leadpara">Do you want to work for an organisation that plays an active role in creating a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>? That invests in free and open source software and hardware, in open standards and open data — and is making the internet <a href="/entrust">more trustworthy</a> and <a href="/assure">make protection your privacy and safe-guarding your security</a> easier?</p> </div> <div class="col2"> <img src="/logo/logo.svg"/> </div> </div> <p>NLnet foundation is growing, and we are looking for a number of new team members in various roles: a <a href="/foundation/jobs/commsofficer.html">communication officer</a>, a <a href="/foundation/jobs/progcoordinator.html">programme coordinator</a> and a <a href="/foundation/jobs/developer-rust.html">Rust developer/software engineer</a>. If you like working in a small and informal not-for-profit, why not have a look? In order to create a good balance between work and private life, these positions can also be fulfilled part-time.</p> <p>Looking for something meaningful and concrete to do with your energy and talent for the next couple of years? Or do you know someone that could be interested? Please check the <a href="/foundation/jobs">available positions</a> for our Amsterdam-based office. We are looking forward to hearing from you!</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220601-call.html"/> <updated>2022-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: August 1st 2022 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a>? For instance help fix the internet through <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a> or on empowering technologies that can help to create a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that your project is available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/entrust">Trust and data sovereignty on the internet</a> (NGI0 Entrust)</li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p> <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a <a href="/foundation">recognised public benefit organisation</a> that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations — such as the European Commission — to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society,</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220510-NLUUG_Award.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Michiel Leenaars receives NLUUG Award</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220510-NLUUG_Award.html"/> <updated>2022-05-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Life-time achievement award recognises significant contribution to a more open society</h2> <p>Utrecht, May 10th 2022</p> <p class="leadpara">Today the <a href="https://nluug.nl">NLUUG</a> association dedicated the ninth NLUUG Lifetime Achievement Award to Michiel Leenaars, the current <a href="/people">director of strategy at NLnet foundation</a>. Leenaars received the Award from Patrick Reijnen, the chair of NLUUG, during the <a href="https://nluug.nl/events/vj22">2022 NLUUG Spring conference</a> in Utrecht, the Netherlands.</p> <p>NLUUG is the association of (professional) Open Systems and Open Standards users in the Netherlands, and one of the oldest computer-related associations in the world. Since the late seventies, NLUUG has brought together the community of systems administrators, programmers, researchers and IP network professionals in the Netherlands. Since 1997 the NLUUG Award is infrequently granted to individuals or organizations who have contributed to the improvement and/or proliferation of the (use of) Open systems or Open standards. The most recent laureate was Olaf Kolkman, a prominent internet standards contributor and former Internet Architecture Board chair who received the award in 2015.</p> <p>During his career Leenaars has been involved with numerous important activities in the field of open standards, free and open technologies, open education and the open internet. In recent years this includes in particular the <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative championed by the European Commission, where he helped define the overall vision and leads several large research and innovation actions that provide major funding to open initiatives.</p> <p>Leenaars is not the first NLnet employee upon which this honour is bestowed in NLnet's <a href="/press/20220401-fourtyyearsofeunet.html">40 year history</a> - in 2010 NLnet co-founders <a href="/people/TeusHagen">Teus Hagen</a> and Wytze van der Raaij were awarded together for their historical pioneering work on the internet, as was <a href="https://cwi.nl">CWI</a>'s <a href="https://godfatherof.nl">Piet Beertema</a> ("godfather of .nl") who was the first awardee 25 years ago. The exclusive list of awardees also includes a number of high profile computer scientists such <a href="http://www.porcupine.org/wietse/">Wietse Venema</a> (creator of ao. Postfix and SATAN), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum">Guido van Rossem</a> (creator of the Python programming language), <a href="https://www.moolenaar.net">Bram Moolenaar</a> (creator of VIM) and prof. dr. <a href="https://cs.vu.nl/~ast/">Andrew Tanenbaum</a> (Minix).</p> <h2>About NLnet</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220401-call.html"/> <updated>2022-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1st 2022 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a>? For instance help fix the internet through <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a> or on empowering technologies that can help to create a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that your project is available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220201-resilience.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Resilient technologies from NGI Zero</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220201-resilience.html"/> <updated>2022-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>One of the three pillars of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI/vision">NGI initiative</a> is <strong>resilience</strong>. We have come to depend on the internet for many things, and many societal pathways we used to have are now replaced by digital equivalents. This makes it extremely awkward when regular internet access is suddenly no longer available or becomes unreliable, due a natural disaster, warfare or some other reason. However, society should not come to a halt at that point: in such cases, perhaps more than in normal circumstances, people need to communicate and collaborate. Internet via satellite uplink isn't capable of delivering on that, at least not just yet. Developing resilient and disruption tolerant technologies is therefore one of the strategic goals for the programmes within NGI.</p> <p>(Note that internet technologies themselves in principle continue to work even when there is a netsplit. Of course, you can't use remote cloud services from abroad if there is no link to them - which means that in order to stay up and running in case of whatever emergency you should not depend on those). There are many projects within NGI that you can install and run locally, to replace these services.</p> <h2>Offline messaging</h2> <p>To start with the worst possible use case when there is no network at all.<div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://www.manyver.se/"> <img src="/project/Manyverse/manyverse.png"/> </a> </div> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Briar/"> <img src="/project/Briar/briar.svg"/> </a> </div>In that case offline capable messengers like <a href="https://www.manyver.se/">Manyverse</a> and <a href="https://briarproject.org/manual/">Briar</a> can offer relief. With both apps, you can send messages without any server. They work over a local wifi link and bluetooth. Both of them are not running in the cloud owned by a company, instead, messages you want to share live entirely in your phone and those of the people you communicate with. This way, even when you're offline, you can scroll, read anything, and even write posts and like content! If network connectivity is temporarily restored from you or someone in your network, you can sync up via the internet.</p> <p>If you are using the Android OS, we recommend you install the open source <a href="https://f-droid.org">F-Droid</a> app store on your phone. This contains free and open source software, and may be available in cases where you cannot get access to vendor-specific stores like Google Play (work is under way to create i<a href="/project/EthicalApps">custom and portable</a> app stores - stay tuned). One great feature of F-Droid is the ability to <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/tutorials/swap/">exchange apps</a> you don't have installed with people that do (read the <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/tutorials/swap/">tutorial</a>).</p> <h2>Ad hoc service provisioning</h2> <p>You can set up a 'neighborhood internet' with <a href="/project/InternetCube/">Internet Cube</a> or existing equipment - an old laptop or even a small single board computer like a Raspberry Pi. Thanks to <a href="https://yunohost.org">Yunohost</a> you can turn this into a private hotspot which has file sharing, private mail, collaborative editing and quite a lot of other services.<div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://internetcu.be/"> <img src="/project/InternetCube/internetcube.svg"/> </a> </div>Especially devices like the Internet Cube (which is actually capable of running on a battery) are great, because you can take them along with you anywhere you need to.</p> <p>If you have bigger ambitions, you create a larger wifi mesh with software like <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Radiusdesk">Meshdesk/Radiusdesk</a>. If you have access to (second hand) telco equipment, you can use <a href="https://osmocom.org">Open Source Mobile Communications</a> (or <a href="https://osmocom.org">OsmoCom</a>) to create whole mobile networks. Unfortunately, the <a href="/project/4G_FOSS/">LibreCellular</a> project is not yet operational, but this will take portable mobile networks to a whole new level.</p> <h2>Fixing broken or missing network links</h2> <p>Initiatives like <a href="https://nogalliance.org">NOG Alliance</a> and <a href="https://www.tsfi.org">Télécoms Sans Frontières</a> (TSF) are capable of providing emergency-response technologies, but in some cases it makes sense to complement wired technologies with wireless ones. One such example funded by NGI is <a href="/project/koruza">KORUZA</a>, an innovative open-source open-hardware wireless communication system, employing a new low-cost approach to designing free-space optical network systems. These portable little devices can be used to create an instant optical link between points when fibers or wires are cut.</p> <p>There are many more open source technologies from the NGI portfolio that you may find useful. You could run <a href="/project/PeerTube">PeerTube</a> to share video's, when there is no access to other video sharing platforms, or use a local install of <a href="/project/Pixelfed">Pixelfed</a> to share photo's. For navigating, you can find your way around with <a href="/project/Peermaps">Peermaps</a>, a p2p, offline-friendly way to distribute, view, and embed map data. Instead of fetching data from a centralized tile provider, you fetch data from other peers in the network.</p> <p>Have a look at the portfolio from <a href="/project/current.html">NLnet</a> and from <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/discover-ngi-solutions">across the NGI initiative</a> for more inspiration. Want to help? Make sure a project is translated, help write documentation or just simply point other to these resources. To those in distress: we wish you the very best, let us know if there is something we can do to help. For everyone else: note that the right time to work on achieving resilience at your end probably isn't waiting for the next large scale disruption, it is today — these things are never planned or announced, but they can be anticipated.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2022/20220201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2022/20220201-call.html"/> <updated>2022-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1st 2022 (noon CES)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a>? For instance help fix the internet through <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a> or on empowering technologies that can help to create a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that your project is available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20211201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20211201-call.html"/> <updated>2021-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1st 2022 (noon CES)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a>? For instance help fix the internet through <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a> or on empowering technologies that can help to create a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that your project is available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20211001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20211001-call.html"/> <updated>2021-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1st 2021 (noon CES)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, that will contribute towards achieving <a href="/foundation#mission">a more open information society</a>? For instance help fix the internet through <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, <a href="/assure">real-time collaboration</a> or on empowering technologies that can help to create a more robust and open internet <a href="/useroperated">by and for users</a>?</p> <p>And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on (<a href="/donating">including yours</a> if you give it to us) where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>. For us, this means by definition that your project is available under a free and open source license.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are particularly interested in project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <p>In addition there are a number of smaller <a href="/themes">themes</a> you could have a look at. Uncertain? You can always submit through the open call.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210910-Summer-of-nix-update.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Update from the Summer of Nix</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210910-Summer-of-nix-update.html"/> <updated>2021-09-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Train and work program packages customizable browser and open food database</h2> <p class="leadpara">The Summer of Nix train and work project is only a month underway and the first free and open source software packages are already available to try out. Projects funded by the Next Generation Internet initiative like the fully customizable browser Nyxt and the open food database OpenFoodFacts will be more widely available, reproducible and reliable. Here we summarize the experiences of participating packagers.</p> <p>As you may know, NLnet spearheads a unique collaboration of non-profit organizations known as <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0">NGI Zero</a>, which offers funding and a range of support services to free and open source software and open hardware projects. One of these partners is the <a href="https://nixos.org">NixOS foundation</a> which supports the development and use of Nix, a unique approach to software package management and system configuration.</p> <p> <a href="https://nixos.org/explore.html">Nix</a> is a cross-platform functional package manager, where each software or service is built in an isolated way. Software packaged in Nix can be easily installed across different systems and used on desktops, servers, mobile phones, routers, or deployed in hypervisors and containers. And because these packages do not rely on each other to run, you are free to mix and match software across different technological layers: if you want to use <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Reowolf">Reowolf</a> (rip and replace for BSD socket insecurity) within your fork of <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/SCION-geo">SCION</a> (a clean-slate internet architecture) to run <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Cryptpad">Cryptpad</a> (real-time collaborative editing with client-side encryption), you can - which you would not easily be able to do with container-based or VM-based solutions.</p> <p> <a href="https://summer.nixos.org">The Summer of Nix</a> is a huge packaging effort in support of NGI Zero where an enthousiastic group of about 45 people divided across 6 teams spends the summer packaging as much NGI-related projects into Nix as possible. A number of cutting edge free and open source applications in the field of <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> as well as tools aimed at <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery">search, discovery and discoverability</a> are targeted. Established community members are available for questions and mentoring where needed.</p> <p>So how is the Summer of Nix going? Below we share some experiences that packagers shared with us along with some links to their work, so you can go and try out Nix for yourself, using some awesome free and open source software.</p> <h3>Packaging update on Nyxt, Plaudit and Chipflasher</h3> <p>Packager <a href="https://github.com/ambroisie">ambroisie</a> offered a status update in the week of August 17th. Their team amongst others packaged the <a href="https://github.com/ngi-nix/nyxt">latest release</a> of <a href="https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/">Nyxt</a>, a browser you can completely customize as it is running, and investigated <a href="http://www.zerocat.org/chipflasher.html">Zerocat</a>, a tool to remove proprietary BIOS firmware from laptops. Here is <a href="https://github.com/orgs/ngi-nix/repositories">an overview of more than a hunderd(!)NGI-projects</a> currently being packaged in Nix.</p> <p>A longer writeup of packager <a href="https://github.com/thomasSDK">thomasSDK</a> gives some insight into what you can learn during the Summer of Nix. They were interested in packaging <a href="https://world.openfoodfacts.org/discover">OpenFoodFacts</a>, a collaborative open database providing detailed information on more than 1 million products around the world. The blog post is a lengthy dive into how Nix interacts with modules of the Perl programming language and how after some failed attempts, the packager managed to turn things around and <a href="https://github.com/ngi-nix/openfoodfacts-server">solve the problem</a> (and discover some relevant insights as well). Check out the entire blog post soon to be published on the <a href="https://summer.nixos.org">website of Summer of Nix</a>.</p> <p>Want to know more? We will keep you updated on the experiences and progress made by packagers as the Summer of Nix continues and point you to packages you should not miss out on. Keep an eye out for new updates (or <a href="https://nlnet.nl/feed.atom">simply subscribe</a>). Of course also visit the <a href="https://summer.nixos.org/">Summer of Nix-website</a> to learn about this unique program.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210801-call.html"/> <updated>2021-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1st 2021 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong additional technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, or <a href="/discovery">search, discovery and discoverability</a> of people, content and things? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search, discovery and discoverability</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> </li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210601-call.html"/> <updated>2021-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: August 1st 2021 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong additional technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, or <a href="/discovery">search, discovery and discoverability</a> of people, content and things? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search, discovery and discoverability</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> </li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210507-NGI-Zero-workshop-open-hardware.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Online session on future of European open hardware</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210507-NGI-Zero-workshop-open-hardware.html"/> <updated>2021-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>NGI Zero chip projects showcase permission-free innovation at NGI Forum</h2> <p class="leadpara">At the <a href="https://ngiforum.eu">Next Generation Internet Forum</a> event on May 18th 2021, NLnet hosted an <a href="https://2021.ngiforum.eu/workshops?session=87761">online session</a> on the future of European chip development. State-of-the-art projects creating open hardware and permissionless design tools demonstrate how Europe can regain control over electronic devices through transparent, collaborative design and together with industry and policy representatives we discuss what this means for the future.</p> <p>Europe has being losing market share in the semiconductor industry, with chip production down to 10% of world production. And at the same time, semiconductor chips are at the heart of a majority of modern technology and form a core part of today’s society. With global chip shortages plaguing the tech sector, our dependency on chip imports is becoming a liability for our industry, security and sovereignty - and may affect European society at many fundamental levels. Eurocommissioner Thierry Breton has recently <a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/europe-looks-to-secure-chip-supply-after-naive-past-approach">stated</a> that Europe should at least <a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/europe-looks-to-secure-chip-supply-after-naive-past-approach">double its current output</a> in the next decade, and that ambition should probably only be the start.</p> <p>The <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative has been supporting various promising initiatives working towards free and open chips built on open design tooling that is accessible to everyone. Among the hundreds of projects supported by <a href="https://NLnet.nl/NGI0">NGI Zero</a> (which consists of two complementary grant programs to improve <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery">search and discoverability</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET">develop privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a>) there quite a number of innovative <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/current.html">free and open source efforts</a> working to advance the state of art in open hardware.</p> <p>Open hardware chips provide trust through transparency, permission-free innovation and digital sovereignty through distributed knowledge. During the workshop we look into a number of ongoing efforts and discuss where to go next.</p> <div class="row"> <div class="col6"> <a href="/NGI0/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> <p>View the online session below (provided by <a href="https://archive.org">the Internet Archive</a> </p> <div class="iframe-container_archive"> <iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ngiforum-open-hardware-workshop-ngizero" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen="true"/> </div> </div> <div class="col6 box bg_grey"> <p> <strong>Link to recording</strong> </p> <p> <a href="https://archive.org/details/ngiforum-open-hardware-workshop-ngizero">Download the recorded event</a> or <br/> </p> <p> <strong>Presentation and slides links</strong> </p> <ul> <li> <a href="">Introduction to NGI Zero and workshop</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/ThomasKramer-LibrEDA.pdf">Thomas Kramer on LibrEDA</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/StafVerhaegen-Chips4Makers.pdf">Staf Verhaegen on Chips4Makers ASICS</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://ftp.libre-soc.org/ngiforum2021.mp4">Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Libre-SoC</a> (prerecorded video)</li> <li> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/DavidLanzendoerfer-LibreSilicon.pdf">David Lanzendoerfer on LibreSilicon</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/XianjunJiao-Openwifi.pdf">Xianjun Jiao on Openwifi</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/CharlesPapon-SpinalHDL_Vexriscv_Saxonsoc.pdf">Charles Papon on SpinalHDL, VexRiscv and SaxonSoc</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <hr/> <h4>Program workshop May 18</h4> <p>The workshop is split across two sessions, each lasting one hour. The first session covers state-of-the-art projects funded by NGI Zero that showcase open hardware tools and components for trustworthy computing. The second session looks forward to a future European silicon ecosystem with a panel of industry and policy leaders who discuss the role of open source technology in a resurgent European semiconductor landscape, moderated by Rob Taylor (<a href="https://librecores.org">LibreCores</a>/Chipflow).</p> <h4>Open hardware projects funded by NGI Zero (15-16h CEST)</h4> <ul> <li> <strong>Thomas Kramer</strong> <br/> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/ChipDesignFramework">LibrEDA</a> - libre-software framework for physical design of digital integrated circuits [ <span class="right"> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/ThomasKramer-LibrEDA.pdf">PDF</a> </span> ]</li> <li> <strong>Staf Verhaegen</strong> <br/> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Chips4Makers">Chips4Makers ASICs</a> - ASIC production flows compatible with reciprocal licensed blocks using a libre licensed software flow [ <span class="right"> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/StafVerhaegen-Chips4Makers.pdf">PDF</a> </span> ]</li> <li> <strong>Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton</strong> <br/> <a href="https://libre-soc.org/">Libre-SOC</a> - Development of libre-licensed hybrid 3D CPU-GPU-VPU [ <span class="right"> <a href="https://ftp.libre-soc.org/ngiforum2021.mp4">MP4</a> </span> ]</li> <li> <strong>David Lanzendoerfer</strong> <br/> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreSilicon">LibreSilicon</a> - open source semiconductor manufacturing process standard [ <span class="right"> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/DavidLanzendoerfer-LibreSilicon.pdf">PDF</a> </span> ]</li> <li> <strong>Xianjun Jiao</strong> <br/> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWifi-80211n">Openwifi</a> - open source Wi-Fi chip design [ <span class="right"> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/XianjunJiao-Openwifi.pdf">PDF</a> </span> ]</li> <li> <strong>Charles Papon</strong> <br/> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/SaxonSoc">SpinalHDL, VexRiscv, SaxonSoc</a> - design tools and facilities to develop open source system-on-chip optimized for FPGA [ <span class="right"> <a href="/pres/20210518/OHW_chips/CharlesPapon-SpinalHDL_Vexriscv_Saxonsoc.pdf">PDF</a> </span> ]</li> </ul> <h4>Panel discussion moderated by Rob Taylor (16-17h CEST)</h4> <ul> <li> <strong> <a href="#bunnie">Bunnie Huang</a> </strong> <br/> Developer, activist and writer on open hardware and reverse engineering (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/betrusted">Betrusted</a>, <a href="https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921">Precursor</a>, <a href="https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?tag=novena">Novena</a>)</li> <li> <strong> <a href="#Olof Kindgren">Olof Kindgren</a> </strong> <br/> Lead developer of <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Edalize-ASIC">Edalize</a>/<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/FuseSoc-Cores/">FuseSOC</a> and director of the <a href="https://www.fossi-foundation.org/">FOSSi Foundation</a> </li> <li> <strong> <a href="#Sally Ward-Foxton">Sally Ward-Foxton</a> </strong> <br/> European Correspondent, <a href="https://eetimes.com">EE Times</a> </li> <li> <strong> <a href="#David Tester">David Tester</a> </strong> <br/> Technical Director, <a href="https://www.ensilica.com/">Ensilica</a> </li> <li> <strong> <a href="#Maria M. Valado">Maria M. Valado</a> </strong> <br/>R&amp;D Project Leader, <a href="https://www.imec-int.com/en">Imec</a> </li> <li> <strong> <a href="#Jana Nieder">Jana Nieder</a> </strong> <br/>Research Group Leader and Coordinator of the Advanced Materials and Computation Cluster <a href="http://www.inl.int">INL</a> </li> <li> <strong> <a href="#Mohamed Kassem">Mohamed Kassem</a> </strong> <br/> cofounder and CTO of the open innovation hardware creation platform <a href="https://efabless.com">efabless corporation</a> </li> </ul> <h4>Biographies of panelists</h4> <ul> <li> <strong> <a name="bunnie">Andrew 'bunnie' Huang</a> </strong> is a researcher and hardware hacker with a Ph.D in electrical engineering and authored the publicly available book <a href="https://www.hackingthexbox.com/">'Hacking the Xbox: An introduction to Reverse Engineering'</a> as well as <a href="https://bunniefoo.com/bunnie/essential/essential-guide-shenzhen-web.pdf">'The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen'</a>. Huang lead the embedded computer <a href="https://www.thechumbystore.com/">Chumby-project</a> and designed the open-source hardware laptop motherboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novena_(computing_platform)#External_links">Novena</a>. Currently he is developing the hardware and software security enclave <a href="https://betrusted.io/">Betrusted</a> to provide safe defaults for your devices.</li> <li> <strong> <a name="Olof Kindgren">Olof Kindgren</a> </strong> is an open source software and silicon advocate who became involved with free and open source silicon through the OpenRISC-project in 2011. Kindgren is a senior digital design engineer working for <a href="https://www.qamcom.com/">Qamcom Research &amp; Technology</a>, He spearheads and contributes to projects including the <a href="https://github.com/olofk/fusesoc">FuseSoC IP core package manager</a> and <a href="https://www.librecores.org/olofk/serv">SERV</a>, the award-winning RISC-V CPU. In 2015 he co-founded the Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (<a href="https://www.fossi-foundation.org/">FOSSi</a>) to promote and assist free and open digital hardware design as an open, inclusive and vendor-independent group.</li> <li> <strong> <a name="Sally Ward-Foxton">Sally Ward-Foxton</a> </strong> covers AI technology and related issues for <a href="https://www.eetimes.com">EETimes.com</a> and all aspects of the European industry for EETimes Europe magazine. Sally has spent more than 15 years writing about the electronics industry from London, UK. Se has written for Electronics Design, ECN, Electronic Specifier: Design, Components in Electronics and many more. She holds a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cambridge.</li> <li> <strong> <a name="David Tester">David Tester</a> </strong> during the last 20 years has led development of ten complex SoC-products and participated in the development of over twenty semiconductor products for the GPS / GNSS, cordless phone, cell phone, DVB and DVD digital TV, TETRA, Wi-Fi, PC and NFC markets. His high volume, standard product background crosses every level from system architecture to digital and analog silicon development. He has deep experience leading product developments for start-up's including Air, Ultrahaptics, Symbionics, UltraSOC and Thalia over the last 10 years. Previously he was with Rockwell Semiconductor, Dialog and LIS Logic. He is an IET Fellow and Chartered Engineer.</li> <li> <strong> <a name="Maria M. Valado">Maria M. Valado</a> </strong> manages the Emergering Business Program (EBP) of imec.IC-link, the unit of <a href="https://www.imec-int.com/en">imec</a> in charge of providing access to foundry services and support for start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs and universities. The goal of EBP is to ensure future growth for the unit by developing and incubating new businesses. Her responsibilities are the coordination and support of the different businesses of the portfolio, which include both advanced imec-technologies, offered as Multi-Project Wafer services in photonics and power electronics, as well as business opportunities taking advantage of new markets and consistent with imec.IC-link main business. Before joining imec, she worked as a scientific researcher for several years and holds a PhD in Applied Physics jointly awarded by the Universities of Pisa and Heidelberg.</li> <li> <strong> <a name="Jana Nieder">Jana Nieder</a> </strong> is the coordinator of the Advanced Materials and Computation Cluster - being aware of the work of our various research groups researching for new paradigms in computation type of platforms such as spintronics neuromorphic, photonics neuromorphic and quantum photonics, e.g. for AI applications; and research related to atomically precise e.g. 2D materials for future emerging technologies. Jana is a physicist (PhD in 2011, FU Berlin), with postdoc experience at ICFO (Barcelona, Spain) and IGC (Lisbon, Portugal). Since 2016, she is Research Group Leader of the "Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics" group at INL, leading an interdisciplinary team of physicists, physics engineers, bioengineers and chemists performing research in the areas of i) Advanced Bioimaging &amp; Sensing, ii) Integrated Nanophotonics and iii) Quantum Photonics.</li> <li> <strong> <a name="Mohamed Kassem">Mohamed Kassem</a> </strong> is the cofounder and CTO of efabless corporation. A community-propelled hardware desigh company applying collective community knowledge &amp; creativity to all aspects of semiconductor product development. Prior to launching efabless in 2014, Mohamed held several technical and global leadership positions within TI's Wireless Business Unit. He joined TI in 2000 at the beginning of the digital telephony revolution fueled by the unprecedentend integration of majoh phone functions on a single SoC. He led the first development of 45nm, 28nm analog &amp; mixed-signal IP functions for wireless applications processors. Mohamed holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontaria, Canada and BSEE from Ain Sham University, Cairo, Egypt.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210401-call.html"/> <updated>2021-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1st 2021 (noon CEST)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong additional technical assurances</a> on security, privacy or other internet capabilities, or <a href="/discovery">search, discovery and discoverability</a> of people, content and things? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search, discovery and discoverability</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> </li> <li> <a href="/useroperated">User-operated Internet Fund</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210312-EDRiAdTechGuideBook.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">EDRi: Ad-tech considered harmful</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210312-EDRiAdTechGuideBook.html"/> <updated>2021-03-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Critical report on profiling practices and their effect on society</h2> <p class="leadpara">Targeted advertising technology invades our privacy with harmful profiling and contributes to filter bubbles, radicalisation and repressive mass surveillance. With <a href="/project/EDRi-AdTech">financial support of the NLnet and Vietsch Foundation</a> the European digital rights organization released a guide book how 'ad-tech' works - and what pending European policy can do to prevent its risks for society and online freedom.</p> <p>The lack of accountability of targeted advertising making a handful of powerful technology companies massive profits is one of the most pressing policy issues today, argue the European umbrella of digital rights organizations <a href="https://edri.org">EDRi</a>. The new guide book <a href="/project/EDRi-AdTech/Targeted-online-An-industry-broken-by-design-and-by-default.pdf">"Targeted Online"</a> points to the significant risks of online tracking to citizens, and explores how upcoming EU law could help prevent unwanted side-effects like the spread of misinformation and online polarization.</p> <h4>Promoting misinformation, discrimination and surveillance</h4> <p>In "Targeted Online" the authors highlight <a href="https://edri.org/our-work/targeted-online-big-tech-business-model-sells-your-deepest-secrets-for-profit/">several other problematic issues</a>, such as that unlike in traditional media today's advertising machinery runs ads on extremist and disinformation websites (essentially turning that into a profit-making business), categorizes survivors of sexual abuse and people with mental health issues and shares personal information with state actors which has led to the arrest of vulnerable communities (such as undocumented migrants) as well as surveil religious minorities.</p> <p>People who want to opt out are left guessing since the options to turn off tracking are hidden away, unnecessarily cumbersome, incomplete or misleadingly give only the impression that privacy is protected. EDRi instead advocates for technology that is private by design, like contextual advertisements. This content can actually be more relevant and profitable for publishers and content creators: the Dutch public broadcaster NPO <a href="https://brave.com/npo/">increased their revenue by 76%</a> after moving from behavioural to contextual advertising.</p> <h4>Upcoming European policies to protect privacy</h4> <p>To ensure that advertisers and service providers make this necessary switch, EDRi along with the European Data Protection Survivor and a broad coalition of European Parliament-members argue for phasing out targeted advertising based on invasive tracking. According to the report, upcoming European policies like the Digital Services Act and the ePrivacy Regulation can be the perfect tools to reconstruct ad-tech so that it serves instead of harms its audience.</p> <h3>Supporting a better internet</h3> <p>NLnet supports the urgent need of EDRi to share knowledge of pervasive surveillance and how upcoming European regulation can prevent exploitative monopolistic practices that polarize online interaction, spread disinformation and put minorities and other vulnerable groups in danger.</p> <p> <q>How AdTech works</q> is funded jointly by <a href="/">NLnet foundation</a> and <a href="https://www.vietsch-foundation.org/">Vietsch Foundation</a>. Since 1997 NLnet has supported a <a href="/project/index.html">wide diversity of efforts</a> to create a better internet. Currently NLnet promotes open calls to develop technologies that <a href="/discovery">improve search and discoverability</a>, provide <a href="/assure">technical assurances</a> and <a href="/internethardening">defend internet security, reliability and scalability</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210226-LatestProjectsNGI0.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Novel hardware design tools and a community alternative to Youtube</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210226-LatestProjectsNGI0.html"/> <updated>2021-02-26T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>New round of grantees from NGI Zero</h2> <p class="leadpara">NLnet has announced sixteen new projects funded through the latest round of the <a href="/NGI0">NGI Zero</a> programmes. These projects range from interesting new search tools like <a href="/project/xqerl">xqerl</a>, <a href="/project/CortezaDiscovery">Corteza Discovery</a> and mobile podcasting application <a href="/project/CastopodMobile">Castopod Mobile</a> to open hardware projects that help make our devices more trustworthy and level the playing field for innovation. The technical community is currently restricted by outdated and proprietary design tools. Exciting new projects like <a href="/project/Mosaic">Mosaic</a>, <a href="/project/Luna">Luna</a>, and <a href="/project/Edalize-ASIC">Edalize</a> will help design and deliver reliable and open hardware design solutions everyone can use and extend freely.</p> <p>The latest funding call also finances open source projects develop <a href="/project/LO-Online">visual document search</a> for the popular LibreOffice online, <a href="/project/Bonfire">federated social media</a> solutions (including a solution for the most popular content management system on the planet, <a href="/project/Wordpress-ActivityPub">Wordpress</a>. And of course the next version of the versatile <a href="/project/PeerTube">PeerTube</a>, a decentralized streaming video platform that is part of the so called <em>Fediverse</em>.</p> <p>Do you have ideas on how to fix the internet? For more than two decades NLnet has financially supported people and organizations that can contribute to an open information society. Please check the <a href="/project">list of projects</a> we supported. Each of these is based on developing open standards, open hardware and open source software. Have you made a <a href="/donating">donation</a>? In that case: thank you for empowering our work.</p> <hr/> <h3>NGI Zero PET (privacy and trust enhancing technologies)</h3> <p>These are the latest projects granted through <a href="/PET">NGI Zero PET</a>, a research programme on privacy and trust enhancing technologies.</p> <ul> <li>Ripple - <a href="/project/Ripple">Safer and faster incremental software builds</a> </li> <li>modular ULX3S - <a href="/project/ULX3S">A modular open hardware FPGA platform</a> </li> <li>Mosaic - <a href="/project/Mosaic">Trustworthy open hardware design tool for electrical engineers</a> </li> <li>Luna - <a href="/project/Luna">A versatile and fast new open-source place and route tool</a> </li> <li>libspng - <a href="/project/libspng">A fast and safe implementation of Portable Network Graphics (PNG)</a> </li> </ul> <h3>NGI Zero Discovery (improving open search and discovery)</h3> <p>These are the latest projects granted through <a href="/discovery">NGI Zero Discovery</a>, a research programme on search, discovery and discoverability.</p> <ul> <li>Libre/OpenCores FuseSoc backend - <a href="/project/FuseSoc-Cores">Discovery and use of open hardware gateware through LibreCores and OpenCores</a> </li> <li>Babelia - <a href="/project/Babelia">Search engine and crawler in Scheme</a> </li> <li>PeerTube - <a href="/project/PeerTube">A decentralized streaming video platform</a> </li> <li>xqerl - <a href="/project/xqerl">Performant Erlang-implementation of XQuery and XML-database</a> </li> <li>Corteza Discovery - <a href="/project/CortezaDiscovery">(Geo)search and discovery within federated services</a> </li> <li>Bonfire search and discovery - <a href="/project/Bonfire">Improving search and discoverability in the fediverse</a> </li> <li>Hypermachines: realtime and collaborative p2p search - <a href="/project/Hypermachines">Realtime and collaborative peer-to-peer search</a> </li> <li>The PeARS app - <a href="/project/PeARS">Building low-resource web search applications from cognitive models</a> </li> <li>Wordpress ActivityPub - <a href="/project/Wordpress-ActivityPub">Bring ActivityPub social networking to Wordpress</a> </li> <li>Collabora Online and LibreOffice - <a href="/project/LO-Online">Improved visual document search for cloud service</a> </li> <li>Castopod Mobile - <a href="/project/CastopodMobile">Userfriendly mobile podcasting application</a> </li> </ul> <p class="box marge bg_grey rounded">If you are interested in learning about new technology that respects your privacy and helps to make you and everyone else more secure on the internet - take some time to browse through the many <a href="/project/current.html">awesome projects</a> we are currently supporting. There is an entire parallel world to discover that ranges from videoconferencing applications, collaborative editors, alternative search engines, social networks, reproducible software tooling, vpn technologies, and secure messaging - all the way up to open hardware laptops, smartphones and dumbphones, fully transparent computer chips, new internet routing mechanisms, alternative web browsers, operating systems and even entire mobile networks and satellites.</p> <div class="row"> <div class="col2"> <hr/> <a href="/discovery/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/logo/NGI/NGIZero-green.hex.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo in hex format"/> </a> <a href="/discovery/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col4"> <hr/> <p> <a href="/discovery/">NGI Zero Discovery</a> is a grant programme that funds R&amp;D that allows people, objects, content, data, applications and services to be found online - by improving search, discovery and discoverability through free and open source tools (like Searx, Yacy and and open standards like ActivityPub, microformats and linked data.</p> <p>More about <a class="button" href="/discovery/">NGI Zero Discovery</a> <br/> <a class="buttonlight" href="/propose">Apply now!</a> </p> </div> <div class="col2"> <hr/> <a href="/PET/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/logo/NGI/NGIZero-white.hex.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> <a href="/PET/"> <img class="img_mob_small" src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero tag logo"/> </a> </div> <div class="col4"> <hr/> <p> <a href="/PET/">NGI Zero PET</a> is aimed at efforts that enhance privacy characteristics and trustworthiness of the technology we depend on. From the internet protocols that run underneath every packet sent, the operating system and browser that we run our applications on, the chips we use in every device, to even the design and manufacturing of silicon - projects within NGI Zero PET are breaking down barriers and working towards a technology commons.</p> <p>More about <a class="button" href="/PET/">NGI Zero PET</a> <br/> <a class="buttonlight" href="/propose">No new proposals</a> </p> </div> </div> <h2>We welcome your ideas!</h2> <p>The above projects were selected through NLnet's bimonthly open call <a href="/news/2021/20210201-call.html">(next deadline April 1st 2021)</a>. Check out which other tools and solutions NGI Zero supports to <a href="/thema/NGIZeroDiscovery.html">improve search and discovery</a>, <a href="/thema/NGIZeroPET.html">create privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> and <a href="/assure">provide digital assurances</a>. Do you have an idea to help fix the internet? <a href="/propose">Send it in right now!</a> </p> <div class="row"> <div class="col4"> <blockquote> <strong>Do you have a great idea?</strong> <br/> <a href="/foundation/can_do.html">Find out what NLnet can do for you</a>.</blockquote> </div> <div class="col4"> <a href="/donating" class="empty"> <img src="/image/donate-button.png" alt="Help grow the future. Donate"/> </a> </div> <div class="col4"> <strong>Why not read</strong> <a href="/donating/quotes.html">what some really interesting people say about NLnet</a> (and why you might consider <a href="/donating">donating some money</a>)?</div> </div> <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commission" class="flagright"/> </a> </div> <p>NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu">European Commission</a>'s <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> programme, under the aegis of <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology</a>.</p> <p>This project has received funding from the European Union’s <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/">Horizon 2020</a> research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825310.</p> <p class="attention"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="Logo NGI Zero: letterlogo shaped like a tag" class="logocenter"/> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210204-NGIZeroAtFOSDEM.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Next generation internet tech at FOSDEM 2021</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210204-NGIZeroAtFOSDEM.html"/> <updated>2021-02-04T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Check out NGI Zero-funded projects and tools this weekend</h2> <p> <strong>Join the NLnet Foundation at FOSDEM 2021 this weekend and come check out the many useful and groundbreaking projects funded by the NGI Zero research and development grants to build a more open and privacy-friendly internet.</strong> </p> <p>The largest gathering of free and open source software enthusiasts worldwide is drawing close. The pandemic forced FOSDEM 2021 to be an entirely online event which like the previous conferences in Brussels is free for everyone to join, no registration required. As always the NLnet Foundation is happy to meet, chat and learn from the many developers and enthusiasts at FOSDEM.</p> <p>NLnet is also proud to see many developers and projects present and demonstrate their technologies which were recently funded by the <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> research and development grants <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET">NGI Zero PET</a> (privacy and trust enhancing technology) and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery">NGI Zero Discovery</a> (improving open search and discovery). To make sure no one misses out on these innovative and useful tools and technological building blocks, below you can find an overview of NGI Zero-funded projects at FOSDEM 2021 with the necessary details and links. In case we missed your presentation, do reach out to us and we will update the list accordingly. See you at FOSDEM!</p> <p> <strong>Saturday February 6 2021</strong> </p> <p>Stands (09:30-10:00)</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/civicrm_welcome/">CiviCRM</a> (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/PGP4civiCRM">Added email encryption</a> for open source customer relationship management system)</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/fsfe_welcome/">Free Software Foundation Europe</a> (partner of <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0">NGI Zero consortium</a>)</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/openwifi_welcome/">Openwifi</a> (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/OpenWifi-80211n">open hardware implementation of wifi</a>)</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/libresoc_welcome/">LibreSOC</a> (multiple projects to develop <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV">various</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreSoC-Video">components</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreSoC-Proofs">of</a> an open hardware <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV">System-On-Chip</a>)</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/xwiki_welcome/">XWiki and Cryptpad</a> (multiple projects to <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/WikiActivityPub">add ActivityPub-support</a> to XWiki and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Cryptpad">improve</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Cryptpad-Communities">extend</a> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/CryptPadForms">Cryptpad</a>)</li> </ul> <p>Events</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/humancentricinternet/">Designing a human-centric Next Generation Internet</a> - Jens Finkhaeuser (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Interpeer">Interpeer</a>) - 10:00-11:00</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/cryptpad/">Living on the edge with Cryptpad</a> - Aaron MacSween (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Cryptpad">Cryptpad</a>) - 11:00-11:35</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/libresocproject/">The LibreSOC Project</a> - Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV">LibreSOC</a>) - 11:30-12:15</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/e2ee/">The road to end-to-end-encryption in Jitsi Meet</a> - Saúl Ibarra Corretgé (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/JitsiMeet-E2E">E2EE for Jitsi Meet</a>) - 12:55-13:20</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/nextcloudhub/">Nextcloud Hub</a> - Jos Poortvliet (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/NextCloudSearch">Nextcloud search and discovery</a>) - 14:00-15:00</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/open_research_software_heritage/">Archiving, referencing and citing research software in Software Heritage</a> - Roberto di Cosmo (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/SoftwareHeritage">Software Heritage</a>) - 15:00-15:25</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/scheduel/event/migratetoxwiki/">Migrating to Open Source Wiki</a> - Ludovic Dubost (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/XWikiActivityPub">XWiki</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Cryptpad-Communities">Cryptpad</a>) - 15:30-16:30</li> </ul> <p> <strong>Sunday February 6 2021</strong> </p> <p>Events</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/lisprepl/">A LISP REPL as my main shell</a> - Pierre Neidhardt (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/GUIX">GNU Guix</a>) - 11:20-11:50</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/gnumes/">GNU Mes, the full source bootstrap</a> - Jan Nieuwenhuizen (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/GNUMes">GNU Mes</a>) - 11:50-12:50</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/lo">LibreOffice WASM</a> - Thorsten Berhens, Jan-Marek Glogowski (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/LibreOfficeP2P">Libreoffice P2P</a>) - 12:00-12:30</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/declarativeminimalistic/">Declarative and minimalistic computing</a> - Pjotr Prins - 12:05-12:25</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/etebase/">Etebase - Your end-to-end-encrypted backend</a> - Tom Hacohen (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Etesync-iOS">EteSync</a>-<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/EteSync-Thunderbird">TbSync-integration</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/EteSyncEnhancements">Etebase</a>) - 13:20-13:40</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/neuropil/">Zero trust architecture as an enabler for data sovereignty</a>I - Stephan Schwichtenberg (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Neuropil">neuropil</a>) - 13:20-13:55</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/porting_fwupd_to_the_bsd/">Porting fwupd to the BSD-distributions</a> - Norbert Kamiński (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/fwdup-BSD">)fwupd</a>) - 13:20-13:50</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/gnuguix/">Declaratively yours</a> - Ludovic Courtés (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/GUIX">GNU Guix</a>) - 13:55-14:50</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/minimalismguix/">Is GNU Guix a minimal distribution, and what might that even mean?</a> - Christopher Baines (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/GUIX-securitytracking">Improve security GNU Guix</a>) - 14:50-15:15</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/spritelygoblins/">Spritely Goblins: a distributed journey</a> - Christopher Webber (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Spritely">Spritely secure user interfaces</a>) - 15:15-16:00</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/sca_update_scancode/">ScanCode projects update</a> - Philippe Ombredanne (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/vulnerabilitydatabase">Free software vulnerability database</a>) - 15:30-16:00</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/netneutrality/">Net neutrality and free software</a> - Lucas Lacota (<a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ngi/">FSFE</a>) - 15:30-16:00</li> <li> <a href="https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/alliance/">Alliance / Coriolis2</a> - Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Coriolis2">LibreSOC</a>) - 17:15-17:55</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2021/20210201-call.html"/> <updated>2021-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1st 2021 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/assure">technology that provides strong additional assurances</a> or <a href="/discovery">search, discovery and discoverability</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search, discovery and discoverability</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/assure">Technical assurances </a> (NGI Assure)</li> <li> <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20201201-NGIAssureOpenCall.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Assure wants security and privacy guarantees</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20201201-NGIAssureOpenCall.html"/> <updated>2020-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>New R&amp;D grant programme on public benefit tech</h2> <p class="leadpara">As part of the <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative, we are happy to announce a brand new grant making programme which available as of today. <a href="/assure">NGI Assure</a> was set up with support from the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/organisation/dg-cnect-dg-communications-networks-content-technology_en">European Commission</a> to fund research and development of free and open source technologies that provide us with strong assurances that the way we perceive the internet is actually also the way it works.</p> <p>The internet is vital to modern life, but its technology was never designed to support our economy and society with security and privacy guarantees. To advance the state of art and make our online identities, data, services and connectivity as secure and private as we assume they are, we need new ideas. That is why the Next Generation Internet program of the European Commission has provided funding to NGI Assure that will allow us to support research and development into technical guarantees for a trustworthy internet.</p> <p> <q>From a consumer perspective the internet keeps on scaling, but most do not realise that this is only possible through immense investments and ditto efforts from the technical and operational community. </q>, states Michiel Leenaars, director of strategy at NLnet. <q>As a fundamental technology it is nowhere near as solid as a societal dependency of that importance ought to be. It makes sense to look at technology to solve the many problems that we online have: often we cannot tell fake from real, secure from dangerous or confidentiality from false trust in what technology providers tell us.</q> The new NGI Assure R&amp;D programme has a strong focus on technologies that don't just ask for our trust, but provide as much technical guarantee as possible that this trust is justified.</p> <p>The size of the new fund is just over 5.6 million euro, making it a worthy successor to the <a href="/PET">NGI Zero PET</a> fund that after two years is allocating its <a href="/thema/NGIZeroPET.html">final projects</a> (with the final count expected to total over 150 projects in over 37 countries, making it currently the single largest project inside the Next Generation Internet initiative). Like its predecessor, <a href="/assure">NGI Assure</a> will allocate its fund in small to medium size grants through a competitive <a href="https://nlnet.nl/assure">open calls</a>, and like <a href="/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> it will support of free and open source efforts that contribute to addressing key challenges of the internet. Selected projects can also receive complementary support like security reviews, and are provided with a mentoring programmei tailored to improving the sustainability of free and open source efforts.</p> <p> <a href="/assure/" class="blank"> <img src="/image/logos/NGIAssure_tag.svg" alt="Next Generation Internet initiative logo" class="signaturelogo"/> </a> </p> <hr/> <h3>Summary</h3> <p>NGI Assure is looking for technological building blocks that provide strong assurances to internet users. There is a strong preference for technologies that solve a concrete problem. A non-exhaustive list of technologies that could be of interest:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>quantum-proof cryptography</li> <li>public key trust chains</li> <li>ratchet mechanisms like the Noise-protocol to better protect longterm communication</li> <li>distributed hash tables and directed acyclic graphs for secure peer-to-peer connections</li> <li>mixnets and onion routing mechanisms</li> <li>symbolic and formal proofs</li> <li>open hardware implementing core cryptographic primitives</li> </ul> <p>Project outcomes need to be delivered under <strong>free and open source licenses</strong>. Your proposal can be between <strong>5.000 and 50.000 euro's</strong>, and there is the definite possibility of follow-up projects if results show enough potential. If you have a great idea that is not included in the list above, do not worry: to create the internet of tomorrow we may need ideas no one has ever thought of before. The first open call of NGI Assure will close on <strong>February 1st 2021</strong>, with a new bimonthly call opening up until the whole fund is allocated.</p> <p>Please check the <a href="/assure">NGI Assure overview</a> page for more info, or <a href="/propose">submit a proposal</a> straightaway.</p> <h3>Background information on NGI Assure?</h3> <p>NGI Assure contributes to the Next Generation Internet initiative of the European Commission to re-imagine and re-engineer a <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI/vision">trustworthy, reliable and sustainable internet</a>. NGI Assure is managed by <a href="https://www.innovationengineering.eu">Innovation Engineering</a>, <a href="https://fundingbox.com">FundingBox</a> and the <a href="https://nlnet.nl">NLnet foundation</a>. Find out more here about the <a href="https://ngi.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> and other <a href="https://ngi.eu/opencalls">open calls</a> for research, development and project support to make your idea a technology that solves problems on an internet scale.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20201005-BestPracticesNGI0.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Zero shares best practices for secure, accessible, localized and inclusive technology</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20201005-BestPracticesNGI0.html"/> <updated>2020-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="leadpara">Any technology running at internet scale needs to be secure, accessible, translatable, widely available and inclusive. That is why the NGI Zero consortium helps open source and open hardware projects meet these critical requirements and now offers their best practices for everyone who wants to help fix the internet.</p> <p>As we spend much of our lives online, we need to be sure we are using technologies that are safe and reliable. Unfortunately we know this is not always true, both for new apps and platforms as for legacy hardware and software that dates back to the early days of the internet and longer meets our needs and requirements. Moving forward to a more resilient, sustainable and, perhaps most important, <b>trustworthy</b> internet means we need technological building blocks that can be used in unique and innovative ways to address persistent and complex issues.</p> <p> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero</a> is a unique not-for-profit effort of thirteen organizations that help projects create technology commons. These projects are funded by the <a href="https://NGI.eu">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative of the European Union's <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-sections-projects">Horizon 2020</a> research and innovation programme. NGI Zero grants open source and open hardware projects and the expert organizations help researchers and developers address critical dimensions of internet technology. Now their best practices are available for everyone who wants to learn about:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="https://zoethical.org/ngi0/">Community building and funding and sustainability</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://translatehouse.wordpress.com/next-generation-internet">Localization and internationalization of software, multimedia and websites</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/NGI0/V2/">Software licensing and copyright information</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.securesoftware.org/ossssd/introduction.html">Secure software development</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://radicallyopensecurity.com/BestPracticesGuideOperationalSecurity.pdf">Everyday operational security</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://netsec.ethz.ch/standardization/">Software standardization</a> </li> </ul> <p>These and more best practice guides and lessons learned can be found on the websites of the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI Zero partners</a> following the links above and will be gathered and updated <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">here</a> on the website of the NLnet foundation. Here you can find more information about the open NGI Zero calls for <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technology</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery">improving search and discovery</a> (and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/propose">submit your idea to fix the internet</a>).</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20201001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20201001-call.html"/> <updated>2020-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1st 2020 (noon CET)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> <li> <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200910-SelectedProjectsNGI2020-06.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Have a private Jitsi chat or do cross-system search with latest NGI0 projects</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200910-SelectedProjectsNGI2020-06.html"/> <updated>2020-09-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="leadpara">End-to-end encryption can help protect your video chats from prying eyes or data leaks, which is even more important now we need to work and socialize remotely. Through the latest NGI Zero funding call NLnet supports new end-to-end encryption for the popular open source Jitsi Meet video chat solution, as well as a host of open source and open hardware projects that can create cross-system search, repairable and trustworthy laptops and peer-to-peer document editing.</p> <p>How can we fix the internet? For more than two decades NLnet has financially supported people and organizations that can contribute to an open information society. The <a href="/project">long list of projects</a> developing open standards, open hardware and open source software NLnet has been able to support through the years has grown even larger through the <a href="/news/2018/20181201-NGIZero.html">Next Generation Internet funding calls</a> launched in 2018. With funding from the European Commission NLnet can finance ideas to <a href="/discovery">improve open search and discovery</a> as well as <a href="/PET">technology that enhances privacy and trust.</a> </p> <h2>Encrypted peer-to-peer editing and flexible search</h2> <p>The latest projects selected through NLnet's bimonthly open call (<a href="/news/2020/20200801-call.html">next deadline October 1st</a>) aim to solve a range of problems users are faced with online, providing for example <a href="/project/LibreOfficeP2P/">safe peer-to-peer editing</a>, <a href="/project/JitsiMeet-E2E">private videoconferencing</a> and <a href="/project/Balthazar">transparently designed laptops</a> running <a href="/project/MNT-Reform">open source software on open hardware</a> that everyone can inspect and verify. Other projects develop <a href="/project/Re-iSearch">more flexible search</a> that goes beyond finding some text result or image, allowing you to retrieve exactly the chapter or page you were looking for, or by helping you make an informed decision based on independent, non-ranked comparison of results.</p> <h2>Opening up black box Wi-Fi chips</h2> <p>Selected projects also help make the internet backbone more trustworthy and reliable by developing open alternatives to black-boxed Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular chips, or improving the security of digital certificates that help prove who you are online, or that the website you are entering your credit card details into is actually run by your own bank.</p> <h2>Send in your ideas!</h2> <p>Read more about all of these projects below, check out all the work NGI Zero supports to <a href="/discovery">improve search and discovery</a> as well as <a href="/PET">privacy enhancing technology</a> and of course <a href="/propose">submit your idea to fix the internet.</a> </p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>802.11n feature of openwifi - <a href="/project/OpenWifi-80211n/">Open hardware implementation of radio connectivity chip</a> </li> <li>Balthazar - <a href="/project/Balthazar">Design and deliver an open hardware-based European-made FOSS laptop</a> </li> <li>Distributed Trust for Web Servers - <a href="/project/M-PIN">Bring distributed trust to the web by implementing the M-Pin protocol</a> </li> <li>End-To-End Encryption for Jitsi Meeti - <a href="/project/JitsiMeet-E2E">Proven strong encryption for open source video conferencing</a> </li> <li>Genodepkgs - <a href="/project/Genodepkgs">Genodepkgs is an extension to the Nix package collection that integrates the Genode toolkit</a> </li> <li>Kaidan - <a href="/project/Kaidan">Adding end-to-end encryption to user-friendly cross-platform XMPP-client</a> </li> <li>LibreOffice P2P - <a href="/project/LibreOfficeP2P">Encrypted collaborate peer-to-peer editing in your browser</a> </li> <li>MNT Reform - <a href="/project/MNT-Reform">A modular open hardware and open source laptop designed and built in Europe</a> </li> <li>Non-ranking Comparison Platform</li> <li>Physical Chip Design Framework - <a href="/project/ChipDesignFramework">An integrated development environment for chip design</a> </li> <li>Pixelfed Live - <a href="/project/PixelFedLive">Adding livestreaming to the ActivityPub-driven decentralized photo sharing platform</a> </li> <li>Re-isearch - <a href="/project/Re-iSearch">A novel multimodal search and retrieval engine</a> </li> <li>TETRA cryptographic analysis - <a href="/project/TETRA-crypto">Reverse-engineer and analyze proprietary cryptography of European trunked radio standard</a> </li> <li>Tooling to improve security and trust in GNU Guix - <a href="/project/GUIX-securitytracking">Automate software vulnerability scanning of reproducible package manager Guix</a> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200801-call.html"/> <updated>2020-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1st 2020 (noon)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> <li> <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200611-SecureVideochatVerifpal.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Encryption in Zoom calls verified by NGI-supported Verifpal</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200611-SecureVideochatVerifpal.html"/> <updated>2020-06-11T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="leadpara">The recent ability for video conferencing platform Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption to its paying customers was made possible with the help of a cutting edge research project from Europe. The new proprietary encryption protocol has been verified using the open source formal verification software <a href="https://www.verifpal.com">Verifpal</a>, which was developed in France with funding from the Next Generation Internet initiative. Until recently, such verification would have taken much longer to complete.</p> <p>As the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to work and study from home, organizations, businesses and schools everywhere rely heavily on video conferencing and chat solutions to collaborate and connect. Users of the freemium videoconferencing platform Zoom <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/06/04/zoom-users-beware-here-are-two-critical-reasons-to-update-your-app/#508523817670">raised issues of privacy and security</a>, among others about <a href="https://www.theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/">whether the end-to-end encryption for audio and video calls actually worked as promised</a>. In response to this, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/03/zoom-privacy-law-enforcement-technology-yuan#img-1">Zoom redesigned its software and protocols</a> so that actual end-to-end encryption could be provided - although for business reasons it reserves this feature for paying users only.</p> <h3>Easily model and test end-to-end encryption</h3> <p>To verify whether the new end to-end encryption protocol in fact guarantees private and secure videoconferencing, Zoom tested their designs using the <a href="https://www.verifpal.com/">open source cryptographic protocol verification software Verifpal</a>. Developed with funding from NLnet and the Next Generation Internet initiative, Verifpal introduces an intuitive language for modeling cryptographic protocols that is easier to write and understand than languages employed by existing tools. Users and developers can easily write out or model their encryption protocols and verify whether they are secure, testing their security against all sorts of attacks.</p> <h3>Verifpal aids in eliminating potential Zoom protocol issues at early stage</h3> <p> <a href="https://nadim.computer/">Nadim Kobeissi</a>, the lead developer for Verifpal, helped Zoom's team test more than 8 Verifpal models which during the development of Zoom's protocols helped identify a non-obvious attack on some of the proposals considered for Zoom's encryption. "It's wonderful to see how Verifpal can make protocol modeling and analysis immediately available to developers right in the protocol design stage," said Dr. Kobeissi. "This helps engineers such as the ones at Zoom to identify weaknesses in protocol design proposals very early on." Other projects and tools that recently started <a href="https://verifpal.com/getinvolved/"> using Verifpal to make their software more secure</a> include the private messaging app <a href="https://delta.chat/en/">Delta Chat</a> and the end-to-end encrypted signalling protocol <a href="https://saltyrtc.org/">SaltyRTC.</a> </p> <h3>Integrate protocol modeling and verification in Visual Studio Code</h3> <p>Last year <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/news/2019/06/17/nlnet-grants-first-next-generation-internet-projects/">Verifpal was one of the first technology projects funded by the Next Generation Internet initiative</a>, a programme initiated by the European Commission to <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/about/">re-imagine and re-engineer a more trustworthy internet</a>. With a recent grant from NGI Zero to expand its feature set, <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/VerifPal-Proven/">Verifpal is now able</a> to further prove that its verification of protocols is sound using the Coq theorem prover, automatically generate implementations from verified Verifpal-models for real-world testing and integrate into development environments like Visual Studio Code. "We are eager to see this kind of protocol verification become the new norm, not just in video conferencing solutions but across the board", states Michiel Leenaars, director of Strategy at NLnet Foundation. "The right to confidentiality is of critical importance to our society, and in the online world this is no different. In a situation like the current pandemic, this needs to happen as soon as possible. The low threshold to work with Verifpal is critical to achieve that goal." NLnet coordinates the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET/">NGI Zero PET call</a> for privacy and trust enhancing technology that supports Verifpal, as well as the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery/">NGI Zero Discovery call</a> for open search and discovery.</p> <h3>Help us make a trustworthy internet</h3> <p>NGI Zero is proud to support open source software and open hardware projects that <a href="https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html">address online security and privacy on all layers</a>, from <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Reowolf/">improving fundamental components</a> to developing <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/LDAPmiddleware/">human-centric middleware</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Briar/">trustworthy end user apps</a>. Do you want to help make the Internet more open, trustworthy and reliable? <a href="https://nlnet.nl/propose">Submit your proposal</a> to the NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200601-call.html"/> <updated>2020-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: August 1st 2020 (noon)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200423-COVID19Research.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Contact tracing? What about ...</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200423-COVID19Research.html"/> <updated>2020-04-23T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>NGI Zero supports research dealing with pandemic</h2> <p class="leadpara">Technology is not a panacea for everything, but some technology may indeed be of help dealing with crises like the SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is vital that if we decide to deploy technology we do so without endangering our privacy and security — there are some things you can never undo. NGI Zero is building towards a more trustworthy next generation internet, and some of the already developed technologies can be <a href="/news/2020/20200330-WorkRemoteSafely.html">immediately useful in the current crisis</a>. Some researchers involved with NGI Zero-projects also critically and constructively investigate the technical potential of privacy-friendly, secure and accessible solutions. They for instance look into whether contact tracing is not better off if we can entirely avoid the smartphone - and all the liabilities that brings.</p> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic measures worldwide, as governments first try to block and afterwards slow down the spread of the virus. This severely limits the physical freedom of hundreds millions of people, overloads health care systems and has a deep impact on economies and societies around the world. To prevent infection as much as possible while we wait for a vaccin, researchers and companies scramble to develop technologies that can map and track the virus.</p> <h3>Can an app save the world?</h3> <p>A novelty class of applications that has captured the imagination are the so called "contact tracing" apps, smartphone applications that in by far the most designs broadcast radio signals (over Bluetooth, the technology with which you for instance connect to a wireless headphone) between smartphones or other devices capable of doing so. Such a system allows you to check — some time after you have been potentially exposed, unfortunately — whether you have been close (with a rather broad range of close) to someone who is reported sick or infected. The appeal is clear, but the caveat is that everyone activates the app and makes a report after she or he is found to be ailing. Regardless of whether such a mechanism is an effective way to prevent or slow down the spread of a virus in a certain stage of a pandemic, governments, health agencies but also politicians need to ask themselves very important privacy and security questions when considering the development or deployment of a 'corona app':</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <strong>How does an app work and where does the data actually go?</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Who has access to data, and how is it protected? Can the technology used adequately protect our privacy (privacy by design, not by contract)?</strong> </li> <li> <strong>What are the security implications of deploying this within a given population, both at level of vulnerable groups as well as at a macro-level</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Is it inclusive: what about people without a (smart)phone, or people for whom this gets too complex quickly?</strong> </li> </ul> <p>We have to be realistic. An app alone is unlikely to 'save the world', and there are significant and hard to map the larger risks involved in rushing into massive technology push. Without a clear goal and transparent design, contact tracing apps may even make matters worse by giving users <a href="https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-critical-of-corona-apps">a false sense of security</a> and <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/13/844805/coronavirus-china-app-close-contact-surveillance-covid-19-technology/">increase the risk of contamination</a> or be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rift-opens-over-european-coronavirus-contact-tracing-apps-2020-4?international=true&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T">misused for mass surveillance</a> (or simply be <a href="https://insinuator.net/2020/04/cve-2020-0022-an-android-8-0-9-0-bluetooth-zero-click-rce-bluefrag/">fundamentally insecure</a>).</p> <h3>Trustworthy and inclusive</h3> <p>NLnet believes that <i>if</i> technology is to be used to help trace the spread of the COVID-19 infections, the technologists behind those projects should guarantee the <a href="https://dcta-datarights.com/">rights of citizens</a>, meaning that at least the following requirements must be met:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <strong>Privacy by design</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Verifiably secure</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Open source</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Accessible</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Single purpose (no function creep)</strong> </li> </ul> <p>That may seems like an unsurmountable heap of fundamental issues and tough demands, and one could argue that there is no point in even trying. Our position is that technology <em>could</em> potentially contribute, and rather than sit on our hands that we should constructively explore the different options to see what <em>can</em> be done. Some of the projects funded by NLnet and NGI Zero therefore contribute to open source efforts investigating whether it is possible to build privacy-friendly, secure, user-centric contact tracing.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI/"> <img src="/image/logos/NGI0_tag.svg" alt="NGI Zero logo"/> </a> </div> <p>NGI Zero is a mission-driven coalition that supports development of <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET/">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery">more open and empowering search and discovery</a> as part of the <a href="https://ngi.eu/">Next Generation Internet initiative</a>, an ambitious R&amp;D effort from the European Commission to make the internet more resilient, trustworthy and sustainable.</p> <h3>Simmel: Why use a smartphone?</h3> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://simmel.betrusted.io/"> <img src="/project/Simmel/simmel-concept.png" alt="Simmel illustration"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Simmel/index.html">Simmel</a> is a platform that enables COVID-19 contact tracing while preserving user privacy. It is a wearable hardware beacon and scanner which can broadcast and record randomized user IDs. Contacts are stored within the wearable device, so you retain full control of your trace history until you choose to share it. The Simmel design is open source, so you are empowered to audit the code. Furthermore, once the pandemic is over, you are able to recycle, re-use, or securely destroy the device, thanks to the availability of hardware and firmware design source.</p> <p>Read <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Simmel">more about Simmel</a> or visit the project's <a href="https://simmel.betrusted.io/">website</a> if you want to contribute.</p> <h3>Variation Graph</h3> <p>The <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/VariationGraph/">Variation Graph</a> is a project that is pioneering privacy-preserving variation graphs, that allow to capture complex models and aggregate data resources with formal guarantees about the privacy of the individual data sources from which they were constructed. One of the many types of sensitive data that can be represented in a variation graph form, is geolocation trajectory data - the trajectories of individuals and vehicles through transportation networks. Epidemiologists can use a public database of personal movement trajectories to for instance do geophylogenetic modeling of a pandemic like SARS-CoV2. The idea is that one cannot see individual movements, but rather large scale flows of people across space that would be essential for understanding the likely places where a outbreak might spread. This is essential information to understand at scientific and political level how to best act in case of a pandemic, now and in the future.</p> <p>Read <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/VariationGraph/">more about VariationGraph</a> or visit the project's <a href="https://github.com/vgteam/vg">website</a> if you want to contribute.</p> <h3>PPDT: Trustworthy contact tracing or bust</h3> <p>The <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/ppdt/">PPDT (Privacy Preserving Disease Tracking) project</a> is contributing knowledge on distributed reputation and architectural skills to <a href="https://github.com/TCNCoalition/TCN">TCN</a> to see how close we can get towards a privacy preserving contact tracing mechanism. There are quite some challenges, and collaboration between the thousands of experts involved with a Cambrian explosion of initiatives is essential. How can we protect best protect user privacy? Can we remove the ultimate single point of privacy failure of the operators of a server having access to data, and create a decentralised alternative that gives strong guarantees of trustworthiness? The project aims to create a portable library that can be used across different mobile platforms, and make sure that aggregated data can be sent back to the participants.</p> <p>Read <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/ppdt/">more about PPDT</a> or visit the project's <a href="https://github.com/degregat/ppdt">website</a> if you want to contribute.</p> <h3>Want to help? Send in your idea!</h3> <p>Next to funding critical investigation of privacy-friendly COVID-tech, NLnet and NGI Zero-projects share their knowledge to help where they can in this time of crisis:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <span>Cryptographic verification tool and NGI Zero-project <a href="https://verifpal.com/">Verifpal</a> helped <a href="https://blog.symbolic.software/2020/04/05/dp-3t-verifpal/">dramatically speed up formal modeling</a> of the contact trace protocol <a href="https://github.com/DP-3T">DP3-T</a> </span> </li> <li> <span>NGI Zero-projects offer <a href="https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200330-WorkRemoteSafely.html">privacy-friendly and open source remote work solutions</a> </span> </li> </ul> <p>Do you want to help as well? <a href="https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200401-call.html">Submit a proposal!</a> NGI Zero is open to project proposals for <a href="https://nlnet.nl/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technology</a> and ideas to <a href="https://nlnet.nl/discovery">improve open search and discovery</a>. Submit your proposal to the NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200401-call.html"/> <updated>2020-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1st 2020 (noon)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200330-WorkRemoteSafely.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Useful open source tools to work from home</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200330-WorkRemoteSafely.html"/> <updated>2020-03-30T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> <strong>Many of us are working from home to slow down the COVID-19 pandemic. As it so happens, the <a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI/">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative develops and promotes open source tools suited for situations just like this.</strong> </p> <p>This is a list of tools produced by projects within the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative that anyone can use with little to no setup. Of course there are many more projects (in fact over 200!), ranging from <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Libre-RISCV/">open hardware projects</a> to <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/SearxRelease/">alternative search engines</a>. But the projects below are useful to many <strong>right now</strong>, so we thought we should provide you with an overview. Read more below to find open source tools for:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="#videoconferencing">Video conferencing</a> </li> <li> <a href="#messaging">Instant messaging and chat</a> </li> <li> <a href="#collaborate">Collaborative office tools</a> </li> <li> <a href="#vpn">Secure remote access and VPN</a> </li> <li> <a href="#food">Stay healthy with good food</a> </li> <li> <a href="#localinternet">No internet? Start your own!</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="videoconferencing">Keep in touch via the internet</h2> <p>Humans are social beings and so "social distancing" can make us feel isolated. It's important to keep in touch with others. And that generally works well when you see and hear each other.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://sylkserver.com"> <img src="/project/SylkClient/Sylkserver.svg" alt="Sylk logo"/> </a> </div> <p>Video chat is not the <em>real thing</em> when it comes to human contact, but it is the best we have for that at the moment. It should be simple and quick to start a chat, because not everyone has a lot of technical skills. And these days fortunately it is. You can meet up for a video chat with a group of people easily with the <a href="https://sylkserver.com">open source Sylk</a>. Just <a href="https://webrtc.sipthor.net/conference/">create a new room</a> by going there, and share the link to it. Sylk works instantly in the browser, with no install and no account required. You can see each other and talk without it costing anything. You can even do a presentation for the other people connected, and upload files that anyone in the session can download.</p> <p> <em>Note:The Sylk video chat room is designed for up to 10 people, more participants can join with audio only. Please use Firefox, Brave, Chromium, Opera or another browser since for the time being <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/news/2020/05/14/adrian-georgescu-on-how-sylk-makes-for-smooth-videoconferencing/">Safari lacks necessary features</a> </em>.</p> <p class="attention">[ <strong>We have a <a href="/project/SylkClient/howto.html">how-to tutorial</a> explaining <a href="/project/SylkClient/howto.html">Sylk</a>!</strong> </p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://conversations.im/"> <img src="/project/Conversations/Conversations.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>There is an integrated chat window that you can connect to with other applications (like <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Conversations/">Conversations</a>), or just use from the browser. Especially for old people, applications like Sylk that requires no setup are ideal.</p> <p>If that does not work for you, there are some other worthwhile open source alternatives from Europe you can also try: <a href="https://meet.jit.si/">Jitsi Meet</a> and <a href="https://www.spreed.me/">Spreed.ME</a> or use their <a href="https://www.spreed.me/download/">app</a>.</p> <p>The great thing about all of these tools is that you can run them yourself somewhere - so you can discuss anything confidential to your business or intimate to your family. And even if parts of the internet would become disconnected, you do not rely on the connection to a single company. Also, if other servers are overloaded you can just continue uninterrupted on your own machine.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://icanblink.com/"> <img src="/project/BlinkRELOAD/blink.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>Of course you cannot hang around in ten different video conferencing rooms at the same time. If you directly want to connect to people to have a chat, voice or video call, download <a href="https://icanblink.com">Blink</a>. This is an open source desktop app that offers even more functionality, you can actually remotely call people, and if you already use internet telephony you can add that too.</p> <h2 id="messaging">Messaging</h2> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://delta.chat/en/"> <img src="/project/DeltaBot/delta-chat.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>For some people being connect to a group of people with video and audio can get too intense. In that case you can choose to turn off the camera for and switch to text messages. <a href="https://delta.chat">DeltaChat</a> is like Telegram or Whatsapp but without the tracking or central control. Delta Chat does not need your phone number, and it does not even need servers. It uses the most massive and diverse open messaging system ever: your e-mail. Of course be sure to use a mail provider that respects your privacy.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://betrusted.io/"> <img src="/project/betrusted/betrusted-banner.png"/> </a> </div> <p>Riot is a chat application that works on the Matrix protocol. You can join a public Matrix server, or set up your own. Riot.im is the <a href="https://riot.im/app/">web interface</a> but there are various <a href="https://about.riot.im/downloads">apps</a> too.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://about.riot.im/"> <img src="/image/riot-logo-hero.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>Unfortunately you cannot yet use the super secure <a href="https://betrusted.io">Betrusted</a> device, but people are working hard to make that a reality - so that will come soon.</p> <!--<div class="thumbright"><a href="https://www.manyver.se/"><img src="/project/Manyverse/manyverse.png" /></a></div>--> <!--<div class="thumbleft"><a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Briar/"><img src="/project/Briar/briar.svg" /></a></div>--> <p>With <a href="https://www.manyver.se/">Manyverse</a> and <a href="https://briarproject.org/manual/">Briar</a> you can send messages without any server. Both of them are not running in the cloud owned by a company, instead, your friends' posts and all your social data live entirely in your phone. This way, even when you're offline, you can scroll, read anything, and even write posts and like content! When your phone is back online, it syncs the latest updates directly with your friends' phones, through a shared local Wi-Fi or on the internet.</p> <h2 id="collaborate">Working together on documents</h2> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="https://cryptpad.fr/"> <img src="/project/Cryptpad/CryptPad.svg"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="https://cryptpad.fr">Cryptpad</a> is an open source online office suite that allows you to work together on documents in real-time. Ideal for scribbling notes during meetings, or writing a paper together for school. Unlike other online office applications, your document cannot be read by the people running the service for you because everything is encrypted on your computer before it is sent across the internet. Again, you do not need an account. Just <a href="https://cryptpad.fr">start a new document</a> and share the link.</p> <p> <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/NextCloudSearch">NextCloud</a> gives you a shared network folder. You can edit documents together, share a calendar or task list with colleagues, and use a lot of extensions. You can host NextCloud at your office or <a href="https://nextcloud.com/signup/">use a hosted version</a>. Your files are under your control.</p> <p>And to keep track of what everyone is doing, you can create a Kanban board - the equivalent of a wall coverded with sticky notes used to prioritize work. Both <a href="https://nextcloud.com/signup/">Cryptpad</a> and NextCloud come with a Kanban board.</p> <h2 id="vpn">Remote access</h2> <p>You're not able to go into the office or go to school but you need to remotely (and securely) access internal applications and your data. And of course this should happen on the same network every insecure device in the house is connected to. This is a job for a Virtual Private Network (VPN).</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://www.wireguard.com/install/"> <img src="/project/wireguard-scaleup/Wireguard.svg"/> </a> </div> <p> <a href="https://www.wireguard.com/install/">Wireguard</a> lets you easily connect individual computers to remote networks. Wireguard is a simple and elegant VPN solution funded by NGI, and its underlying technology has been proven by independent academic groups to be highly secure. And it works really fast because it uses modern cryptography, so you do not have to sacrifice speed for security. It is part of the Linux kernel, but there are apps for most platforms.</p> <div class="thumbleft"> <a href="https://eduvpn.org/"> <img src="/project/eduvpn/eduvpn.svg"/> </a> </div> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://letsconnect-vpn.org/"> <img src="/project/eduvpn/letsconnect.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>If you want to create a scalable setup for a whole organisation, we advise you to have a look at <a href="https://letsconnect-vpn.org/">Let's Connect!</a>. This is an elaborate and well-audited open source VPN infrastructure solution. It was set up to scale well (for hundreds of thousands or even millions of people if necessary) and a lot of effort was put into making it easy to deploy. <a href="https://letsconnect-vpn.org/">Let's Connect!</a> and its academic sister <a href="https://eduvpn.org">EduVPN</a> offer apps for all the major platforms. Just download for free, and benefit from professional VPN infrastructure at any scale. In addition to the server side, Let's Connect! and eduVPN offer apps for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and more. As a user you just log into the portal once, and a VPN connection gets set up for your device automatically.</p> <p>(Of course, if you would like to use IPSEC for your VPN, we have a scalable high performance open solution too: <a href="https://github.com/inters/vita">Vita</a>).</p> <h2 id="food">Information about food</h2> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="/project/OpenFoodFacts/"> <img src="/project/OpenFoodFacts/openfoodfacts.svg"/> </a> </div> <p>In case you are anything like us, the current situation impacts the way you eat. Food is not our friend, but being confined for longer period somehow makes unhealthy foods irresistable. If we want to know what we should be eating, go to <a href="https://openfoodfacts.org/">Open Food Facts</a> and discover everything there is to compose a healthy and balanced diet in times of isolation.</p> <h2 id="localinternet">When things go offline</h2> <p>In the case the internet should become temporarily unavailable, not all is lost. There are various tools you can use to work "internet style", but with local resources.</p> <p>You can set up a 'neighborhood internet' with <a href="https://internetcu.be/">Internet Cube</a> at home. A small computer can become an Internet Cube which has file sharing and private mail. As mentioned before, applications like <a href="https://www.manyver.se/">Manyverse</a> and <a href="https://briarproject.org/manual/">Briar</a> will allow you to still send messages to friends and family.</p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="https://internetcu.be/"> <img src="/project/InternetCube/internetcube.svg"/> </a> </div> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200326-SoftwareHeritage.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Zero grant for Software Heritage</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200326-SoftwareHeritage.html"/> <updated>2020-03-26T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="right">Paris, March 26th 2020</p> <p>This article is a reprint of <a href="https://www.softwareheritage.org/2020/03/26/experts-join-forces-to-expand-the-software-heritage-archive/#">the original press release</a> by the <a href="https://www.softwareheritage.org/">Software Heritage Foundation</a>.</p> <p>We are delighted to announce today that <a href="https://octobus.net/">Octobus</a> and <a href="https://www.tweag.io/">Tweag</a>, with support from an European grant managed by NLnet, will contribute their expertise to Software Heritage’s long term mission to collect, preserve and share the source code of all software that is publicly available, a very important part of humankind’s heritage. This is an important step forward, as contributions from the community of experts is essential for achieving this ambitious goal.</p> <p> <a href="https://octobus.net/">Octobus</a> is a company focusing on commercial support for the <a href="https://www.mercurial-scm.org/">Mercurial</a> source control system. They will improve Software Heritage capability to import Mercurial repositories, by developing specialized connectors that allow to efficiently archive software developed using the Mercurial version control system.</p> <p> <q>“We are happy to put ten years of Mercurial expertise at the service of a great mission”, </q>says <a href="https://twitter.com/marmoute">Pierre-Yves David</a>, CEO of Octobus, <q>“The experience gained in this process will allow us, Mercurial developers, to better understand our user base.”</q> </p> <p> <a href="https://www.tweag.io/">Tweag</a> is a software innovation lab that helps deep tech startups quickly scale their engineering performance and execute on high-risk, high-reward projects with confidence. They will develop the components needed to ensure that the source code used to build packages using the Nix and Guix functional package managers is systematically archived in the Software Heritage archive.</p> <p> <q>“Collaborating with Software Heritage to combine Nix with a long-term source code archive is really the natural step forward”</q>, said Mathieu Boespflug, CEO of Tweag.</p> <p>The core mission of the NLnet Foundation is to support independent organisations and people that contribute to an open information society and to a safe, secure and open internet.</p> <p> <q>“The Next Generation Internet Initiative is a significant R&amp;D effort backed by the European Commission to make the internet more trustworthy, resilient and sustainable”</q>, says Michiel Leenaars, director of Strategy at NLnet Foundation and project lead for <a href="https://www.ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-zero/">NGI Zero</a>.<q>“Software Heritage secures the technology commons of today for the long future ahead of us, so how could we not support such a forward-looking endeavour?”</q> </p> <p>“The European Commission appreciates the forward looking nature of Software Heritage, and we are very happy to contribute to the long term sustainability of the technology ecosystem”, states Oliver Bringer, Head of the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/next-generation-internet-initiative">Next Generation Internet Unit at the European Commission</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2020/20200201-call.html"/> <updated>2020-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1st 2020 (noon)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2019/20191201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2019/20191201-call.html"/> <updated>2019-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1st 2020 (noon)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2019/20191001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2019/20191001-call.html"/> <updated>2019-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1st 2019 (noon)</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2019/20190801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2019/20190801-call.html"/> <updated>2019-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1st 2019</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2019/20190601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2019/20190601-call.html"/> <updated>2019-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: August 1st 2019</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2019/20190401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2019/20190401-call.html"/> <updated>2019-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1st 2019</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2019/20190201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2019/20190201-call.html"/> <updated>2019-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1st 2019</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181201-call.html"/> <updated>2018-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20181201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij zetten onze eigen fondsen en die van anderen in om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere financieringopties zoals subsidies van NWO of overheden.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Typisch binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier a vijf weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we de projectplannen en stellen we een memorandum of understanding op. Als alles meezit kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en WireGuard.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2018-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1st 2019</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/propose">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of networking and internet technology, <a href="/PET">privacy and trust enhancing technologies</a> or <a href="/discovery">search and discovery</a>? And are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come to life? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We put any money we can get our hands on where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has the potential for <strong>real impact</strong>.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Open themes</h2> <p>Currently we are open to project proposals for the following themes:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/discovery">Search and Discovery</a> (NGI Zero Discovery)</li> <li> <a href="/PET">Privacy &amp; Trust Enhancing Technology </a> (NGI Zero PET)</li> </ul> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds as well as funds that it manages on behalf of other organisations such as the European Commission to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation has historically supported a large array of activities, from development of software and hardware, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as national governments and science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181201-NGIZero.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NGI Zero awarded two EC research and innovation actions</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181201-NGIZero.html"/> <updated>2018-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> <strong>11.2 mln euro of funding to go to R&amp;D on privacy, search and discovery</strong> </p> <p class="attention"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commision" class="logocenter"/> </p> <p class="right">Brussels/Amsterdam, December 1st 2018</p> <p>NLnet Foundation has been selected to lead a coalition of currently thirteen partners that will coordinate two of the four first <strong>Research &amp; Innovation Actions</strong> within the <a href="/NGI">Next Generation Internet</a> initiative. Between now and and 2021 a total of 11.2 million euro will be granted to independent researchers and open source developers, with the first projects expected to start as early as March 2019. The calls are open to any individual or organisation (from Europe or potentially beyond) with an idea that contributes to a <strong>better internet for everyone</strong>, specifically in the two areas of <strong>privacy and trust enhancing technologies</strong> and <strong>search and discovery</strong>. More NGI calls are due to launch in February 2019.</p> <h2>Fundamentally better technologies</h2> <p> <q>The internet has grown very important to our societies, but when you look at both the technology and its effects on people at scale there is much to be improved</q>, states Michiel Leenaars, director of strategy at NLnet Foundation and project lead of the NGI Zero consortium. <q>The only way to remedy these issues is to go to work: to do research and develop fundamentally better technologies. That is what we will enable people to do. With our consortium we will support them with, and we hope that people who share our concern and motivation will join us and come "work for the internet".</q> </p> <p>The call are the first wave of funding to emerge from a genuinely exiting new initiative by the European Commission centered around establishing a Next Generation Internet. This "internet of the future" should be able to address the many security, privacy and operational issues of todays internet. If we have the freedom to <a href="https://ngi.eu/vision">re-imagine and re-engineer the internet</a>, how can we make a future version of it be more inclusive and bring out the best in all of us?</p> <p>NGI Zero consists of a world class coalition of not-for-profit organizations that will support the researchers and developers with their expertise on security and code quality, accessibility (making technology available to everyone, including people with disabilities), localisation/internationalisation (to increase language diversity on the internet), packaging and reproducible builds, documentation, responsible disclosure, diversity, community building and more.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181005-NGI-Study-Report.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">EC publiceert studie over Next Generation Internet 2025</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181005-NGI-Study-Report.html"/> <updated>2018-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>NLnet en Gartner onderzoeken EC's Next Generation Internet-initiatief</h2> <p>[<a href="20181005-NGI-Study-Report-en.html">This text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p class="attention"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commision" class="logocenter"/> </p> <p class="right">Brussels/Amsterdam, 5 Oktober 2018</p> <p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf"> <img src="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.jpeg" alt="Front page NGI study" class="reportthumb"/> </a> </div>Het Directoraat-Generaal <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">CNECT</a> van de Europese Commissie heeft vandaag de langverwachte studie "Next Generation Internet 2025" gepubliceerd, een diepgravende analyse van de staat van het internet verricht door <a href="https://nlnet.nl">stichting NLnet</a> en <a href="http://www.gartner.com/technology/contact/contact_europe.jsp">Gartner Europa</a>. <q>Wij zijn erg blij met deze studie, het onderzoek toont aan dat het Next Generation Internet-initiatief écht er concreet aan kan bijdragen om het internet zowel menselijker, betrouwbaarder als duurzamer te maken</q>, stelt Michiel Leenaars, directeur Strategie bij NLnet en leider van de studie. <q>De strategische onderwerpen die in het rapport zijn geïdentificeerd zijn daarbij essentieel. </q>.</p> <p>Het NGI-initiatief stamt uit 2016, en heeft de ambitieuze missie meegekregen om een nieuwe visie op het internet en daarna te realiseren ("re-imagine and re-engineer"). Het NGI-initiatief heeft zich tot doel gesteld om het menselijk potentieel, menselijke mobiliteit en menselijke creativiteit op de grootst mogelijk schaal te faciliteren — terwijl daarbij verantwoord met natuurlijke hulpbronnen worden omgegaan. De studie door stichting NLnet en Gartner die vandaag is uitgekomen bevat een aantal strategische doelen op R&amp;D-gebied terwijl er daarnaast voor dit belangrijke initiatief relevante politieke onderwerpen worden geïdentificeerd. NGI is op dit moment in de opstartfase.</p> <p> <q>Het NGI is gestoeld op maatschappelijke en democratische doelen, waarbij de technologie randvoorwaardelijk is: een internet dat meer dan wat ook een open, eerlijk en inclusief netwerk van menselijke waarden is, dat gelijke kansen biedt aan iedereen, dat echt door en door betrouwbaar is</q>, stelt Michiel Leenaars. <q>Het wordt uit de studie duidelijk dat die doelen echt binnen bereik zijn, en dat met de juiste hoeveelheid ambitie en strategisch handelen Europa de beslissende factor kan zijn in de totstandkoming van de volgende generatie van het internet</q>.</p> <p class="attention">Lees meer over <a href="https://ngi.eu">NGI</a>.</p> <div class="center"> <p> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf"> <img src="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.jpeg" alt="Front page NGI study" class="report"/> </a> <br/> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf">NGI studierapport: Next Generation Internet 2025 </a> <br/>EC Publication Office, October 5th 2018<br/> <em>Het rapport consolideert de resultaten van de studie over de volgende generatie van het internet ("Next Generation Internet") uitgevoerd door stichting NLnet en Gartner, uitgevoerd in opdracht van de Europese Commissie onder SMART 2016/0033. </em> </p> </div> <h3>Samenvatting van "Next Generation Internet 2025"</h3> <p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Technische analyse van sleuteltechnologie en onderzoeksonderwerpen, met een uitleg van de onderliggende problemen in het huidige internet</li> <li>Overzicht van relevante onderzoeksgemeenschappen en actoren</li> <li>Impact van de onderzoeksonderwerpen op de veranderingsmotoren ("drivers for change") die ten grondslag lagen aan de NGI-visie</li> <li>Voordelen die gelinked zijn aan de onderzoeksondewerpen en potentiële risico's van het niet realiseren ervan</li> <li>Aanbevelingen voor het vormgeven van het programma voor het Next Generation Internet-initiatief gebaseerd op specifieke selectiecriteria</li> <li>De voorgesteld NGI-onderzoeksonderwerpen voor het H2020 programma</li> <li>De voorgesteld NGI-onderzoeksonderwerpen voor het Horizon Europe programma</li> </ul> <div class="center">Download<br/> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf">NGI studierapport: Next Generation Internet 2025</a> </div> </p> <p class="attention">Lees meer over <a href="https://ngi.eu">NGI</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181005-NGI-Study-Report-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">EC publishes study on Next Generation Internet 2025</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181005-NGI-Study-Report-en.html"/> <updated>2018-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>NLnet and Gartner deliver study for EC's Next Generation Internet initiative</h2> <p>[<a href="20181005-NGI-Study-Report.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p class="attention"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commision" class="logocenter"/> </p> <p class="right">Brussels/Amsterdam, October 5th 2018</p> <p> <div class="thumbright"> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf"> <img src="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.jpeg" alt="Front page NGI study" class="reportthumb"/> </a> </div>The European Commission's Directorate-General <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">CNECT</a> has published the much anticipated study "Next Generation Internet 2025", an in-depth analysis of the state of the internet performed by <a href="https://nlnet.nl">NLnet foundation</a> and <a href="http://www.gartner.com/technology/contact/contact_europe.jsp">Gartner Europe</a>. <q>We believe that the Next Generation Internet initiative has actual potential to vastly improve the internet and change the current course of the internet</q>, states Michiel Leenaars, director of Strategy at NLnet and leader of the study. <q>The strategic topics we have identified in the report are essential to reach those goals</q>.</p> <p>The NGI initiative was started in 2016, with the mission to "re-imagine and re-engineer" the Internet "for the third millennium and beyond". It clearly states that the information age can and should be an era that brings out the best in all of mankind. The NGI initiative sets out to enable human potential, mobility and creativity at the largest possible scale — while dealing responsibly with our natural resources. The study by NLnet Foundation and Gartner released today lists a number of strategic R&amp;D priorities as well as relevant linked policy topics for this important initiative, which is currently still in a bootstrap phase.</p> <p> <q>Underpinning the NGI are important social objectives that desperately need to be met: an internet that more than anything is an open, fair and inclusive internet of human values, that has equal opportunities for all, that actually delivers trustworthiness in the online environment</q>, comments Michiel Leenaars. <q>It becomes clear from the study that those goals are actually realistic, and with the right amount of ambition and strategic operations Europe can become a determining factor in the establishment of the Next Generation Internet</q>.</p> <p class="attention">Read more about <a href="https://ngi.eu">NGI</a>.</p> <div class="center"> <p> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf"> <img src="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.jpeg" alt="Front page NGI study" class="report"/> </a> <br/> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf">NGI study report: Next Generation Internet 2025 </a> <br/>EC Publication Office, October 5th 2018<br/> <em>This report consolidates the outcomes of the study on the Next Generation Internet performed by NLnet Foundation and Gartner, commissioned by the European Commission under SMART 2016/0033. </em> </p> </div> <h3>Summary of "Next Generation Internet 2025"</h3> <p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Technological analysis on Next Generation Internet future key technologies and research topics explaining the technical issues involved and current gaps</li> <li>Key research communities and actors</li> <li>Impact of the research topics on the drivers for change which construct the Vision for an NGI</li> <li>Benefits linked to the research topics and the potential risks of not addressing them</li> <li>Recommendations to shape the programme for a Next Generation Internet Initiative based on specific selection criteria</li> <li>The proposed NGI research topics for the H2020 programme</li> <li>The proposed NGI research topics for the Horizon Europe programme</li> </ul> <div class="center">Download<br/> <a href="/NGI/reports/NGI-Study-ISBN-9789279864667.pdf">NGI study report: Next Generation Internet 2025</a> </div> </p> <p class="attention">Read more about <a href="https://ngi.eu">NGI</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181001-call.html"/> <updated>2018-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20181001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20181001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20181001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2018-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1st 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20181001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p>In a <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947 or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, getdns, Magic Wormhole, Serval, Namecoin, GNUnet, the TOR project and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180801-call.html"/> <updated>2018-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2018-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: August 1st 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p>In a <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947 or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, getdns, Magic Wormhole, Serval, Namecoin, GNUnet, the TOR project and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180601-call.html"/> <updated>2018-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2018-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: June 1st 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p>In a <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947 or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, getdns, Magic Wormhole, Serval, Namecoin, GNUnet, the TOR project and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180525-orpp.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open letter to DG Research &amp; Innovation</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180525-orpp.html"/> <updated>2018-05-25T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>      <strong>To:</strong> <br/>      Directorate-General for Research and Innovation <br/>      attn. mr. Jean-Eric Paquet</p> <p>      <strong>Address:</strong> <br/>      European Commission <br/>      1049 Bruxelles/Brussel <br/>      Belgium</p> <p>      <strong>Re:</strong> <br/>       2017/RTD/A6 /PP06481/2017</p> <p>      <strong>Date:</strong> <br/>      May 25th, 2018</p> <p>Dear mr. Paquet,</p> <p>please allow me to present our response to the European Commission's Call For Tenders N° <a href="https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=3418">2017/RTD/A6 /PP06481/2017</a>, a.k.a. "Open Research Europe – The European Commission Open Research Publishing Platform". According to the documentation delivered, DG Research envisions "a publishing service of the highest technical and scientific standards with wide acceptance by research institutions, authors and other funders". The platform should result in a portfolio of an estimated 5600 peer-reviewed articles (≈10% of the around 56.000 articles which are likely to be produced with Horizon 2020 grants during the remaining period), and in an unknown amount of pre-prints. <br/>      Any original scientific article based on research fully or partially funded by Horizon 2020 is supposed to be eligible. The whole effort is specified to be based on currently operational publishing infrastructure but (parts of) the underlying technology should be released as open source. Furthermore, the service should be "portable" - after running the service for four years, another host organisation should be able to take over the whole effort.</p> <p>We have talked to a number of actors and stakeholders and believe that there is a disconnect between the intended outcome of this tender, the approach chosen and the ambitions Europe has (or needs to have) for the long term development of science and research. The tender description is written from a rather limited perspective closely confined within the current (problematic) situation, and anyone following the recipe is likely to be ineffective in reaching the actually desired state of affairs. The hurried time schedule is based on an urgency that does not actually exist: if it were not for the requirements of the European Commission itself, one could ask the question if even the authors would see the need for most of these articles to be independently published as significant standalone contributions to science. <br/>      The admirable level of detail with which the procured approach is written down is in some contrast with the lack of attention for much more pressing and much larger needs of the science of today - let alone the science of tomorrow. Building a "publishing service of the highest technical and scientific standards with wide acceptance by research institutions, authors and other funders" is not something to be rushed into. We are convinced the stakes are even higher than the ambition laid out in the tender. We should not artificially limit the playing field to a small set of current operational actors in a very specific domain, challenged to solve the wrong problems in the wrong constellation at very short notice. There are actually many good reasons to first try to understand and then redesign the larger role of publishing in science, given how different the circumstances are from the situation in which the original tradition of publishing scientific articles originated. The operational practises established in 1665, when the '<a href="https://royalsociety.org/about-us/history/">Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge</a>' published the first issue of <a href="http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/">Philosophical Transactions</a>, may have shaped science across the world since, but their overall benefit is no longer uncontested after three and a half centuries.</p> <p>Especially in the last few decades the speed, scope, depth and complexity of scientific discovery has rapidly increased, and so has the importance of related activities outside of traditional academic and institutional venues. Globalisation and the rise of new economies has meant even more acceleration. While the classical form of articles has been retained as the dominant discourse, the scientific ecosystem as a whole has troubles dealing with that – and there seems to be a clear relation to how the publication paradigm has worked out in those new circumstances.</p> <p>The key role of articles is in many cases no longer to merely inform interested readers of the latest scientific discoveries. Publishing articles has gained such systemic importance at the institutional and funding body level that getting enough publications published in suitable venues has become a dominant factor in the careers and lives of todays scientists and researchers. An article is a 'deliverable' promised prior to the start of the research, and it <em>has</em> to be delivered in order for an organisation to get its funding - no matter if the publication is interesting or not. <br/>      This bureaucratic pressure to deliver articles as "reports" is well illustrated by the notion of "publish or perish". The benefit of the general audience is in many cases a mere derivation of this internal 'institutional' necessity of writing papers. The publishing industry has significantly capitalised on this dependency. Over time, a multibillion euro industry evolved around the publication and exclusive exploitation of scientific articles. The excesses of this industry have finally led to the rise of the open access paradigm.</p> <p>However, solving the exploitation of the institutional and individual dependency of publications is only a small part of the existential crisis of modern science. Under the increased pressure of upscaling, even more fundamental weaknesses of the traditional paradigms have started to become apparent. In some areas the economic stakes for external stakeholders like pharmaceutical companies are immense, leading to ghost authorship and other mishaps. There have been cases where individual researchers managed to be credited with publishing literally hundreds of scientific articles a year, proving the creativity of people in satisfying the requirements of funding bodies. <br/>      This unfortunately coincides with the phenomenon of the <em>reproducibility crisis</em>. It is estimated that more than two-thirds of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's published experiments. The reproducibility crisis is directly linked to the ongoing pressure on scientists to continually present breakthrough findings in articles in well-known magazines as 'proof' of their quality. There is a push by editors, funding bodies and institutions for eye-catching novelties and 'innovation' in their publications. This creates a dominant negative incentive towards confirmatory work which is essential to the long term validity and hygiene of any research area. The significant career effects of such publications and the disproportionate amount of attention also creates a perverse incentive to publish (only) the most interesting, exciting, unexpected and news-worthy results. This means conveniently leaving other results behind, or not even bothering to undertake the work. Peer review has become a significant burden in itself, an unthankful and costly task in terms of wasted human effort. With the amount of scientific activity up several orders of magnitude and the "bureaucratisation" of scientific publishing described above, the principle of scientific priority turns out to be rather unsatisfactory as the main ordering principle of the body of knowledge of science. Even in a limited area of science, there is often more work being published than any individual could dive into or keep up with even with the most unhealthy work ethics and unlimited resources. The constant flow of new articles, each pointing to ever more articles, may in theory provide something akin to a public 'ledger' of scientific claims of breakthroughs over time. A continuous flood of articles however does not result in adequate oversight nor does it deliver a consolidated view on efforts, overlaps and contradictions.</p> <p>The resulting stack of documents is hostile to real-world understanding, and more importantly, rather unsafe for usage. Which of the millions of scientific claims made in the past by articles referenced by other articles were partially debunked soon after - possibly endangering the conclusions of a certain article and all its descendants? How many of them were never properly looked at in depth? Counting the total amount of citations and references to some article does not allow to distinguish between the articles that prove results right and those articles that prove them (partially) wrong – or the quality of their approaches.</p> <p>The current publishing paradigm delivers a view through the <em>rear view mirror</em>. Each of the documents referenced in a particular paper leaves the reader with the huge responsibility of reading up on an avalanche of documents published <em>after</em> each of the citations. Failure to do so may hide underlying assumptions proven wrong, computational mechanisms that contained errors or proof that the original authors had been selective or biased. In combination with the reproducibility crisis mentioned before, this clearly poses a huge challenge, and one that really needs to be solved by altering the publication paradigm and <em>changing</em> the dynamics of the system.</p> <p>We share your belief that a European scientific open publishing outlet is a great and potentially very important idea. But only if the collective solution we build as Europe recognises the actual challenges of todays science and capitalises on technological possibilities. Only that combination will allow it to disrupt the global state of affairs. It is clear that the current status quo of commercial publishing has a troubling relationship with science as a whole. If the European Commission wants to be a leading funder, an worthwhile ambition that can easily be read between the lines of the document, the us-too approach proposed is not the right one. In fact, it can be argued that the very principle of a tender goes against the collaborative approach which seems most suited for this type of challenge.</p> <p>We are convinced there are significantly more worthwhile alternative options that would better serve the public interest and the purposes of the European Commission, and which would be realistically achievable within the same budget range. A 'blockbuster' tender in a rush to become operational is simply too blunt a mechanism, and we believe somewhat unsuitable for the actual innovation strategy behind it. To satisfy the immediate needs of H2020 and FP9, provisioning of an existing open source publishing infrastructure like <a href="https://editoria.pub/">Editoria</a> and a light-weight repository infrastucture based on open source infrastructure like CERN's <a href="http://invenio-software.org/">Invenio</a> could makes all the publications available as such. Even at the usage load specified in the tender approaching these publications as <em>grey literature</em> would cost less than 1% of the budget made available to the larger effort. And as specified, this would allow all articles to be accessed at no cost by anyone around the world. The success of grass roots efforts like Sci-Hub proves that users can find their own way from there on.</p> <p>We suggest to leave the remainder of the many 'conventional' requirements in the current document as is, and allocate the rest of budget to efforts that contribute more to the vision behind it. In the long run, a cascading set of texts (articles and letters) citing texts will hardly suffice to maintain and curate global bodies of knowledge. While technologies such as Artificial Intelligence may become useful in the long run to support the maintenance of large knowledge graphs derived from papers as well as raw scientific content, finding more efficient ways of continuous human curation of knowledge will become an essential precondition to research. While the relevance of peer review prior to publication is of clear benefit, there is no need to limit peer review to the period before publication. The technology is clearly there to do <em>a posteriori</em> review, and even to provide updated versions of the published text based on such comments.</p> <p>There is a unique opportunity to embark on a more open and inclusive approach that invites good ideas and talent from the scientific and engineering community, from the publishing community, from the free/libre open source community, from the archiving and digital heritage community, from social sciences, scientometrics and civil society. Through open calls you can enable individual researchers and developers as well as small teams to research and develop important new ideas that contribute to the establishment of the Next Generation Science infrastructure, as well as investigate critical ideas on how to improve the scientific machinery. One should extend currently available open source infrastructure and tools to enable any individual or community to produce, review/audit/curate and maintain articles and to link them with related artefacts such as data sets and software. Or cultivate knowledge mining infrastructure which will significantly lower the threshold of discovering relevant content. Or create tools that integrate publishing with transparent and reproducible software environments for science, contributing to a more convenient and efficient vetting of outcomes.</p> <p>Such an open approach driven not by profit but by science and society we believe is vastly superior to merely tasking a single provider, which would likely end up in monopolising aspects of the operational tasks involved. We would be happy to help you out with this in any way possible – building on decades of experience we have in funding such work. The vision of open science is essential for the open information society our public benefit organisation stands for; this is a major challenge for society that no single organisation can solve. The open source methodology requires a different mindset than the traditional tender, but it is the only way to move out of the current predicament. The real challenge ahead of all of us is to converge the work of the global scientific community towards a distributed knowledge paradigm ready to take on the many challenges of the next millenium.</p> <p>Kind regards,</p> <p>Michiel Leenaars <br/> Director of Strategy <br/> NLnet foundation<br/> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180401-call.html"/> <updated>2018-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2018-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: April 1st 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p>In a <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947 or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, getdns, Magic Wormhole, Serval, Namecoin, GNUnet, the TOR project and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180201-call.html"/> <updated>2018-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2018/20180201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2018/20180201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2018-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: February 1st 2018</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="buttoncall" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20180201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20171201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20171201-call.html"/> <updated>2017-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2017</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20171201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20171201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20171201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2017-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: December 1st 2017</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20171201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20171012-BobGoudriaan.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Bob Goudriaan opvolger van Marc Gauw</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20171012-BobGoudriaan.html"/> <updated>2017-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <cite>NLnet benoemt nieuwe algemeen directeur</cite> <p>Amsterdam, 12 oktober 2017</p> <p>[This text in <a href="20171012-BobGoudriaan-en.html">English</a> ENGLISH]</p> <p>Bob Goudriaan (1966) is per 16 december de nieuwe algemeen directeur van stichting NLnet. Goudriaan volgt <a href="/people/gauw">Marc Gauw</a> op, die bijna 4 jaar de functie vervulde en tevens voorzitter was van de stichting. Gauw neemt per diezelfde datum afscheid van NLnet, om zich geheel te kunnen gaan richten op een aantal nieuwe eigen activiteiten. Goudriaan treedt een maand eerder al in dienst in het kader van overdracht.</p> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="20171012-BobGoudriaan.jpeg"> <img src="20171012-BobGoudriaan.jpeg" alt="Bob Goudriaan" class="floathead"/> </a> </div> <p> <q>Ik ben gefascineerd door de cruciale rol van NLnet in de geschiedenis van het wereldwijde internet</q>, stelt Bob Goudriaan, <q>Er liggen fundamentele uitdaging met betrekking tot veiligheid en privacy, die alle vlakken van onze samenleving en van onze privelevens raken. Ons streven is om de komende jaren die pioniersrol voort te zetten en op die wijze onze doelstellingen te verwezenlijken.</q> </p> <p>Hiermee vindt hij bijval bij collega-directeur Michiel Leenaars. <q>We zijn als stichting erg blij met de komst van Bob Goudriaan. De afgelopen jaren is de complexiteit voor ons als Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling behoorlijk toegenomen. NLnet is steeds meer een 'fonds-der-fondsen' geworden, en met steeds meer internationale partners gaan samenwerken. Daarnaast krijgen we te maken met relevante nieuwe verschijnselen zoals donaties in cryptocurrencies waar allerlei interessante juridische en fiscale kanten aan zitten. De brede financiële en organisatorische ervaring van Bob komt dus echt als geroepen. We zijn dus verheugd dat juist Bob de taken over gaat nemen van Marc Gauw, en dankbaar voor de grote bijdrage die Marc de laatste jaren geleverd heeft aan NLnet.</q> </p> <p>Goudriaan was hiervoor partner en medeoprichter van het in Amsterdam gevestigde organisatieadviesbureau <a href="https://gendo.ch">Gendo</a>. Daarnaast is hij sinds 2014 betrokken bij het ethisch securitybedrijf <a href="https://radicallyopensecurity.com">Radically Open Security</a>, een maatschappelijk gedreven onderneming die zich er bij oprichting aan committeerde haar winst ten goede te laten komen aan stichting NLnet.</p> <p>Goudriaan studeerde fiscaal recht aan de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, en wisselde daarna functies bij grote organisaties als PWC en Deloitte in binnen- en buitenland af met ondernemerschap.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20171012-BobGoudriaan-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Bob Goudriaan successor of Marc Gauw</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20171012-BobGoudriaan-en.html"/> <updated>2017-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Amsterdam, October 12th 2017</p> <p>[Deze tekst in het <a href="20171012-BobGoudriaan.html">Nederlands</a> <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/>]</p> <p>The Amsterdam-based <a href="http://nlnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> is appointing Bob Goudriaan (1966) as its new General Director as of December 16th 2017. NLnet is a small but very active technology fund in the public benefit. NLnet operates with a global scope, providing development grants to disruptive as well as fundamental technology projects that help make the internet safer and more trustworthy.</p> <div class="terzijde"> <a href="20171012-BobGoudriaan.jpeg"> <img src="20171012-BobGoudriaan.jpeg" alt="Bob Goudriaan" class="floathead"/> </a> </div> <p>Goudriaan is the successor of <a href="/people/gauw">Marc Gauw</a>, who fulfilled the function for almost four years and was also chairman of the foundation. Gauw is departing NLnet on that same date, to fully concentrate himself on a number of new activities. Goudriaan will start a month early to give a smooth transition.</p> <p> <q>I'm fascinated by the crucial role of NLnet in the history of the global internet</q>, states Bob Goudriaan, <q>There are fundamental challenges concerning security and privacy, that touch every aspect of our society and of our private lives. Our goal for the upcoming years is to continue that pioneering role. </q> </p> <p>That statement finds support from his fellow director Michiel Leenaars. <q>As a foundation we are looking forward to have Bob Goudriaan joining our ranks. The last couple of years the complexity for us as a Public Benefit Organisation have increased significantly. NLnet is more and more becoming a 'fund of funds', and has been operating within a broadening international landscape. In addition, there are relevant new phenomena - such as donations in cryptocurrencies which bring all kinds of interesting legal and fiscal aspects along. The broad financial and organisational experience of Bob is therefore very welcome. So we are really excited that Bob was available to take over the work of Marc Gauw, and of course very thankful about the difference Marc made to NLnet in the last couple of years. </q> </p> <p>Goudriaan was previously partner and co-founder of the Amsterdam based management consultancy <a href="https://gendo.ch">Gendo</a>, specialised in technological innovation. Since 2014 he is also involved with the ethical security company <a href="https://radicallyopensecurity.com">Radically Open Security</a>, a socially driven enterprise that at its start committed to donate its profit to NLnet foundation.</p> <p>Goudriaan studied fiscal law at Leiden University, and afterwards moved back and forth from functions with large organisations like PWC and Deloitte (in the Netherlands and abroad) with entrepreneurial activities.</p> <p>The history of NLnet goes back to 1982 when the first pan-European UNIX network was announced by Teus Hagen. Several people in that team have been inducted in the <a href="http://internethalloffame.org">Internet Hall of Fame</a> by the international <a href="http://internetsociety.org">Internet Society</a> in recognition of their important contributions to the history of the internet.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source, and supports vital projects and organizations in any way it can. Examples of such efforts include research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Wireguard, ARPA2, Serval, the GPLv3, Namecoin, Jitsi and GNUnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20171001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20171001-call.html"/> <updated>2017-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2017</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Dien een voorstel in</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20171001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20171001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20171001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2017-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention">Deadline for submission: October 1st 2017</p> <p class="attention"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Submit a proposal</a> </p> <p>[<a href="20171001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands</a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170801-call.html"/> <updated>2017-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 8 Augustus 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2017-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: August 8th, 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170601-call.html"/> <updated>2017-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 Juni 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2017-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, WireGuard, ARPA2, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170412-EC-NGI.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet and Gartner to write vision for EC's Next Generation Internet initiative</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170412-EC-NGI.html"/> <updated>2017-04-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p class="attention"> <img src="/image/logos/EC.svg" alt="Logo European Commision" class="logocenter"/> </p> <p>Over the past decades, there have been quite a few sizable attempts to push for the development of a <em>next generation internet</em>. Whether these chose a so called 'clean slate' approach or not, it can be concluded that for all practical purposes these historical and ongoing efforts so far have not succeeded in their main objective. The ossification of the core technologies of the internet has not been successfully overturned — let alone reversed — by any of these efforts, which means that overall the internet is operating (grosso modo) the same as it was decades ago - when usage was a tiny fraction of today.</p> <p>Note that the current usage as well as the complexity and requirements of modern applications (let alone future ones) by all metrics pose major scalability and security challenges for the internet, and it should be obvious to anyone that there is a lot of accrued 'technical debt' that urgently needs to be addressed. This should happen sooner than later — the internet is already functioning far beyond its original design parameters. We cannot risk pile more responsiblity and investments on top of the internet without first 'future-proofing' the internet technology stack, and finding out how to phase out or sanitize deprecated technologies that currently block innovation and put users at risk.</p> <p>NLnet foundation, with the assistance of <a href="http://www.gartner.com/technology/contact/contact_europe.jsp">Gartner Europe</a> ^{[warning: 3rd party tags]}, has committed to helping the European Commission's <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en">DG CONNECT</a> with its ambitious Next Generation Internet initiative. We believe this inititiative has the potential to make an actual difference, where historical efforts not only failed but in some cases even proved detrimental. NLnet c.s. will during Q2-Q4 2017 investigate, and will deliver a report in Q1 2018. The team led by Michiel Leenaars (director of Strategy at NLnet) will be responsible for creating the vision document for the European Commision on the NGI initiative. It will also investigate the R&amp;D priorities for the NGI, and in addition will identify relevant policy components.</p> <p>NLnet applauds the public investment in the 'commons' of the internet, and believes it is essential for restoring the health of the internet. In the harsh reality of the post-Snowden internet, altruistic public investment in combination with the engagement of the technical community and civil society are vital ingredients in actually delivering a 'next generation' of the internet. Underpinning the NGI are ambitious social objectives that need to be met: an internet that more than anything is an open, fair and inclusive internet of human values, that has equal opportunities for all, that actually delivers trustworthiness in the online environment. NLnet supports those goals, and is committed to actively involve the relevant technical communities — as well as digital civil rights groups and other key communities — with the NGI initiative.</p> <p class="attention">Read more about <a href="/NGI">how you can help</a> us <a href="/NGI">identify issues that need to be addressed</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170401-call.html"/> <updated>2017-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2017-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: April 1st, 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170214-call-december.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Results December 2016 call</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170214-call-december.html"/> <updated>2017-02-14T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <dl class="items"> <dt> <a href="/project/steamworks/">ARPA2 Steamworks</a> </dt> <dd> <p>ARPA2 SteamWorks is a set of tools that co-operate to transmit more-or-less centrally controlled configuration settings over any network, and make these settings available to individual programs. Updates are passed around instantaneously when network connections are good, but the last version of the information can be used when the network temporarily degrades. The project is part of the <a href="http://arpa2.net/" class="external" target="_blank">ARPA2</a> project, which is engineering towards an overall architecture scalable to run a future internet that is secure by design.</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/webservicesecurity/">Declarative web service security</a> -- Declarative web service security in NixOS</dt> <dd> <p>This project aims to make NixOS the first computer operating system to package <a href="http://tlspool.arpa2.net" class="external" target="_blank">TLS Pool</a> as a service component, and will allow to combine the power of declarative packaging with the unique security characteristics of TLS Pool to create a unique delivery channel for decentralised internet applications.</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/dime/">DIME</a> </dt> <dd> <p>The DIME project has three distinct goals: to make end-to-end email encryption transparent and automatic, to minimize the leakage of metadata, and to enshrine the standards which make automation resistant to manipulation by advanced persistent threats. This has led to the development of a set of protocols and data formats which combine the best of current technologies into an integrated system that gives adequate protection, yet remains flexible. It allows for people to improve their security without sacrificing functionality.</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/getdns/">getdns</a> -- getdns - A reliable DNSSEC providing stub resolver</dt> <dd> <p>Encrypted communication between two random end points on the internet cannot happen without additional infrastructure through which security parameters are exchanged. The getdns library is an modern asynchronous DNS library for application developers, with an API vetted by application developers. getdns has especially good stub-resolving capabilities, and has been developed alongside and in close co-operation with recent standards for stub resolving; such as DNS over TLS (RFC7858), and acquiring DNSSEC at stub resolving level (DNSSEC roadblock avoidance - RFC8027).</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/namecoin/">Namecoin</a> </dt> <dd> <p>Namecoin is a blockchain project that provides a decentralized naming system and trust anchor. Its flagship use-case is a decentralized top-level domain (TLD) which is the cornerstone of a domain name system that is resistant to hijacking and censorship. Among other things, this provides a decentralized trust anchor for Public Key Infrastructure <em>that does not require third party trust</em>. It operates independent from the DNSSEC root trust chain, and can thus offer additional security under some circumstances.</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/pitchfork/">Pitchfork</a> </dt> <dd> <p>The PITCHFORK is a free/libre hardware device for compartmentalizing key material and cryptographic operations in a small and durable USB device. It uses a Cortex-M3 processor and stores all keys in the CPUs flash. The PITCHFORK has an embedded radio interface over which it can do secure key exchanges with other devices, including "post-quantum" cryptography. Over USB it can send and receive messages using various modern low-level crypto protocols providing different aspects of overall security.</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/stubby/">Stubby</a> -- Stubby - A DNS Privacy enabled stub resolver</dt> <dd> <p>Stubby is an open source project to develop a DNS stub resolver for use on client devices which will provide DNS Privacy for end users by implementing DNS-over-TLS (<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858">RFC7858</a>). This service will provide encrypted first-hop access to DNS services protecting users’ DNS queries from eavesdropping at any point along the path between their device and a privacy-enabling DNS server.</p> </dd> <dt> <a href="/project/tls-kdh/">TLS-KDH</a> -- ARPA2</dt> <dd> <p>This project aims to implement the proposed <a href="http://tls-kdh.arpa2.net/" class="external" target="_blank">TLS-KDH</a> protocol into a production ready implementation. TLS-KDH is a design from Rick van Rein (ARPA2) that combines the benefits of Kerberos and Diffie-Hellman key exchange into a single unified solution that can be used to add additional security and flexibility to internet resources. Kerberos lends itself well to infrastructure-supported mutual authentication, and can even be used to crossover between realms. A downside of this infrastructure is that a crack of one key can lead to a cascade of reverse-engineered keys. Diffie-Hellman key exchange, nowadays primarily in its Elliptic-Curve variation, can be used to incorporate the desirable property of Forward Secrecy, but its vulnerability to man-in-the-middle attacks must then be overcome by cryptographically binding it to an authentication mechanism. The project will create a production quality implementation based on the open source GnuTLS codebase.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170203-ReviewCommittee-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet appoints Review Committee IHF</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170203-ReviewCommittee-en.html"/> <updated>2017-02-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Independent experts provide external eligibility check</h2> <p>In december of 2016 the <a href="/internethardening">Internet Hardening Fund</a> received a <a href="https://nlnet.nl/press/20161216-EZ-donation-internet-hardening-en.html">subsidy</a> from the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, in recognition of a prior <a href="https://www.eerstekamer.nl/behandeling/20151208/stemmingsoverzicht_tweede_kamer/document3/f=/vjzqe3nasht8.pdf">motion in the Netherlands parliament</a> by representative <a href="https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden/alle_kamerleden/verhoeven-k-d66">Kees Verhoeven</a>.</p> <p>The Internet Hardening Fund is a private fund managed by <a href="https://NLnet.nl">NLnet foundation</a> which operates independently of any other organisation. To be able to comply with the formal requirements of the subsidy mentioned above, NLnet has installed a indepedent Review Committee ("Toetsingscommissie") consisting of three experts from the internet and open source field, academia and the public sector. The committee is appointed for a period of one year. The committee receives no remuneration for its work, and its members have no other economic interests with the Internet Hardening Fund and/or links to NLnet Foundation as the organisation behind the fund.</p> <p>The Review Commitee receives the outcome of the selection process for the Internet Hardening Fund, with each member independently validating that all the projects that are selected are indeed eligible for the Internet Hardening Fund. They check whether the activities fit within the scope of the fund, that budgets are frugal, and that there are no other obvious operational, ethical or other concerns. The outcome of the review is sent to the <a href="/people/">Board of NLnet foundation</a>, which has the final responsibility. If a worthwhile project turns out not to be eligible for some technical reason, NLnet is free to fund such a project from its own private budget or from another (thematic) fund with a similar scope. This transparent procedure provides an additional guarantee that any public means allocated to the Internet Hardening Fund can only be spent within the scope and spirit of the fund.</p> <p>The three appointed members of the commitee for 2017 are (in alphabetical order): <a href="/internethardening/reviewcommittee#leonkuunders">Leon Kuunders</a>, <a href="/internethardening/reviewcommittee#nielssijm">Niels Sijm</a> and <a href="/internethardening/reviewcommittee#bertwijnen">Bert Wijnen</a>.</p> <h2>Background information</h2> <p>The main focus of the <strong>Internet Hardening Fund</strong> is twofold: on the one hand supporting <em>high end open source encryption software</em> used in the infrastructural layer, and on the other hand <em>development and strengthening of the underlying internet and web standards</em> in the area of encryption. The fund operates internationally. A new competitive call for proposals is launched every two months. Projects or individuals that request a grant will also automatically enter the competitive open call from NLnet, which additionally increases their chance of funding. Through the fund independent researchers and developers can requests grants in support of their efforts to improve and expand encryption and other means of securing internet communication.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170201-call.html"/> <updated>2017-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2017/20170201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2017/20170201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2017-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2017<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20170201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20161201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20161201-call.html"/> <updated>2016-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center> <strike>Deadline voor indiening: December 1st, 2016</strike> <br/> Deadline voor indiening: 15 december 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20161201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Aanvraagformulier</a> </p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contactaanvraagformulier</a> of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20161201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20161201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2016-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center> <strike>Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2016</strike> <br/> Deadline for submission: December 15th, 2016 <br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20161201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">To the form</a> </p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20161004-hollandstrikesback.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Derde editie van Holland Strikes Back</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20161004-hollandstrikesback.html"/> <updated>2016-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>De laatste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van cybersecurity</h3> <img src="/image/2015-hollandstrikesback.png" class="logocenter" alt="Logo Holland Strikes Back 2015"/> <p> <a href="/news/2016/20161004-hollandstrikesback-en.html">This message in English</a> </p> <p>Op 4 oktober 2016 organiseert stichting NLnet samen met haar partners in <a href="https://dinl.nl">DINL</a> (AMS-ix, DDA, DHPA, ISPConnect, SIDN, VvR, Nederland-ICT en SURFnet) de derde editie van de conferentie "<a href="http://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a>". Door deze gezamenlijke aanpak bieden ze een goed overzicht van de huidige stand van zaken in cybersecurity.</p> <p>Tijdens deze derde editie van <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a> geeft een reeks prominente sprekers hun analyse van de belangrijkste en meest opmerkelijke cyberaanvallen van het moment. Onder meer <a href="https://english.nctv.nl/organisation/WhoistheNTCV/zorko.aspx">Patricia Zorko</a> (plv NCTV), Dr. <a href="http://radicallyopensecurity.com/team/MelanieRieback/">Melanie Rieback</a> (Radically Open Security), Erik de Jong (Fox-IT), dr. <a href="http://www.ricardoschmidt.com/">Ricardo de Oliveira Schmidt</a> (University of Twente) en <a href="https://nlnet.nl/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (NLnet) zullen spreken over onderwerpen als spearfishing, bank-robbery, DDoS attacks, en ransomware, dit geheel gemodereerd door <a href="http://dewinter.com/">Brenno De Winter</a>.</p> <p> <q>Met wat voor cyberaanvallen worden organisaties, instellingen en overheden geconfronteerd? Wie zit er achter deze aanvallen en hoe gaan zij te werk? Wat zijn de motieven achter dit soort aanvallen? Deze vragen staan op het event centraal</q>, vertelt <a href="https://nlnet.nl/people/gauw/">Marc Gauw</a>, algemeen directeur NLnet, <q>We hebben professionals en betrokkenen uitgenodigd die zelf ervaring hebben met echte security-incidenten en hen gevraagd om te vertellen welke maatregelen genomen zijn en welke maatregelen zij vinden dat nog genomen moeten worden.</q> </p> <p>Al ruim 300 bezoekers hebben zich geregistreerd voor het evenement, dat zal worden gehouden in het <a href="http://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/">Louwman Museum</a> in Den Haag.</p> <p> <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a> maakt deel uit van <a href="http://alertonline.nl">Alert Online</a>, de nationale bewustmakingscampaigne op het gebied van cyberpreventie van het Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie. Voor meer informatie en inschrijven kan men terecht op <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">hollandstrikesback.nl</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20161004-hollandstrikesback-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Third edition of Holland Strikes Back</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20161004-hollandstrikesback-en.html"/> <updated>2016-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>Event focuses on state of the art cyber security incident handling</h3> <img src="/image/2015-hollandstrikesback.png" class="logocenter" alt="Logo Holland Strikes Back 2015"/> <p> <a href="/news/2016/20161004-hollandstrikesback.html">Dit bericht in het Nederlands</a> </p> <p>On October 4th 2016 NLnet foundation together with its partners in <a href="https://dinl.nl">DINL</a> (AMS-ix, DDA, DHPA, ISPConnect, SIDN, VvR, Nederland-ICT and SURFnet) is organising the third edition of the conference "<a href="http://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a>". By joining forces they are able to present an overview of the current issues in cyber security in one event.</p> <p>During the third edition of <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a> a host of prominent speakers will present their analysis of the most prominent or remarkable cyber attacks in recent times. Among others <a href="https://english.nctv.nl/organisation/WhoistheNTCV/zorko.aspx"> Patricia Zorko</a> (deputy NCTV), Dr. <a href="http://radicallyopensecurity.com/team/MelanieRieback/">Melanie Rieback</a> (Radically Open Security), Erik de Jong (Fox-IT), dr. <a href="http://www.ricardoschmidt.com/">Ricardo de Oliveira Schmidt</a> (University of Twente) and <a href="https://nlnet.nl/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (NLnet) will talk about subjects such as spearfishing, bank-robbery, DDoS attacks, and ransomware, all moderated by <a href="http://dewinter.com/">Brenno De Winter</a>.</p> <p> <q>What kind of cyber attacks hit organisations and individuals? Who is behind these attacks, and how do they work? What motives them? These kind of questions are central to the event</q>, states <a href="https://nlnet.nl/people/gauw/">Marc Gauw</a>, general director of NLnet foundation, <q>We've invited professionals and stakeholders that have had actual experience with real security incidents and asked them to tell us which measures have been taken based on these incidents, and which measures they think are still required.</q> </p> <p>Already 300 visitors have registered to attend the event, which will be held at the <a href="http://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/">Louwman Museum</a> in The Hague (NL).</p> <p> <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a> is part of <a href="http://alertonline.nl">Alert Online</a>, the national awareness campaign for cyber prevention from the Ministry of Security and Justice. For more information and to sign up we refer to <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">hollandstrikesback.nl</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20161001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20161001-call.html"/> <updated>2016-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20161001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Aanvraagformulier</a> </p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contactaanvraagformulier</a> of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20161001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20161001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2016-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: October 1st, 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20161001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">To the form</a> </p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160901-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160901-call.html"/> <updated>2016-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20160901-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Aanvraagformulier</a> </p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contactaanvraagformulier</a> of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160901-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160901-call-en.html"/> <updated>2016-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: October 1st, 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20160901-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">To the form</a> </p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160601-call.html"/> <updated>2016-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20160601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]</p> <p>Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">Aanvraagformulier</a> </p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contactaanvraagformulier</a> of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2016-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20160601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <p align="center"> <a class="button" href="/foundation/request/">To the form</a> </p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160301-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160301-call.html"/> <updated>2016-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 maart 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20160301-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160301-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160301-call-en.html"/> <updated>2016-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: March 1st, 2016<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20160301-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160130-BoF.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet steunt Bits of Freedom</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160130-BoF.html"/> <updated>2016-01-30T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[28 januari 2016] Stichting NLnet doneert 40.000€ aan de digitale burgerrechtenbeweging "Bits of Freedom" (BoF), om haar projecten te ondersteunen.</p> <p>Stichting BoF verspreidt aktief technische, juridische en wetenschappelijke kennis over het `vrij' en `open' houden van internet. Deze informatie is specifiek gericht op nederlandse en europese beleidsmakers: een vertaling van techniek naar de praktijk waarmee zij aan de slag kunnen.</p> <p>In 2015 publiceerde BoF onder andere een <em>position paper</em> over <a href="https://www.bof.nl/2015/12/15/hoogwaardige-encryptie-essentieel-voor-vrijheid-en-economie/">het belang van hoogwaardige encryptie voor onze vrijheid en economie</a>. BoF legde aan burger en politiek uit hoe "Wetsvoorstel Computercrimaliteit" (bijgenaamd `het hackvoorstel') <a href="https://www.bof.nl/2015/12/22/hackvoorstel-naar-het-parlement-van-der-steur-doof-voor-kritiek/">de samenleving juist minder veilig gaat maken</a>. De beslissing over deze wet valt in de loop van dit jaar.</p> <p>Ook probeert BoF internetgebruikers privacy-bewust te maken, onder andere met de "Big Brother Awards". Deze jaarlijkse verkiezing krijgt veel aandacht van de media.</p> <p>Het `open' internet draait op vrije software en open toegang. Projecten die een publiek belang dienen hebben vaak moeite met het vinden van duurzame financiering. Stichting NLnet is één van de weinige organisaties die genoeg expertise en middelen in huis heeft om dit type projecten te ondersteunen.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2016/20160130-BoF-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet supports Bits of Freedom</div> </title> <link href="/news/2016/20160130-BoF-en.html"/> <updated>2016-01-30T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[28 January 2016, <a href="20160130-BoF.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]</p> <p>The NLnet Foundation supports digital rights movement "Bits of Freedom" with 40,000€, to implement its projects.</p> <p>The Dutch BoF Foundation disseminates technical, juridical, and scientific knowledge to promote a `free' and `open' internet. This information is actively targeted on Dutch and European policymakers: a translation of the actuality into their scope of expertise.</p> <p>In 2015, BoF published a <em>position paper</em> about the urgency to use high-quality encryption for our freedom and economy. BoF explained to civilians and politicians why the proposed law against computer criminality (nick-named <em>the hack-proposal</em>) will make society less safe. The decision on this bill will follow later this year.</p> <p>BoF also actively addresses internet users, to make them more privacy aware. Among other things, they organize the yearly "Big Brother Award" election of the person or organization which violated the people's privacy the most. This attracts a lot of attention in the media.</p> <p>Key to the `Open' internet are free software and open access. Projects for the common good often find it hard to get lasting financial support. NLnet Foundation is one of the few parties which have both the knowledge as means to support this kind of projects.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20151201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20151201-call.html"/> <updated>2015-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20151201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20151201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20151201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2015-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20151201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20151101-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20151101-call.html"/> <updated>2015-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 november 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20151101-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20151101-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20151101-call-en.html"/> <updated>2015-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: November 1st, 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20151101-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20151020-hollandstrikesback.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Tweede editie van Holland Strikes Back</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20151020-hollandstrikesback.html"/> <updated>2015-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>De opvallendste cybersecurity-incidenten van de afgelopen jaren</h3> <img src="/image/2015-hollandstrikesback.png" class="logocenter"/> <p> <a href="/news/2015/20151020-hollandstrikesback-en.html">This message in English</a> </p> <p>Op 27 oktober 2015 organiseert stichting NLnet samen met haar partners in <a href="https://dinl.nl">DINL</a> (AMS-ix, DDA, DHPA, ISPConnect, SIDN en SURFnet) de tweede editie van de conferentie "<a href="http://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a>". Door deze gezamenlijke aanpak bieden ze een goed overzicht van de huidige stand van zaken in cybersecurity.</p> <p>Tijdens deze tweede editie van <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a> geeft een reeks prominente sprekers hun analyse van de belangrijkste en meest opmerkelijke cyberaanvallen van het moment. Onder meer Hans de Vries (NCSC), Prof. Dr. <a href="http://michelvaneeten.nl/">Michel van Eeten</a> (TU Delft), prof. dr. <a href="http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~pras/">Aiko Pras</a> (UT Twente), <a href="https://geve.rs">Rickey Gevers</a> (RedSocks) en Michel van Leeuwen (NCSC) zullen spreken over onderwerpen zoals DDoS attacks, AbuseIO, ethical hacking en ransomware.</p> <p> <q>Met wat voor cyberaanvallen worden organisaties, instellingen en overheden geconfronteerd? Wie zit er achter deze aanvallen en hoe gaan zij te werk? Wat zijn de motieven achter dit soort aanvallen? Deze vragen staan op het event centraal</q>, vertelt Marc Gauw, algemeen directeur NLnet, <q>We hebben professionals en betrokkenen uitgenodigd die zelf ervaring hebben met echte security-incidenten en hen gevraagd om te vertellen welke maatregelen genomen zijn en welke maatregelen zij vinden dat nog genomen moeten worden.</q> </p> <p>Al ruim 300 bezoekers hebben zich geregistreerd voor het evenement, dat zal worden gehouden in het Museum voor Communicatie in Den Haag (NL).</p> <p>Holland Strikes Back maakt deel uit van <a href="http://alertonline.nl">Alert Online</a>, de nationale bewustmakingscampaigne op het gebied van cyberpreventie van het Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie. Voor meer informatie en inschrijven kan men terecht op <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">hollandstrikesback.nl</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20151020-hollandstrikesback-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Second edition of Holland Strikes Back</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20151020-hollandstrikesback-en.html"/> <updated>2015-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h3>Event focuses on state of the art cyber security incident handling</h3> <img src="/image/2015-hollandstrikesback.png" class="logocenter"/> <p> <a href="/news/2015/20151020-hollandstrikesback.html">Dit bericht in het Nederlands</a> </p> <p>On October 27th 2015 NLnet foundation together with its partners in <a href="https://dinl.nl">DINL</a> (AMS-ix, DDA, DHPA, ISPConnect, SIDN and SURFnet) is organising the second edition of the conference "<a href="http://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a>". By joining forces they are able to present an overview of the current issues in cyber security in one event.</p> <p>During the second edition of <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">Holland Strikes Back</a> a host of prominent speakers will present their analysis of the most prominent or remarkable cyber attacks in recent times. Among others Hans de Vries (NCSC), Prof. Dr. <a href="http://michelvaneeten.nl/">Michel van Eeten</a> (TU Delft), prof. dr. <a href="http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~pras/">Aiko Pras</a> (UT Twente), <a href="https://geve.rs">Rickey Gevers</a> (RedSocks) and Michel van Leeuwen (NCSC) will talk about subjects such as DDoS attacks, AbuseIO, ethical hacking and ransomware.</p> <p> <q>What kind of cyber attacks hit organisations and individuals? Who is behind these attacks, and how do they work? What motives them? These kind of questions are central to the event</q>, states Marc Gauw, general director of NLnet foundation, <q>We've invited professionals and stakeholders that have had actual experience with real security incidents and asked them to tell us which measures have been taken based on these incidents, and which measures they think are still required.</q> </p> <p>Already 300 visitors have registered to attend the event, which will be held at the Museum voor Communicatie in The Hague (NL).</p> <p>Holland Strikes Back is part of <a href="http://alertonline.nl">Alert Online</a>, the national awareness campaign for cyber prevention from the Ministry of Security and Justice. For more information and to sign up we refer to <a href="https://hollandstrikesback.nl">hollandstrikesback.nl</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150901-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150901-call.html"/> <updated>2015-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 september 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20150901-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij een miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150901-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150901-call-en.html"/> <updated>2015-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: September 1st, 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20150901-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around one million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock noon CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150501-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150501-call.html"/> <updated>2015-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 15 mei 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20150501-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De stichting ondersteunt initiatieven die van strategisch belang zijn voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150501-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150501-call-en.html"/> <updated>2015-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: May 15th, 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20150501-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. The foundation supports strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150201-call.html"/> <updated>2015-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20150201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. De Stichting ondersteunt strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2015-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2015<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20150201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2015/20150201-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2015/20150201-awards.html"/> <updated>2015-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The selected projects within the February 2014 Call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Uberflow</h2> <p>OpenFlow is a simple protocol that allows switching hardware to be unbound from routing decisions. OpenFlow is the de-facto standard protocol for software-defined networking (SDN). The intelligence is moved to a central controller that is responsible for multiple switches in a network. Through OpenFlow, the controller is dynamically notified of flow creations (as with NetFlow and IPFIX), and can respond with actions that are to be taken by switching hardware in the data path: route the flow elsewhere, change fields, etc. This dynamic altering of network state is what makes OpenFlow, and SDN in general, very attractive in a number of fields.</p> <p>The API for manipulating the network state within OpenFlow is currently being standardised by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) as NBI (which stands for 'North-Bound Interface'). As an emerging standard NBI has significant potential to create the ecosystem for network architectures.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/uberflow">Uberflow</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>SIPcollab</h2> <p>Collaborative editing on documents is required (or at least very helpful) in a broad range of use-cases. Collaborative editing capabilities between peers gets rid of the need of server and enables usage in places and circumstances where it was not possible before.</p> <p>The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in combination with ZRTP and OTR offers encrypted multimedia (or "whatever-media") communication channels between individuals and groups. Common usages include voice and video conferencing, instant messaging (MSRP) and desktop sharing. While the latter technically allows people to present and share documents, it is brittle, bandwidth heavy and broadcast only - meaning that only a single user can edit a document. In order to provide more agile and interactive capabilities, this project adds collaboration facilities based on the collaborative webODF editor and the SIP/SIMPLE client SDK. Multiple users will be able to view and edit a document (such as a presentation or text document) with a group of people in parallel. The project will produce both a simple standalone version based on QML and an integrated version as a plugin to the Blink Qt project.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/sipcollab">SIPcollab</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Open Crypto Project (cryptech.is)</h2> <p>Cryptech.is is a project that want to design an open-source hardware cryptographic engine that can be built by anyone from public hardware specifications and open-source firmware. Anyone can then operate it without fees of any kind.</p> <p>Recent revelations have cast a doubt on the integrity of some of the implementations of basic cryptographic functions and devices used to secure communications on the Internet. There are serious questions about algorithms and about implementations of those algorithms in software and particularly hardware.</p> <p>The algorithmic issues are in the domain of the heavy math cryptography folk. But we must also deal with the implementation issues. The Open Crypto project is pursuing the development of an open-source hardware cryptographic engine that meets the needs of high assurance Internet infrastructure systems that use cryptography. The open-source hardware cryptographic engine must be of general use to the broad Internet community, covering needs such as secure email, web, DNS, PKIs, etc.</p> <p>The project solicits functional requirements from a wide range of organizations. It will focus on the classic low level cryptographic functions and primitives, and not get drawn into re-implementation of application protocol layers.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/opencryptoproject">Cryptech.is</a> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20141201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20141201-call.html"/> <updated>2014-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20141201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20141201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20141201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20141201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20141101-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20141101-call.html"/> <updated>2014-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 november 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20141101-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20141101-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20141101-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: November 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20141101-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140901-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140901-call.html"/> <updated>2014-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 september 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140901-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij een miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140901-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140901-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: September 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140901-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around one million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140801-call.html"/> <updated>2014-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Projecten moeten aangeleverd zijn vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET op de genoemde datum.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en daarna gaan we aan de slag om op basis van de hierboven gestelde criteria de beste projecten te selecteren. Voor aanvragers, maar ook voor onszelf is het fijn als we zo snel mogelijk duidelijk hebben met welke projecten we verder gaan. Als je wordt geselecteerd, bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. Ook als je niet geselecteerd wordt, helpen we je graag verder: de Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen.</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: August 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. (<a href="/donating">Want to do the same?</a>. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. We support strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>We have a very informal and light weight procedure. On the day of the deadline project outlines need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). (A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.)</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and after that it is our job to analyse the projects and to select the very best. For applicants but also for our own sake we want to decide fast which projects we will take under our wings. When your project is selected, we will exchange our mutual visions on the project and finalise the project plan. Even if you are not selected, we might be able to help you further: we have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners.</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> ( +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> ( +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140501-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140501-call.html"/> <updated>2014-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 mei 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140501-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140501-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140501-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: May 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140501-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140408-internethalloffame.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Erik Huizer wordt vierde Nederlander in Internet Hall of Fame</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140408-internethalloffame.html"/> <updated>2014-04-08T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>HongKong, 8 april 2014</p> <img src="2014-internethalloffame-ErikHuizer.jpg" alt="Erik Huizer" class="portraitround right"/> <p>De Nederlandse internetpionier Dr. Erik Huizer is vandaag in Hong Kong tijdens een feestelijke ceremonie samen met andere pioniers zoals Douglas Englebart, Paul Vixie en Radia Perlman opgenomen in de internationale <a href="http://internethalloffame.org">Internet Hall of Fame</a>. Na de (in Duitsland geboren maar in Nederland werkzame) Daniel Karrenberg, <a href="/press/20130626-internethalloffame.html">Teus Hagen</a> en oud-SURFnet-collega <a href="/press/20130626-internethalloffame.html">Kees Neggers</a> is Huizer de vierde Nederlander die is opgenomen is in deze wereldwijde eregalerij van interpioniers. In totaal maken er nu 87 mensen deel uit van de Internet Hall of Fame.</p> <p>Huizer was tussen 2007 en 2013 <a href="/people/huizer.html">voorzitter van de raad van toezicht</a> van NLnet, en is in het dagelijks leven CTO van het onderzoeksnetwerk <a href="http://surfnet.nl">SURFnet</a> en hoogleraar internettoepassingen aan de <a href="http://uu.nl">Universiteit van Utrecht</a>.</p> <p>'Global connector' Erik Huizer raakte vanuit SURFnet betrokken bij het opkomende internet, en heeft sindsdien veel belangrijke rollen vervuld in de internetwereld - onder meer binnen de <a href="http://ietf.org">Internet Engineering Task Force </a> (IETF), <a href="http://iab.org">Internet Architecture Board</a> (IAB), <a href="http://irtf.org">Internet Research Task Force</a> (IRTF), <a href="http://internetsociety.org">Internet Society</a> (ISOC), en <a href="http://pir.org">Public Interest Registry</a> (de registry achter .org). Hij is auteur van een aantal belangrijke <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html">RFC</a>'s die destijds niet alleen het IETF-standaardenproces vastlegden maar ook de procedures van de werkgroepen. Hij gaf ook sturing aan de keuze voor cryptografie in internetprotocollen binnen de Internet Architecture Board (IAB).</p> <p>Huizer heeft een belangrijke bijdrage geleverd aan de internationalisering van de IETF door het organiseren van de eerste IETF-bijeenkomst buiten Noord-Amerika, in Amsterdam, in juli 1993. Tussen 1991 en 1995 was hij Area Director voor Applications binnen de IETF and en vanuit die hoedanigheid lid van de Internet Engineering Steering Group. Van 1995-2002 was hij lid van de IAB, en van 1999 tot 2002 voorzitter van de IRTF. Hij maakte deel uit van de Internet Society Board of Trustees van 2002 tot 2007, en zit nog steeds in de Raad van Advies van <a href="http://isoc.nl">Internet Society Nederland</a>. Hij maakt deel uit van het <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosystem">ICANN Strategy panel on the Internet Governance Ecosystem</a>. Hij is gepromoveerd in de vastestoffysica aan de <a href="http://tudelft.nl">TU Delft</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140408-internethalloffame-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Erik Huizer wordt vierde Nederlander in Internet Hall of Fame</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140408-internethalloffame-en.html"/> <updated>2014-04-08T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>HongKong, 8 april 2014</p> <img src="2014-internethalloffame-ErikHuizer.jpg" alt="Erik Huizer" class="portraitround right"/> <p>De Nederlandse internetpionier Dr. Erik Huizer is vandaag in Hong Kong tijdens een feestelijke ceremonie samen met andere pioniers zoals Douglas Englebart, Paul Vixie en Radia Perlman opgenomen in de internationale <a href="http://internethalloffame.org">Internet Hall of Fame</a>. Na de (in Duitsland geboren maar in Nederland werkzame) Daniel Karrenberg, <a href="/press/20130626-internethalloffame.html">Teus Hagen</a> en oud-SURFnet-collega <a href="/press/20130626-internethalloffame.html">Kees Neggers</a> is Huizer de vierde Nederlander die is opgenomen is in deze wereldwijde eregalerij van interpioniers. In totaal maken er nu 87 mensen deel uit van de Internet Hall of Fame.</p> <p>Huizer was tussen 2007 en 2013 <a href="/people/huizer.html">voorzitter van de raad van toezicht</a> van NLnet, en is in het dagelijks leven CTO van het onderzoeksnetwerk <a href="http://surfnet.nl">SURFnet</a> en hoogleraar internettoepassingen aan de <a href="http://uu.nl">Universiteit van Utrecht</a>.</p> <p>'Global connector' Erik Huizer raakte vanuit SURFnet betrokken bij het opkomende internet, en heeft sindsdien veel belangrijke rollen vervuld in de internetwereld - onder meer binnen de <a href="http://ietf.org">Internet Engineering Task Force </a> (IETF), <a href="http://iab.org">Internet Architecture Board</a> (IAB), <a href="http://irtf.org">Internet Research Task Force</a> (IRTF), <a href="http://internetsociety.org">Internet Society</a> (ISOC), en <a href="http://pir.org">Public Interest Registry</a> (de registry achter .org). Hij is auteur van een aantal belangrijke <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html">RFC</a>'s die destijds niet alleen het IETF-standaardenproces vastlegden maar ook de procedures van de werkgroepen. Hij gaf ook sturing aan de keuze voor cryptografie in internetprotocollen binnen de Internet Architecture Board (IAB).</p> <p>Huizer heeft een belangrijke bijdrage geleverd aan de internationalisering van de IETF door het organiseren van de eerste IETF-bijeenkomst buiten Noord-Amerika, in Amsterdam, in juli 1993. Tussen 1991 en 1995 was hij Area Director voor Applications binnen de IETF and en vanuit die hoedanigheid lid van de Internet Engineering Steering Group. Van 1995-2002 was hij lid van de IAB, en van 1999 tot 2002 voorzitter van de IRTF. Hij maakte deel uit van de Internet Society Board of Trustees van 2002 tot 2007, en zit nog steeds in de Raad van Advies van <a href="http://isoc.nl">Internet Society Nederland</a>. Hij maakt deel uit van het <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/planning/strategic-engagement/governance-ecosystem">ICANN Strategy panel on the Internet Governance Ecosystem</a>. Hij is gepromoveerd in de vastestoffysica aan de <a href="http://tudelft.nl">TU Delft</a>.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140201-call.html"/> <updated>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140201-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140201-awards.html"/> <updated>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The selected projects within the February 2014 Call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Uberflow</h2> <p>OpenFlow is a simple protocol that allows switching hardware to be unbound from routing decisions. OpenFlow is the de-facto standard protocol for software-defined networking (SDN). The intelligence is moved to a central controller that is responsible for multiple switches in a network. Through OpenFlow, the controller is dynamically notified of flow creations (as with NetFlow and IPFIX), and can respond with actions that are to be taken by switching hardware in the data path: route the flow elsewhere, change fields, etc. This dynamic altering of network state is what makes OpenFlow, and SDN in general, very attractive in a number of fields.</p> <p>The API for manipulating the network state within OpenFlow is currently being standardised by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) as NBI (which stands for 'North-Bound Interface'). As an emerging standard NBI has significant potential to create the ecosystem for network architectures.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/uberflow">Uberflow</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>SIPcollab</h2> <p>Collaborative editing on documents is required (or at least very helpful) in a broad range of use-cases. Collaborative editing capabilities between peers gets rid of the need of server and enables usage in places and circumstances where it was not possible before.</p> <p>The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in combination with ZRTP and OTR offers encrypted multimedia (or "whatever-media") communication channels between individuals and groups. Common usages include voice and video conferencing, instant messaging (MSRP) and desktop sharing. While the latter technically allows people to present and share documents, it is brittle, bandwidth heavy and broadcast only - meaning that only a single user can edit a document. In order to provide more agile and interactive capabilities, this project adds collaboration facilities based on the collaborative webODF editor and the SIP/SIMPLE client SDK. Multiple users will be able to view and edit a document (such as a presentation or text document) with a group of people in parallel. The project will produce both a simple standalone version based on QML and an integrated version as a plugin to the Blink Qt project.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/sipcollab">SIPcollab</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Open Crypto Project (cryptech.is)</h2> <p>Cryptech.is is a project that want to design an open-source hardware cryptographic engine that can be built by anyone from public hardware specifications and open-source firmware. Anyone can then operate it without fees of any kind.</p> <p>Recent revelations have cast a doubt on the integrity of some of the implementations of basic cryptographic functions and devices used to secure communications on the Internet. There are serious questions about algorithms and about implementations of those algorithms in software and particularly hardware.</p> <p>The algorithmic issues are in the domain of the heavy math cryptography folk. But we must also deal with the implementation issues. The Open Crypto project is pursuing the development of an open-source hardware cryptographic engine that meets the needs of high assurance Internet infrastructure systems that use cryptography. The open-source hardware cryptographic engine must be of general use to the broad Internet community, covering needs such as secure email, web, DNS, PKIs, etc.</p> <p>The project solicits functional requirements from a wide range of organizations. It will focus on the classic low level cryptographic functions and primitives, and not get drawn into re-implementation of application protocol layers.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/opencryptoproject">Cryptech.is</a> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20140201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20140201-call.html"/> <updated>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting een aanzienlijk bedrag aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20140201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20140201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2014-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2014<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20140201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends a significant sum of money to support strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140109-MarcGauw.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Marc Gauw benoemd tot nieuwe directeur NLnet</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140109-MarcGauw.html"/> <updated>2014-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Amsterdam, 9 januari 2014</p> <p>[This text in <a href="20140109-MarcGauw-en.html">English</a>]<br/> Stichting NLnet te Amsterdam maakt vandaag bekend dat zij per 1 februari de Nederlander Marc Gauw (53) heeft benoemd als haar nieuwe algemeen directeur. NLnet is een kleinschalig maar internationaal opererend ideeel fonds dat over de hele wereld hoogwaardige technologie-projecten financiert om het internet veiliger en betrouwbaarder te maken.</p> <img src="201401-marcg.png" alt="Marc Gauw" class="floathead right"/> <p>Gauw brengt zo'n 17 jaar ervaring in de internetwereld met zich mee, waaronder de laatste zes jaar als commercieel directeur van een van 's werelds grootste internetexchanges, <a href="http://www.nl-ix.nl">NL-ix</a>. Daarvoor was hij al eerder vier jaar lang voorzitter van het bestuur van de <a href="http://ams-ix.net">Amsterdam Internet Exchange</a>.</p> <p>Gauw kijkt uit naar zijn nieuwe functie. <q>"Er zijn zeker in het afgelopen jaar een aantal zaken aan het licht gekomen die een veranderd perspectief geven op de feitelijke gezondheid van het huidige internet"</q>, zo stelt hij. <q>"Veiligheid en privacy van gebruikers blijken veel minder goed geborgd dan vaak gedacht werd. NLnet werkt al meer dan twintig jaar - buiten het zicht van het grote publiek - aan het open en veilig houden van het internet zoals we het allemaal ooit voor ogen hadden. Dat is nu harder nodig dan ooit, en het is tijd om daar ook mee op de voorgrond te treden en ook nieuwe middelen voor vrij te maken."</q> </p> <p>De geschiedenis van NLnet gaat terug tot 1982 toen onder leiding van internetpionier en latere NLnet-directeur Teus Hagen het eerste pan-Europese UNIX-computernetwerk werd opgericht. Hagen werd vorig jaar voor zijn bijdragen door de internationale <a href="http://internetsociety.org">Internet Society</a> opgenomen in de <a href="http://internethalloffame.org">Internet Hall of Fame</a>.</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteund, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en GNUnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2014/20140109-MarcGauw-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Marc Gauw appointed new General Director NLnet</div> </title> <link href="/news/2014/20140109-MarcGauw-en.html"/> <updated>2014-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Amsterdam, January 9th 2014</p> <p>[Deze tekst in het <a href="20140109-MarcGauw.html">Nederlands</a>]<br/> The Amsterdam-based <a href="http://nlnet.nl">NLnet Foundation</a> is appointing industry veteran Marc Gauw (53) as its new General Director as of February 2014. NLnet is a small but very active technology fund with a global scope, providing developtment grants to disruptive as well as fundamental technology projects that help make the internet safer and more trustworthy.</p> <img src="201401-marcg.png" alt="Marc Gauw" class="floathead right"/> <p>Gauw brings along over 17 years of experience in the internet community. For the last six years he served as Commercial Director of <a href="http://www.nl-ix.nl">NLix</a>, which during this time became the fifth largest internet exchange on the planet. Before that he was chairman of the board of the <a href="http://www.ams-ix.net">Amsterdam Internet Exchange</a>.</p> <p>Gauw is looking forward to his new position. <q>"Certainly over the course of the last year sinister matters have come to light that alter our perspective on the current health status of the internet"</q>, he remarks. <q>"Safety and privacy of users turn out to be protected far less well than often assumed. NLnet has been working for over twenty years - underneath the radar of public attention - on maintaining the open and federated internet as we all originally envisioned. Its work is more necessary than ever, and the time has come to move to into the center and try to bring together the necessary means."</q> </p> <p>The history of NLnet goes back to 1982 when the first pan-European UNIX network was announced by internet pioneer and subsequent director of NLnet Teus Hagen. Hagen was inaugurated last year into the <a href="http://internethalloffame.org">Internet Hall of Fame</a> by the international <a href="http://internetsociety.org">Internet Society</a> for his contributions.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and GNUnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20131201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20131201-call.html"/> <updated>2013-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20131201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20131201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20131201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2013-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20131201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20131101-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20131101-call.html"/> <updated>2013-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 november 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20131101-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines worden aangekondigd op de website, de projectaanvragen dienen op die datum binnen te zijn om 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947 of 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20131101-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20131101-call-en.html"/> <updated>2013-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: November 1st, 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20131101-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>A number of times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are announced on the webste. Projects need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20131101-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20131101-awards.html"/> <updated>2013-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The selected projects within the November 2013 Call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Koruza</h2> <p>KORUZA is an innovative open-source open-hardware wireless communication system, employing a new low-cost approach to designing free-space optical network systems, enabling building-to-building connectivity with a highly collimated light beam at a capacity of 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) at distances up to 100 m. It is designed to be suitable for home as well as professional users, enabling organic bottom-up growth of networks by eliminating the need for wired fiber connections and associated high installation costs. The simplicity of use, low-cost and compact size allow the system to be deployed in any network.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/koruza">KORUZA</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>SecuShare</h2> <p>The SecuShare project implement of a social messaging service based the GNUnet peer-to-peer framework offering scalability, extensibility, and end-to-end encrypted communication. The scalability property is achieved through multicast message delivery, while extensibility is made possible by using PSYC (Protocol for SYnchronous Communication), which provides an extensible RPC (Remote Procedure Call) syntax that can evolve over time without having to upgrade the software on all nodes in the network. Another key feature provided by the PSYC layer are stateful multicast channels, which are used to store e.g. user profiles. End-to-end encrypted communication is provided by the mesh service of GNUnet, upon which the multicast channels are built. Pseudonymous users and social places in the system have cryptographical identities — identified by their public key — these are mapped to human memorable names using GNS (GNU Name System), where each pseudonym has a zone pointing to its places.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/secushare">SecuShare</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>PSYC2</h2> <p>Protocol for SYnchronous Conferencing is an efficient text-based protocol for delivery of data to a flexible amount of recipients or people, by unicast or multicast. PSYC2 represents a next iteration of the PSYC framework in conjunction with <a href="/project/secushare">SecuShare</a>, another NLnet supported project that aims to build a novel social messaging system as part of the <a href="/project/gnunet">GNUnet</a> peer-to-peer system.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/PSYC2">PSYC2</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>nftables</h2> <p>nftables is the intended successor of the popular iptables, providing a new modular packet filtering framework e.g. for operating systems based on the popular Linux kernel. Besides a modular code base that is better suited for modern multiprotocol networking environments, the nftables project aims to introduce powerful new userspace tools which will allow users to dynamically perform packet filtering on custom protocols (including but not limited to new proposed internet standards as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force). Existing packet filtering solutions would require a recompiled kernel module in the same situation. The end result is that users will have more autonomy on what gets filtered and how, which make them less dependent on the technical choices of vendors and communities. The nftables project has been accepted in Linux mainstream kernel.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/nftables">nftables</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>FTEproxy</h2> <p>Network communications are increasingly becoming the target of surveillance and censorship. One natural defense is to use traditional cryptographic protocols — traditional encryption incurs low-overhead and does a good job of providing privacy. However, because encryption is so effective, many governments (e.g., Iran, Pakistan, and China) are willing to block state-of-the-art cryptographic protocols such as TLS and SSH. FTEproxy provides transport-layer protection to resist keyword filtering, censorship and discriminatory routing policies. Its job is to relay datastreams, such as web browsing traffic, by encoding streams as messages that match a user-specified regular expression.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/fteproxy">FTEproxy</a> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130901-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130901-awards.html"/> <updated>2013-09-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The selected projects within the August 2013 Call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>PPSPP/Swirl</h2> <p>The explosion in peer-to-peer traffic today (in many areas in the world a majority of traffic) without a backing standard has lead to multiple incompatible designs, with varying quality and features. Content creators, distributors, consumers and ISPs are equally disadvantaged with the status quo, including disparate and incompatible implementations. <a href="http://swirl-project.org">Swirl</a> has the ambitious goal to enable everyone to create, distribute, and consume static and streaming secure content from anywhere, of any size, via browser, smartphone/tablet, via home networks or commercial CDNs and routers, using open protocols, software, and an open development approach. SWIRL's Project lead Dave Cottlehuber (Austria) is an active member of the Peer-to-Peer Streaming Protocol (PPSP) working group and aims at a fully compliant implementation of the upcoming <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/ppsp/">PPSPP</a> standard.</p> <p>More about <a href="https://swirl-project.org">Swirl Project</a> (<a href="http://github.com/skunkwerks/swirl/&gt;">source code</a>)</p> </li> <li> <h2>The Unhosted project</h2> <p>Unhosted is an ambitious project led by Michiel B. de Jong (TR) that aims to allow a separation of data storage and services within the cloud. The project works on both working tools, libraries and on standardisation of the remoteStorage protocol. Unhosted has received prior funding from NLnet. In this project they will add extensible support for "legacy" and hosted accounts to remotestorage.js, improve documentation, rewrite some core modules, work on portable apps, and design and implement a shared notification mechanism in remoteStorage.js.</p> <p>More about <a href="https://unhosted.org">Unhosted</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Sockethub</h2> <p>Sockethub is a polyglot (speaking many different protocols and APIs) messaging service for social and other interactive messaging applications. It assists web app developers by providing server-independent, server-side functionality - which gives the application greater autonomy. It can be used as a tool for many different types of applications, large and small. In this auxiliary project lead developer Nick Jennings (CZ) will work on security features and on integration between Sockethub and remoteStorage.</p> <p>More about <a href="https://sockethub.org">Sockethub</a> </p> </li> <li> <a name="twisted"> <h2>Twisted Names EDNS(0) and DNSSEC Client Support</h2> </a> <p>Domain names are vital to the way we use the internet, as businesses, public institutions and private individuals. While the original system of resolving domain names was very robust and has made tremendous innovation possible, it was also found to be open to serious abuse. DNSSEC provides a cryptographic seal of authenticity that gives real proof of the validity of the domain name you use when you visit a website, chat or send an email. Through its dedicated DNSSEC fund NLnet aims to enable regular end users to profit from end-to-end DNSSEC verification and important security measures such as <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6698">DANE</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://twistedmatrix.com">Twisted</a> is an event-driven networking engine written in Python and licensed under the open source MIT license. This project led by Twisted core committer Richard Wall (UK) will enable hardening of security in all of the core Twisted networking components, , including full DNSSEC verification and DANE. These will also become easily available to hundreds of other projects that are built on top of Twisted.</p> <p>More about <a href="https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/EDNS0">Twisted Names EDNS(0) and DNSSEC Client Support</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>SW4RTZSH13LD</h2> <p>SW4RTZSH13LD is not a pure technology project but is aimed to create an interactive experience to help scale awareness about the issue of information freedom and the importance of the open intenet. It combines fiction, non-fiction and user participation in a transmedia adventure for Internet freedom. It tells the stories of hactivists like Aaron Swartz and Edward Snowden through the eyes of a fictional character called Roan Warsatz; better known as SW4RTZSH13LD on the web. Triggered by the self chosen death of Aaron Swartz and inspired by his ideology, Roan Warsatz not only sets out to discover what happened to Swartz but also digs deeper into the importance of copyright reform, information access, and Internet freedom. SW4RTZSH14LD will become a personalized interactive storytelling experience that is unique for each user. NLnet will contribute funding to one or more hackathons for the project.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130801-call.html"/> <updated>2013-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt een aantal maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Projecten moeten aangeleverd zijn vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET op de genoemde datum.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en daarna gaan we aan de slag om op basis van de hierboven gestelde criteria de beste projecten te selecteren. Voor aanvragers, maar ook voor onszelf is het fijn als we zo snel mogelijk duidelijk hebben met welke projecten we verder gaan. Als je wordt geselecteerd, bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. Ook als je niet geselecteerd wordt, helpen we je graag verder: de Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen.</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2013-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: August 1st, 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. (<a href="/donating">Want to do the same?</a>. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. We support strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>We have a very informal and light weight procedure. On the day of the deadline project outlines need to be submitted before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). (A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.)</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and after that it is our job to analyse the projects and to select the very best. For applicants but also for our own sake we want to decide fast which projects we will take under our wings. When your project is selected, we will exchange our mutual visions on the project and finalise the project plan. Even if you are not selected, we might be able to help you further: we have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners.</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> ( +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> ( +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130701-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awarded projects</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130701-awards.html"/> <updated>2013-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The selected projects within the June 2013 Call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Sockethub</h2> <p>Sockethub is a polyglot (speaking many different protocols and APIs) messaging service for social and other interactive messaging applications. It assists web app developers by providing server-independent, server-side functionality - which gives the application greater autonomy. It can be used as a tool for many different types of applications, large and small. Sockethub virtually allows everybody talk to everybody. Lead developer is Nick Jennings (Czech Republic).</p> <p>More about <a href="https://sockethub.org">Sockethub</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Hoodie</h2> <p>Hoodie is - like the Unhosted project that has also received funding by NLnet - part of the <a href="http://noBackend.org">noBackend</a> movement. noBackend is about building data-driven apps without a smart backend. It enables frontend developers to do common backend tasks by themselves, like user authentication, sending emails, or payments.</p> <p>Hoodie is one of the major open source contenders in this area - an extensible web application development framework written in Javascript with the distinct goal of making full-stack application accessible and easy to front-end developers and designers. Like Ruby on Rails did for backend development, Hoodie tries to solve many if not all of the mundane things every application needs, so developers can focus on what's unique to their apps. Hoodie is a front-end, in-browser JavaScript API that is designed from application backwards to the backend that powers it.</p> <p>For every (even moderately sophisticated) application developers need to worry about building and running a backend service somewhere. That means system administration, server provisioning, cluster configuration - not even mentioning the security aspects of doing this without too much background. Hoodie is designed to take this very generic work out of the hands of developers, and do a better job in the background while unburdening the developers. The funding from NLnet is used amongst other to make Hoodie fully modular, and then make it extensible with plugins.</p> </li> <li> <h2>Global Directories</h2> <p>The Global Directories project (part of <a href="http://internetwide.org">InternetWide.org</a>) wants to solve the problem of maintenance of ones social graph while keeping the nature of relationships private among the people involved - and while at it create an exciting new mechanism to discover new services and lower the threshold of communication security.</p> <p>People change jobs, start using other social networks and pick up new devices and services every day - and you are expected to keep up with these divergent online activities of dozens or even hundreds of people in your network. In order to lower the workload, people typically register themselves on one of a few centralised services, and then ask everyone they know to join them there as well. Sometimes this involves sharing their whole address book with some intransparent commercial entity that is prepared to suck up this information in return for the right to later sell it to whomever they like for whatever purpose they like. Often this involves sending out mass unsolicited mails to every contact in ones address book (<q>X wants to add you to their network. Click here...</q>). And this happens over and over again.</p> <p>On the internet, that is not how it has to be. Distribution of information is easy and cheap, and information can be subscribed to at the source. Global Directories will allow everybody that wants some or all information about themselves or their company to be automatically retrievable by others to run a fully distributed directory service. That sounds more difficult than it is, it just means the user publishes their business card themselves and retains full control over what the contacts interested in them can see on that at all times. If someone wants to find some information about user@example.com, all they need to do is ask the directory service at example.com for the card - which means that there is not need for untrustedthirdparty.com.</p> <p>The information in such a directory is highly structured and so it can contain, among other things, contact information as well as for instance cryptographic keys. People you allow automatically get all new information that you 'published', so they never need to enter it themselves. There are no limits to the size of your business card. On the user side, as a consumer of the business card, you are of course able to add additional information you find important yourself (the equivalent of making a note on the backside) and store that in your local copy of the information. Users can also bundle - for instance it is a great way to synchronise addresses amond small companies or for family members to share the addresses of every member of their entire genealogical tree.</p> <p>When your contact information changes, it can be picked up automatically by all those who track for updates. These are the predictable benefits from structuring directory information – it becomes subject to automation. Compare that to sending all your contacts an email or text message that you have moved or changed your mobile phone number. Global Directories is an exciting project that builds on very mature technology developed for corporate directories (LDAP) to do so, adding some missing pieces and making the technology more usable.</p> <p>More about <a href="http://globaldir.arpa2.net">Global Directories</a> </p> </li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Sander Bos</h2> <p>A donation was made to developer Sander Bos to provide travel costs to do a <a href="https://program.ohm2013.org/event/252.html">presentation at OHM</a> about the discovery and subsequent fix of a security bug in OpenBSD's networking code.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130626-internethalloffame.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Nederlandse internetpioniers krijgen internationale erkenning</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130626-internethalloffame.html"/> <updated>2013-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Geneve, 26 juni 2013<p>Twee Nederlanders, Teus Hagen en Kees Neggers zullen tijdens een internationale ceremonie in Berlijn in augustus worden opgenomen in de zogenaamde Internet Hall of Fame. Beiden speelden een voortrekkersrol in de totstandkoming van het internet in Europa, met een impact ver daarbuiten.</p> <img src="2013-internethalloffame-TeusHagen.jpg" alt="Teus Hagen" class="portraitround right"/> <p>Hagen nam in 1982 het initiatief voor de oprichting van EUnet, en nam vanuit het toenmalige Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam de leiding bij de opbouw van dit pan-Europese computernetwerk dat al snel transatlantische verbindingen aanging en daarna overging naar het in Amerika opkomende internetprotocol. In 1986 werd hij voorzitter van stichting NLnet en werd de eerste commerciele 'Internet Service Provisie' in ons land een feit. De commerciele activiteiten van NLnet werden in 1997 verkocht en met de opbrengst ging stichting NLnet met Hagen als algemeen directeur verder als een gerespecteerde charitatieve instelling die wereldwijd de ontwikkeling van het open internet stimuleert.</p> <img src="2013-internethalloffame-KeesNeggers.jpg" alt="Kees Neggers" class="portraitround right;"/> <p>Kees Neggers stond aan de basis van een aantal belangrijke internationale organisaties in de internetwereld, waaronder RARE, Internet Society, RIPE NCC, Ebone, CCIRN, de Amsterdam Internet Exchange en GLIF. Neggers vormde samen met Boudewijn Nederkoorn vanaf 1988 de directie van het Nederlandse SURFnet. Onder hun leiding dwong SURFnet wereldwijd erkenning af voor haar internationale voorlopersrol en het onderzoeks- en onderwijsnetwerk groeide in die periode uit tot een van de meest geavanceerde en gerespecteerde ter wereld. Neggers werd een jaar geleden voor zijn verdiensten al onderscheiden als Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau.</p> <p>Met Hagen en Neggers komt het totaal Nederlandse internetpionieers in de Internet Hall of Fame op drie. Vorig jaar werd in Geneve de in Duitsland geboren Nederlander Daniel Karrenberg al opgenomen, als jongste van slechts vijf Europeanen. De Internet Hall of Fame is een initiatief van Internet Society, een vereniging voor internetprofessionals met wereldwijd meer dan 65.000 leden. In totaal zijn er nu 65 mannen en vrouwen in de eregalerij opgenomen.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130618-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130618-awards.html"/> <updated>2013-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the April 2013 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>ViewerJS</h2> <p>WebODF.js and PDF.js are techniques that render documents in a browser using javascript. This project enhances popularity of both these techniques by combining them in a single <i>meta-project</i>. The meta-project has simple instructions, no external dependencies, and presents a unified interface.</p> <p>This will be packaged in single download that contains html and javascript that can be embedded in any webpage to displays ODF or PDF documents. The project builds upon earlier WebODF-related projects supported by NLnet.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/viewer/">ViewerJS</a> </p> </li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h3>Serval Project presentation at IS4CWN</h3> <p>Travel support for the <a href="http://servalproject.org">Serval Project</a> leader to attend and present Serval at the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (<a href="http://2013.wirelesssummit.org">IS4CWN</a>) in Berlin in October 2013. This is the premier meeting for open-source and community mesh network practitioners.</p> <p>The results of the last years developments will be presented and in particular the recent field usage experience of the Serval mesh software in Nigeria. Also the newest developments including the range-extending Mesh Helper devices prototyped with the assistance of NLnet as well as the security framework (which both address the necessary actions in the Nigerian report). The results to be presented in a complete picture are of significant importance to the IS4CWN community.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130601-call.html"/> <updated>2013-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a>, (06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2013-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (+31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (+31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130521-fi-ware.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet enters FI-WARE consortium</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130521-fi-ware.html"/> <updated>2013-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Netherlands-based internet charity NLnet foundation is one of five new organisations to join the prestigeous <a href="http://fi-ware.eu">FI-WARE</a> project. FI-WARE started in 2011 with 40 million euro of funding from the European Commission and the ambitious goal to build the future internet stack. So far it has attracted contributors from over 30 European companies and institutions such as IBM, Nokia, SAP, Siemens and Telefonica. The project is expected to launch its first release in Q4 2013.</p> <p>As a granting organisation with a unique background in attracting a global community of technological 'movers and shakers' in the internet and web infrastructure ecosystem with its reknowned open call, NLnet will contribute its expertise in organising the series of FI-WARE Calls for Ideas and Thematic Challenges.</p> <p> <i>"We are nearing the stage where developers at large can start to meaningfully engage with the FI-WARE technology"</i>, says Michiel Leenaars, director of Strategy at NLnet and responsible for the participation of NLnet in the project. <i>"We are eager to make the vision of a strong open and collaboratively developed stack for the future internet a reality. Open source is a key driver for the continued growth of the internet, and FI-WARE can make very important contributions"</i>. NLnet was instrumental in introducing the internet to Europe in the eighties and these days operates as a professional charity that has been running competitive international open calls and challenges to improve the internet since 1997.</p> <p>NLnet's role in this area is twofold: the first role is to liaison with open source developers and hacker community and help make the FI-WARE challenges recruit the best and brightest among them to engage with and contribute to FI-WARE. The second role is to help in establishing the quality criteria, processes and mechanisms for determining which projects can contribute the most value to FI-WARE. NLnet is a globally recognised leader in efficient funding of targetted open source and open standards development for the common good.</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130501-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130501-awards.html"/> <updated>2013-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the December and Februari calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>SocketHUB</h2> <p>This project aims to implement a service which enables developers to use common social functions regardless of the 'language' of the various protocols out in the wild. Call it “polyglot” of the social web.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/sockethub/">SocketHUB</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>0cpm Firmerware</h2> <p>The 0cpm project aims at making SIP work the way it was intended. The fact is that it is firmware, and explicitly targets phone manufacturers.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/0cpm2/">0cpm firmerware</a> </p> </li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h3>OHM2013</h3> <p> <a href="http://ohm2013.org">OHM2013</a>: "Observe. Hack. Make." is an international technology and security conference in a unique form. Five days of technology, ideological debates and hands-on tinkering will take place at Geestmerambacht, The Netherlands. OHM2013 continues the tradition of the four-yearly Dutch outdoor technology conferences. OHM2013 is the largest such hackercamp in Europe in 2013 and is projected to attract 3000-4000 visitors from all over the planet.</p> <p>OHM2013 is unique in the line of 4-yearly hacker conferences, as each edition has turned out to be.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130401-call.html"/> <updated>2013-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2013-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: April 1st, 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (+31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (+31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130201-call.html"/> <updated>2013-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20130201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2013/20130201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2013-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2013<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20130201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20121201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20121201-call.html"/> <updated>2012-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20121201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20121201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20121201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20121201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20121112-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20121112-awards.html"/> <updated>2012-11-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the October 2012 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Open-Source LTE Deployment (OSLD)</h2> <p>Wireless communications technology is mostly proprietary despite that we are using it every day. The Open-Source LTE Deployment (OSLD) project will develop an open-source LTE (Long Term Evolution – 4G radio standard) library and tools for building sophisticated radios at low cost.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/osld/">OSLD</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>SERVAL Long-range WiFi Add-on</h2> <p>The Serval Project's goal is making mobile phones useful, even when there is no cellular network or internet available. Serval has developed various technologies that allow voice calls, SMS, file sharing and other services in a completely distributed manner. This particular project aims to prototype a "helper device", that would consist of a WiFi-enabled Arduino-compatible device attached to a low-cost radio module, and then to integrate that hardware with the Serval platform.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/serval-lr/">Serval</a> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20121001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20121001-call.html"/> <updated>2012-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20121001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20121001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20121001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: October 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20121001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120801-call.html"/> <updated>2012-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: August 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120801-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120801-awards.html"/> <updated>2012-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the June 2012 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>Android Native NoScript</h2> <p>NoScript is a popular GPL add-on for Firefox and other Mozilla Gecko-based browsers which increases the web client security in several innovative and ground-breaking ways. This tool will be ported to Android devices.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/noscriptandr/">Android Native NoScript</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Unhosted (continued)</h2> <p>Unhosted is an approach to the "cloud" which, opposite of the current web2.0 trend, separates user data from the application.</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/unhosted2/">Unhosted</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Timesheets: Adaptive time-based application development</h2> <p>Create a platform to develop Adaptive Time-based web applications, according to the W3C specification "SMIL Timesheets".</p> <p>More about <a href="/project/timesheets/">Timesheets</a> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120601-call.html"/> <updated>2012-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120521-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120521-awards.html"/> <updated>2012-05-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the April 2012 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <h2>OpenDKIM and OpenDMARC</h2> <img src="/image/filter.png" alt="Filtering out spam" class="right"/> <p>Even though email as an internet application is nearly four decades old, it is perhaps still the single most universal communication technology in use today. Its open architecture exemplifies the core characteristics of the open and distributed internet, which of course also makes it vulnerable to abuse. There are a number of more modern technologies that can help reduce the most common forms of abuse by spammers, phishers and identity thieves, such as DKIM (see RFC6376) and SPF (RFC 4408). The common idea behind both is to give the receiving mail server some simple technical means to cryptographically validate the origins of incoming email, instead of using ad hoc, error-prone stochastic or rule-based filtering or burdening users. However, in order for these technologies to replace the current ad hoc spam processing and filtering solutions there needs to be a critical deployment base, which won't happen without more significant adoption.</p> <p>The project will help in breaking this circular dependency by solving a couple of long-standing operational, deployment, and reporting issues related to email authentication protocols. OpenDKIM and OpenDMARC are two projects that will help bootstrap this natural evolution of email. OpenDKIM provides an SDK for adding DKIM to applications, and a filter that makes use of the SDK to provide filtering services to MTAs. DKIM provides a reliable domain name on email messages, but could also with some modification be used on web pages, Usenet articles, or other objects of similar format. OpenDKIM includes DNSSEC support, and is in production use at Yahoo and AOL, among others. OpenDMARC will be an open source DMARC implementation, with the intent to have it be the reference implementation. NLnet supports both projects as well as ongoing research and development of domain-based reputation systems that rely on DKIM, which in turn relies on secure DNS use to advertise keys and policies.</p> <p>More about: <a href="http://www.opendkim.org/">OpenDKIM</a> and <a href="http://www.opendmarc.org/">OpenDMARC</a>.</p> </li> <li> <h2>UmTRX</h2> <img src="/image/network-wireless.png" alt="Open GSM Network" class="right"/> <p>This project is a part of a bigger effort to create a completely open GSM network <a href="http://nlnet.nl/project/fairwaves/">previously supported by NLnet</a>, from a low level hardware to high level software. We're aiming at introducing open-source into the telecom industry, one of the most closed industries with ubiquitous influence on our lives. The project builds open hardware which is designed specifically to work with OpenBTS and OsmoBTS/OpenBSC open-source projects. While those software projects enjoy quick growth, the hardware side has been remaining proprietary. UmTRX will be the first open hardware to work within the core telecom networks.</p> <p>UmTRX hardware is based on USRP N2x0 design with ADC, DAC and analog frontend replaced with LMS6002D single-chip transceiver to provide better cost efficiency. UmTRX supports 2TRX with diversity receive by utilizing two Tx/Rx channels (each with a single LMS6002D) connected to a single FPGA. Diversity receive is an important option to provide a consistent coverage in complex terrain landscapes. UmTRX has a 26MHz clock synchronized to GPS, which is a requirement to provide reliable network connection. Aside from hardware development, the project includes implementation of GPRS, multi-ARFCN and handover support for OpenBTS, (funded by New America Foundation OTI), OpenBTS and OpenBSC integration (funded by BJT Partners), etc.</p> <p>More about: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/umtrx/">UmTRX</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Meemoo framework</h2> <img src="/image/meemoo-illo-by-jyri-pieniniemi.png" alt="Meemoo" class="right"/> <p>When you think of an "app", do you think of something that you can open, hack, and change how it works? The Meemoo framework works by dragging and dropping open-source modules, giving non-programmers the freedom to create, remix and extend cross-platform apps, and learn how they work. The way that the data flows from module to module is defined and visualized by colorful wires. If you can connect a video player to a TV, you can program a Meemoo app. It all happens on the web using real web technologies, so it is as trivial to see, copying and/or modifying the source code as it is to create or share an app. Meemoo is an interesting opportunity to promote the use of web standards such as HTML5, javascript and SVG in apps over proprietary app formats. NLnet is helping the project to create a platform for sharing reusable components.</p> <p>More about Meemo: <a href="http://meemoo.org/">project website</a> </p> </li> <li> <h2>Travel grant</h2> <img src="/image/8thplugfestlogo.png" alt="Meemoo" class="right"/> <p>NLnet funded a grant for Svante Schubert to present a change tracking proposal at the <a href="http://www.odfplugfest.org/2012-brussel">Eigth ODF plugfest</a> in Brussels, Belgium. Svante Schubert is a freelance software engineer and standards contributor that has been involved with the OpenOffice.org project and the ODF Toolkit for over a decade. Mr. Schubert is a member of the ODF TC at OASIS.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120401-call.html"/> <updated>2012-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: April 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120316-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120316-awards.html"/> <updated>2012-03-16T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>In February 2012 no new projects were selected for funding.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120201-call.html"/> <updated>2012-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20120201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20120201-call.html"/> <updated>2012-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die vanuit donaties helpt om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan gerichte activiteiten die als gemeenschappelijke deler hebben om het internet beter te maken. Dat gaat van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met beveiligingstools en ondersteuning voor digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties en legaten. Haar startvermogen is in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste internetaanbieder van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20120201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20120201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2012-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 1st, 2012<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20120201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations and legacies. Its initial capital was gathered in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2012/20120116-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2012/20120116-awards.html"/> <updated>2012-01-16T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the December 2011 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/abi-rdf2">Improve RDF support in Abiword</a> <br/> Improve RDF support in abiword with the goal of increasing user adoption and interest in the technology.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/0cpm2/">0cpm: SIPproxy64, 6bed4, applet, freeswitch RTT</a> <br/> Provide a peering platform allowing for building a network to interconnect telcos, PBX farmers and connections handlers.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-docmod/">Modularise ODF 1.2 documentation</a> <br/> Provide a generated ODF documentation in HTML that lists alphabetically all attributes and elements of ODF.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/libredocs/">LibreDocs</a> <br/> Develop a open web-based office suite and offer it online for everybody to use, free of charge.<br/>  </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20111219-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20111219-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the October 2011 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/wormhole/">Jingle XMPP/SIP SIMPLE gateway</a> by Project of AG Projects BV, The Netherlands.<br/> The project will create a service to connect XMPP and SIP streams for audio, chat, and presence.  </li> <li> <a href="/project/samizdat/">Samizdat</a> by Andrew Cady, USA.<br/> For anyone who desires secure communication with others who lack the computer literacy (or merely patience) to configure public key cryptography or VPNs themselves.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20111201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20111201-call.html"/> <updated>2011-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20111201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20111201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20111201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2011-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20111201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, NoScript, Unhosted, Lantern Project, Calligra Suite, WebODF, AbiWord, Serval, Jitsi, 0cpm and Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20111201-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20111201-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> <a href="/project/wormhole/">Project Wormhole</a> (NL) and <a href="/project/samizdat/">Samizdat</a> (USA) are the latest two recipients of a grant from the Real-Time Communication fund. The RTC fund is a crowdsourcing effort aimed at creating future proof solutions for the way people communicate with each other without a single point of control. The fund is managed by the Netherlands based internet charity NLnet foundation, that has been funding projects since 1997. The two projects were selected out of 26 open source projects submitted from around the world to an open call in October.</p> <p>"Both projects are conceptually ground-breaking", says Michiel Leenaars, director of strategy at NLnet foundation. "Project Wormhole for enabling a convergence of mainstream real-time communication that just works and Samizdat for enabling somehow the exact opposite - a personal communication channel for people under difficult circumstances."</p> <p>Project Wormhole is a new technology approach to bridge the two major standards-based real-time communication technologies, while Samizdat provides a novel approach to individuals communicating privately in hostile environments such as under repressive regimes. Part of the funding from project Wormhole is provided from another fund - the DNSSEC fund - to enable the delivered software to be DNSSEC-aware.</p> <p>NLnet foundation organises an open call six times a year, and has contributed to key developments around internet standardisation, security, semantic technology, open document formats and privacy. The next deadline is February 1st 2012. Donations to the fund for enabling future projects are welcomed.</p> <h2>About Project Wormhole - a Jingle XMPP/SIP SIMPLE gateway</h2> <p>There are two leading internet technologies emerging as the future of real-time communication: SIP and XMPP. This project and its outcome will provide the possibility for users of both universes to use either protocol to interoperate with each other for audio, instant messaging and presence.</p> <p>If the software is installed on the desktop next to an existing application it can encapsulate or tunnel conversations from one protocol to the other - serving as a wormhole between the two universes. It should work transparently with little or no configuration. It will allow users to share contacts and establish chat and audio sessions without having to bother of the protocol used to address buddies in user@domain format.</p> <p>If the software is used on a server, one should simply point the appropriate DNS record of a domain to the server, and any session request made with either SIP or XMPP protocol will be bridged to the other side.</p> <ul> <li>Project lead: Adrian Georgescu (AG Projects):</li> <li>Website: <a href="/project/wormhole/">Project Wormhole</a> </li> </ul> <h2>About Samizdat</h2> <p>The goal of Samizdat is "to bring public key cryptography to the masses." Samizdat aims "to create a cryptographic system which can be used without any preliminary explanation of cryptography to end-users, and by doing so, push adoption of decentralized public key cryptography to a critical mass. We hope to realize the full social potential of cryptographic web-of-trust systems: a technological revolution of decentralization."</p> <p>Samizdat takes the form of a Debian-based GNU/Linux LiveCD providing ready-to-use cryptographic communications channels: email, chat, voice, filesharing, etc., requiring no initial configuration. These LiveCDs self-replicate (producing new CDs), and this self-replication process functions as a fully-automated system for public key distribution, creating a zero-configuration ("just works") encrypted virtual private network supporting IPv6.</p> <p>Unlike traditional software distributions, Samizdat does not rely on any trusted third party for its own distribution. Instead, it is based on the biological principle of 'rhizomal growth' -- as exemplified by the Pando tree colony.</p> <p>Samizdat LiveCDs are self-replicating, but instead of the new CD being a clone, separate from and identical to its creator, each Samizdat LiveCD is unique, and serves as a "digital identity", much the way a driver's license does. (This is implemented as a <a href="http://www.gnupg.org">GnuPG</a> identity). Any Samizdat LiveCD can be used to expand the VPN to as many nodes as desired through the creation of new CDs.</p> <p>The created VPN should serve not merely as a secure communications channel, but as a platform for a new type of peer-to-peer application -- based on cryptographic authentication through a GnuPG web-of-trust. The authors of Samizdat believe that this will enable vast new possibilities.</p> <ul> <li>Project lead: Andrew Cady (USA)</li> <li>Website: <a href="/project/samizdat/">Samizdat</a> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20111001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20111001-call.html"/> <updated>2011-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20111001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20111001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20111001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2011-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: October 1st, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20111001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, the Internet Society, TOR, KSplice, NoScript and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110921-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110921-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-09-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the August 2011 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/unhosted/">Unhosted</a> by Michiel de Jong, Germany.<br/> Providing a cross-origin data storage protocol, thus separating data servers from application servers.</li> <li> <a href="/project/abi-macos/">Abiword for MacOS</a> by Fabiano Fidêncio, Brazil.<br/> The open and free word processor AbiWord will be ported to MacOS platform and submitted to the AppStore.</li> <li> <a href="/project/serval">Serval Mesh Hierarchy</a> by Serval, Australia<br/> Introducing hierarchy into the mesh so that nodes only need to know about nodes that are in some sense "local", even though they might be in a single global mesh.</li> <li> <a href="/project/lantern-dnssec/">DNSSEC in Lantern</a> by Brave New Software Project, Inc.<br/> Integrating DNSSEC into every DNS lookup in Lantern, including all DNS lookups in the LittleProxy, Smack, and LittleShoot sub-modules.</li> <li> <a href="/project/openbts-hw/">OpenBTS hardware</a> by Fairwaves, Russia<br/> This project is a part of a bigger effort to create a completely open GSM network, from a low level hardware to high level software.</li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Sponsoring of the <a href="http://www.ipv6-taskforce.nl/awards/">Dutch IPv6 Award 2011 </a> for the best implementation of the IPv6 protocol in the systems of an organisation. In contrast to previous awards this donation will mainly be used for creating an extensive website with substantive practical instructions and manuals (both technical and business process) for implementation of IPv6 in organisations.</li> <li>Sponsoring of Svante Schubert's trip to the ODF Plugfest 2011 in Berlin. Svante gave a convincing technical presentation about the change tracking mechanism in ODF.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110920-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110920-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the June 2011 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/abi-rdf/">Abiword RDF</a> by Ben Martin, Australia<br/> The project is to enhance the existing RDF support in Abiword. Many use cases which are highly user oriented are being handled: drag and drop, sidepanels, notifications, stylesheets, and hookups to Web services. Allowing SPARQL queries will significantly enhance the possibility of ODF for real time collaboration.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/webodf-dissem/">WebODF Dissemination</a> by KO GmbH, Germany<br/> This project aims to make WebODF stable, versatile and easy. To achieve this, a number of highly desired scenarios are being implemented.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/jitsi3/">Jitsi: Replacing JMF with FMJ</a> by Jitsi, France/Bulgaria<br/> Work on the FMJ project and take it to a stage where it can be used within Jitsi as a viable alternative of JMF.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/meshtool/">Meshtool</a> by Amir Sagie, Israel<br/> This project aims at spreading the use of open, community oriented mesh network technology by providing the people behind the mesh with tools to manage and develop it.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.webpg.org/">WebPG</a> by Sergio Ruiz, Spain<br/> Provide an extension for the users' web browser and an end library for web developers to manage key distribution, and to make the use of signing and encryption easy within web applications.<br/>  </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110801-call.html"/> <updated>2011-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2011-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: August 1st, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, the Internet Society, TOR, KSplice, NoScript and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110616-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110616-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the April 2011 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/jitsi2/">DNSSEC for Jitsi</a> by the University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern Switzerland<br/> Jitsi (formerly known as SIP Communicator), is a Java based open source VoIP and Instant Messaging client supporting various protocols such as SIP and XMPP. The project will add client side DNSSEC validation and certificate checking to Jitsi, thus making end-to-end SIP communication secure.</li> <li> <a href="/project/seahorse-sc/">Seahorse Smart Card Support</a> by Collabora Ltd, UK<br/> Implement basic management of certificates and keys stored on smart cards in the Seahorse (GNOME) key manager.</li> <li> <a href="/project/dnsccm/">DNSCCM</a> by Sinodun Internet Technologies, UK<br/> Implement NSCP (RFC6168), a generic DNS(SEC) name server management and control system, for BIND and NSD.</li> <li> <a href="/project/noscriptmob2/">NoScript Mobile Part 2</a> by Giorgio Maone, Italy<br/> Implement specific components for the NoScript browser plugin: XSS Filter, ClearClick, Mobile-friendly Setup Interface, Remote Synchronization, and ABE (Application Boundaries Enforcer).</li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-abichanges2/">Abiword ODT Change Tracking</a> by Ben Martin, Australia<br/> Continuation of project ODF Track changes.</li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Contribution to <a href="https://www.bof.nl/ons-werk/big-brother-awards/">Big Brother Awards</a>, The Netherlands.</li> <li>Travel expenses for Alexander Chemeris, the leader of <a href="/project/fairwaves/">Fairwaves</a>, to the <a href="http://europe.wirelessinnovation.org">SDR'11-Europe conference</a> in Brussels in June 22-24</li> <li>Sponsoring of the exhibition stand of <a href="http://www.crypto-stick.com">Crypto Stick</a> at CeBIT, Germany. The German <a href="http://www.privacyfoundation.de">Privacy Foundation</a>'s open source product offers easy and high-secure encryption and for authentication in network environments.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110601-call.html"/> <updated>2011-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 august 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2011-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: August 1st, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. What is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, the Internet Society, TOR, KSplice, NoScript and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110401-call.html"/> <updated>2011-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2011-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, the Internet Society, TOR, KSplice, NoScript and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110303-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110303-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-03-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the February 2011 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/odfkit/">OdfKit</a> by KO Gmbh<br/> Base library for ODF processing.  </li> <li> <a href="/project/0cpm2">IPv6 and SIP</a> by Mansoft<br/> Tunnel IPv6 on a IPv4-only network, implemented for the Android and Symbian platforms.  </li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-koffice4/">ODF load and save</a> by KO Gmbh<br/> Improve the fallback mechanisms in Calligra (KOffice) ODF loading and saving.  </li> <li> <a href="/project/serval/">Serval</a> <br/> Mobile communication anywhere, without need for infrastructure.  </li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-koffice4/">Bringing Calligra Suite to Windows</a> by KO Gmbh<br/> Produce a standalone Windows installer that will make all Calligra Suite applications available from the Windows start menu.<br/>  </li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Contribution to <a href="https://www.bof.nl/ons-werk/big-brother-awards/">Big Brother Awards</a>, The Netherlands.</li> <li>Travel expenses for Alexander Chemeris, the leader of <a href="/project/fairwaves/">Fairwaves</a>, to the <a href="http://europe.wirelessinnovation.org">SDR'11-Europe conference</a> in Brussels in June 22-24</li> <li>Sponsoring of the exhibition stand of <a href="http://www.crypto-stick.com">Crypto Stick</a> at CeBIT, Germany. The German <a href="http://www.privacyfoundation.de">Privacy Foundation</a>'s open source product offers easy and high-secure encryption and for authentication in network environments.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110301-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110301-awards.html"/> <updated>2011-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the December 2010 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/odf-abichanges/">ODF Changes in Abiword</a> by Benjamin Martin, Australia<br/> Add initial support for change tracking to the ODF code in the Abiword word processor.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-changes2/">ODF Tracked Changes</a> by DeltaXML<br/> Assist the Standardization Committee preparing the standard for a syntax named XML Change ML (short for XML Change Markup Language) that allows for accurately describe any incremental change and edit to the content and structure of (compound) XML documents.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/osn-ppcp/">Privacy-Preserving Communication Protocol for OSNs</a> by the University of Twente, The Netherlands<br/> Design and implement a privacy-preserving communication protocol to protect the user's data from the service provides of Online Social Networks (OSN).<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/noscriptmob/">NoScript Mobile</a> by <a href="http://noscript.net">noscript.net</a> <br/> Bringing the safest web browsing experience on the mobile platforms.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/fairwaves/">Fairwaves</a>, Russia<br/> Open Source framework for PHY and MAC levels of wireless protocols.<br/>  </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110201-call.html"/> <updated>2011-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2011/20110201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2011/20110201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2011-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: April 1st, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20110201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, the Internet Society, TOR, KSplice, NoScript and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20101201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20101201-call.html"/> <updated>2010-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 10 februari 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20101201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20101201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20101201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2010-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline for submission: February 10th, 2011<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20101201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, the Internet Society, TOR, KSplice, NoScript and Jitsi.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20101122-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20101122-awards.html"/> <updated>2010-11-22T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the October 2010 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/odf-compare/">ODF compare</a> by DeltaXML Ltd<br/> Provide an inter-operability demonstration of the proposed new track change format for ODT by implementing document comparison.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/tcp-multipath/">TCP multipath</a> by Aalto University, Finland<br/> Implement an open source extension of the TCP/IP stack to support multipath communication.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/sctp-linux/">A better Linux SCTP</a> by the University of Oslo, Norway<br/> Extend the LKSCTP implementation with auto-buffer tuning and congestion control.<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/0cpm/">0cpm: free calling for everyone</a> by OpenFortress Digital signatures<br/> Implement open source firmware for digital phones based on DNSSEC, ZRTP and IPv6:<br/>  </li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-koffice4/">ODF 1.2 track changes/tables in Koffice</a> by Ganesh Paramasivan<br/> Produce a valid ODF track changes/table structure as proposed for ODF 1.2.<br/>  </li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Ben Martin, one of the leading Koffice developers from Australia, was invited to attend the ODF plugfest in Brussels to test work in AbiWord and KOffice on RDF and Track changes with other implementers.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20101001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20101001-call.html"/> <updated>2010-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20101001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20101001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20101001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2010-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Dead-line for submission: December 1st, 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20101001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100918-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100918-awards.html"/> <updated>2010-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the August 2010 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/webodf/">WebODF</a> by KO GmbH<br/> Produce an ODF editor that runs in the browser, based on HTML5 and CSS.</li> <li> <a href="/project/abi-collab/">AbiCollab</a> by AbiSource Corporation BV<br/> Create two new transport backends, Telepathy and SIP, to improve collaboration while multiple people work on the same document.  </li> <li> <a href="/project/jitsi/">Jitsi</a> by Sip Communicator<br/> adding new features to SIP Communicator (soon to be called jitsi)  </li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li>The Dutch IPv6 Task Force presents an Award to get attention on the early adaptors of IPv6. See the <a href="/project/donations/description.html#ipv6awards">donation description</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100820-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100820-awards.html"/> <updated>2010-08-20T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the June 2010 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <p> <a href="/project/cugar/">CUGAR</a>, Closed User Group Access Router<br/> implements a (Wireless) Access Point and a back-end for it using only Open Source software components.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/odf-changes/">Changes in ODF</a> <br/> addresses deficiencies in the ability of the Open Document format to record changes.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/selfdef/">Online Self-defense in 10 minutes</a> <br/> Create a guide which helps every Internet user to protect its privacy better.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100801-call.html"/> <updated>2010-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2010-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Dead-line for submission: October 1st, 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100623-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100623-awards.html"/> <updated>2010-06-23T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the April 2010 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <p> <a href="/project/pulseaudio/">Echo cancellation in PulseAudio</a> <br/> Extend the PulseAudio sound server to support echo cancellation technologies, needed for high quality VoIP conferencing.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/xsser/">XSSer</a>, Cross Site Scripting tester<br/> Automates the process of detecting and exploiting XSS injections in various applications.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/gsm-sec/">GSM Security Project</a>, debugging GSM transactions.<br/> The GSM cell phone standard uses outdated security and provides much less protection than its increasing use in security applications suggests. A tool will be created to record and analyze GSM data.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/https-obs/">HTTPS Observatory</a> <br/> Collect all publicly visible TLS CA certificates to search for <em>Man In The Middle</em> attacks and to measure the extent to which browsers really need to trust the CAs.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/odf-recipes/">ODF Global Recipes</a> <br/> Demonstrating what ODF libraries can do (and how) and attract users to them. Advancing the cause of ODF by showing its effectiveness and simplicity compared to OOXML.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Conferences</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li>NLnet provides the guarantee for up to €20,000 to the <a href="http://www.isoc.nl">Internet Society</a> in order to be able to host the <a href="http://www.ietf.org/meeting/78/">78th IETF meeting</a> in Maastricht.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100601-call.html"/> <updated>2010-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2010-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Dead-line for submission: August 1st, 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100401-call.html"/> <updated>2010-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van de netwerk- en internettechnologie, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan vóór de volgende deadline een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieën voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden.</p> <p>We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. Deadlines zijn vastgezet op: 1 februari, 1 april, 1 juni, 1 augustus, 1 oktober, 1 december, vóór 12:00 uur 's middags CET.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2010-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>Dead-line for submission: June 1st, 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of the network and Internet technology, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before the next following deadline and see if we can help you.</p> <p>We are independent and put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p>We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage them yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year, NLnet offers the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. Deadlines for submissions are fixed: February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, December 1, before 12:00 o'clock CET (Central European Time). A project can also be an event or other matter, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences.</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100330-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100330-awards.html"/> <updated>2010-03-30T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the December 2009 and Februari 2010 calls are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <p> <a href="/project/sip-gui/">SIP-GUI</a>, the next phase Graphical User Interface for the SIP SIMPLE client.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/odf-koffice2/">ODF revision in Koffice</a>, to support the tracking of changes made in documents.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/ksplice2/">Ksplice for mainline Linux and Fedora</a>, will extend the reach for reboorless Linux to other Linux platforms than Ubuntu alone.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/kolab/">ActiveSync your Kolab</a> groupware data.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/googlesharing/">GoogleSharing</a> is a dedicated anonymizing proxy service exclusively for the Google search engine.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/hwios/">Hybrid Web In OpenSim (HWIOS)</a> creates a simpler interface to the popular and most developed virtual world platform <a href="http://opensimulator.org">OpenSimulator</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="/project/jiglibjs/">WebGL Javascript for JigLib</a>, an open source 3D rigid body physics engine.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Conferences</h2> <p> <a href="/project/conferences/">Read the details</a> </p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Big Brother Awards 2010, which 'honor' individuals, companies, government institutions and proposals that have severely violated privacy.</li> <li>GUADEC 2010, July 24-30, 2010 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The yearly international Gnome event.</li> <li>Congress: "staat van de privacy" (State of Privacy) Dutch national congress of public administration (LCB)</li> <li>ElectroSmog, an international Festival for Sustainable Immobility, March 18-20, 2010.</li> </ul> <h2>Donations</h2> <p> <a href="/project/donations/">Read the details</a> </p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>[Foundation] Randomdata is a hackerspace where people with common interests, usually in technology meet, socialize and collaborate.</li> <li>[Foundation] RaumZeitLabor is a Hackerspace in the Rhein-Neckar area, Germany.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100201-call.html"/> <updated>2010-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 april een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 april 2010 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2010/20100201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2010/20100201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2010-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: April 1st, 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20100201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before April 1st 2010 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is April 1st 2010 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20091201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20091201-call.html"/> <updated>2009-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20091201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 februari een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 februari 2010 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20091201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20091201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2009-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: February 1st, 2010<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20091201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before February 1st 2010 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is February 1st 2010 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20091001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20091001-call.html"/> <updated>2009-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20091201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 december een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 december 2009 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20091001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20091001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2009-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: December 1st, 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20091001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before December 1st 2009 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is December 1st 2009 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20091001-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards October 2009</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20091001-awards.html"/> <updated>2009-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the October 2009 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/odf-koffice2/">Add ODF metadata support to KOffice</a> </li> <li> <a href="/project/officeshots/">Prepare Officeshots.org for second plugfest</a>, creating features for daisy chaining, persistent tests and others.</li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/conferences/description.html#2009har">Sponsoring Hacking At Random 2009</a> (HAR), an international technology &amp; security conference.</li> <li> <a href="/project/conferences/description.html#2010tnc">Sponsoring TNC 2010</a> conference by <a href="http://www.terena.org">TERENA</a>.</li> <li>Cover travel expenses and conference cost for Thomas Zander, one of the key KDE developers of ODF software, to visit ODF plugfest and OOoCon 2009.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090801-call.html"/> <updated>2009-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 oktober een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 oktober 2009 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2009-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: October 1st, 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before October 1st 2009 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is October 1st 2009 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090801-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards August 2009</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090801-awards.html"/> <updated>2009-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the August 2009 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/sip-comm2/">Desktop Streaming and Sharing with SIP Communicator</a> </li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-abiword/">Improving AbiWord OpenDocument</a> <br/> Resolving software bugs related to AbiWord's OpenDocument compatibility.</li> <li> <a href="/project/ltsp-desktop/">Remote desktop on an LTSP-Cluster</a> </li> <li> <a href="/project/jingle-nodes/">Jingle Relay Nodes</a> <br/> Specifications and Prototypes of public Nodes.</li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <em>Travel expenses to SecureComm 2009</em> <br/> <p>The <a href="/project/epassports/">e-Passport</a> project combined ePassport technology with user-centric identity management systems. This provoked discussion in popular news media, amongst other things about the privacy aspects of this solutions. The resulted in a paper "User-centric identity using ePassports" which will be presented at <a href="http://securecomm.org">SecureComm 2009</a> in Athens, Greece.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090601-call.html"/> <updated>2009-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 augustus een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 augustus 2009 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2009-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: August 1st, 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20091201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before August 1st 2009 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is August 1st 2009 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090601-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards June 2009</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090601-awards.html"/> <updated>2009-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the June 2009 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/cutehip/">CuteHIP</a> <br/> lightweight implementation of Host Identity Protocol (HIP) on Java.</li> <li> <a href="/project/realxtend/">realXtend communications component</a> <br/> Telepathy based exntesion for realXtend virtual Worlds</li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <em>Travel support of Bert Wijnen to three IETF meetings</em> <br/> <p>NLnet funds travel costs of Bert Wijnen to three IETF meetings. Bert is not only a pationated developer, he is one of the the most reputed participants in and contributors to IETF. Among others as WG chair (NETCONF) and participant in various WGs.</p> </li> <li> <em>Support Blender at Siggraph</em> <br/> <p>NLnet support exhibit of <a href="http://www.blender.org">Blender</a> at the annual Siggraph convention, which is the largest and most renowned conference and exhibition for the (3D) Computer Graphics industry. In 2009 it is from 3-7 august, in New Orleans USA.</p> <p>In the current economic climate, there's a rising interest among studios and corporations to choose for open standards and open source software. The Blender Foundation therefore aims at presenting the new Blender release and tools to the participants open source solutions for 3D content creation, and opportunities for real time 3D on the web.</p> </li> <li> <em>MRSP &amp; SIP IM at Terena</em> <br/> <p>Presentation of MSRP library &amp; SIP IM system at Terena Network Conference 2009 This is a travel grant to Terena Network Conference 2009 (<a href="http://tnc2009.terena.org">TNC2009</a>) in Malaga, Spain. This grant is provided to João Antunes of the Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, in order to present his poster describing the outcomes of the project called Message Session Relay Protocol client Java library, and sponsored bij NLnet.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090506-noscript.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Opinion about NoScript plugin affairs</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090506-noscript.html"/> <updated>2009-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[2009/05/06] NLnet funds a significant number of projects, some of which provide very important functionality to end users. In many cases projects depend on other financial means as well, as we provide highly targeted funding rather than blanket funding. In some cases additional income involves web advertising models, which may be invasive to peoples privacy if no adequate measures are taken. More and more people are starting to take such measures, which puts pressure on funding. This may be challenging, certainly if one has the power to override these measures.</p> <p>Recently, it came to light that one of the projects which receive funding from NLnet --the people responsible for coding the quintessential browser plugin NoScript-- crossed that line. It made the regrettable move to take invasive countermeasures against another plugin that blocks advertisements, which can be regarded as (hacker)ethically irresponsible. Since NoScript itself also functions as an advertisment blocker for websites that uses Javascript to draw iframes with advertisments, exceptions were made for this as well. Meanwhile this mechanism has been undone, and we are assured by the team that this error in judgement will not happen again.</p> <p>There is an important lesson. We consider the type of functionality that NoScript provides quintessential to modern web users, as it is currently the state-of-the-art in protection against the risks that many 'web 2.0' technologies invoke --with both usability and security in mind. We think that Mozilla, Webkit, Microsoft and other browser suppliers should implement this natively --Opera has already taken the first steps-- thus taking the implementation of this type of important protection mechanism into their regular quality control system. We believe anything less is ultimately detrimental not only to the privacy of the user, but to the trust of the user in web tools such as browsers.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090401-call.html"/> <updated>2009-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 juni een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 juni 2009 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2009-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: June 1st, 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before June 1st 2009 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is June 1st 2009 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090401-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards April 2009</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090401-awards.html"/> <updated>2009-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the April 2009 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/officeshots/">OfficeShots</a> <br/> Web-based service allowing ODF documents authors and designers to see how different office suites render their documents.</li> <li> <a href="/project/vdd/">Virtual Distro Dispatcher</a> <br/> A distributed system which aim is to a project virtual, fully operational operating system instances on arbitrary terminals</li> <li> <a href="/project/sip-comm/">SIP Communicator</a> <br/> An audio/video Internet phone and instant messenger which supports most popular instant messaging and telephony protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Bonjour, etc.</li> <li> <a href="/project/odf-nt">Numbertext/Moneytext</a> in ODF<br/> This project represents well-defined spreadsheet functions and a language-neutral algorithm for the number to text conversion for the upcoming ODF OpenFormula standard</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090217-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards December 2008</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090217-awards.html"/> <updated>2009-02-17T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the December 2008 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/rfid-guardian2/">RFID Guardian Development</a> <br/> A unified platform for RFID security and privacy administration.</li> <li> <a href="/project/fsfpriority/">High Priority projects of FSF</a> <br/> Stimulating High Priority Projects of the Freedom Software Foundation.</li> <li> <a href="/project/openmsrp3/">The Graphical User Interface for SIP SIMPLE Client</a> <br/> Graphical User Internet (GUI) for the open source SIP SIMPLE client.</li> <li> <a href="/project/lokalize/">KDE Lokalize</a> <br/> Cross-platform computer-aided translation system.</li> <li> <a href="/project/ksplice/">Ksplice</a> <br/> Update the Linux kernel without rebooting.</li> <li> <a href="/project/blenderweb/">Blender Web Plugin</a> <br/> Free 3D animation and compositing suite.</li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090204-sip.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Desktop Sharing over SIP</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090204-sip.html"/> <updated>2009-02-04T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Willem Toorop (<a href="https://www.os3.nl">System &amp; Network Engineering group</a> from <a href="http://www.uva.nl">University of Amsterdam</a>) performed a student research project on desktop sharing over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol">SIP</a> during his internship at NLnet foundation. He succesfully identified a number of readily available technologies and components with which such a service (and even a more advanced version that could perform application sharing) could be set up.</p> <p>Willem demonstrated the feasibility of desktop sharing over SIP by writing a working cross platform standards-compliant demonstrator in <a href="http://www.python.org">Python</a> on top of the Open Source <a href="http://sipsimpleclient.com">SIP/SIMPLE client</a> stack, allowing to either push or pull remote desktops over SIP.</p> <p>The results were written down in a <a href="20090204-sip.pdf">paper presented</a> today [Feb 4, 2009] during a seminar at the University of Amsterdam. The code will be publicly available soon through <a href="http://sipsimpleclient.com">sipsimpleclient.com</a>, the Open Source instant messaging framework sponsored by NLnet.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090201-call.html"/> <updated>2009-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 april 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 april een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 april 2009 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2009-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: April 1st, 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20090201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before April 1st 2009 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is April 1st 2009 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2009/20090201-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards Februari 2009</div> </title> <link href="/news/2009/20090201-awards.html"/> <updated>2009-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the Februari 2009 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="/project/spear/">SPEAR</a> <br/> Secure Peer-to-peer Services Overlay Architecture; pilot experiment with community, studying privacy and mobility aspects of P2PSIP.</li> <li> <a href="/project/proxyapp/">Generic Proxy Appliance</a> <br/> Develop and implement an (internet) proxy appliance to utilize unused bandwidth in (wireless) networks.</li> <li> <a href="/project/nat64/">Open-Source IPv4-IPv6 Translation Gateway</a> <br/> Implement a NAT64 gateway to run on Open Source operating systems.</li> <li> <a href="/project/freebsd-3g/">3G support for FreeBSD</a> <br/> Develop network drivers for 3G cards on Open Source platforms and embedded systems.</li> <li> <a href="/project/openmsrp/">MSRP client Java library</a> <br/> Extend the <em>Message Session Relay Protocol</em> with support for the MSRP relay extensions peer library for the Java developers community.</li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://har2009.nl">Hacking at Random 2009</a> <br/> <p>The 20th anniversary edition of the Dutch outdoor technology and security conference. Hacking At Random is the latest instalment in a series of non-profit technology conferences that have been taking place in the Netherlands since 1989. Its predecessors include What The Hack (2005), Hackers At Large (2001), Hacking In Progress (1997), Hacking at the End of the Universe (1993) and the Intergalactic Hacker Party (1989).</p> <p>The conference will have an attractive program and international experts focusing on the internet, privacy, security and open source and open standards for an audience of 2500 people (with room for over 3500), many of whom are decision makers in IT policy.</p> <p>There will be continuous workshops during the four day conference which teach people how to use open source software and open standard documents in their own businesses. Our aim for the workshops is to show people the importance of open standards and to show them the tools to produce open standard documents with.</p> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.eliberatica.ro">eLiberatica 2009</a> <br/> <p>eLiberatica is the annual Open Source and Free Software conference which was initiated by a group of IT enthusiasts, that evolved now in an on growing community formatted around the event (The eLiberatica Community).</p> <p>The goal of the event is to develop and sustain a healthy Free Software, Open Source and Digital Civil Society movement, and to promote Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (FLOSS) business models. Presentations and activities at the event are meant to help both local and international participants share ideas and experience about these concepts and movements.</p> <p>The third edition of eLiberatica is held in Bucharest, Romania on 22nd-23rd May 2009.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20081201-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20081201-call.html"/> <updated>2008-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20081201-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 februari een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 februari 2009 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20081201-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20081201-call-en.html"/> <updated>2008-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: February 1st, 2009<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20081201-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before February 1st 2009 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is February 1st 2009 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20081125-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards October 2008</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20081125-awards.html"/> <updated>2008-11-25T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the October 2008 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>NoScript ABE-component<p> <a href="http://noscript.net">NoScript</a> is a popular (over two millions active users) add-on extending the Firefox open source web browser and other products based on the Mozilla Gecko engine. NoScript increases web client security by applying a <em>Default Deny</em> policy to JavaScript, Java, Flash, and other active content. It provides users with an one-click interface to easily whitelist sites they trust for active content execution.</p> </li> <li>Network Event Kit<p>The Network Event Kit (NEK) is a kit allowing to quickly and cheaply build a network for various types of events. This kit will offer both cabled and over-the-air infrastructure.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="http://gnunet.org">GNUnet</a> </p> <p>GNUnet is GNU's framework for secure peer-to-peer networking. The framework is designed to support a range of applications. The primary application at this point is anonymous and censorship-resistant file-sharing.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.englishbreakfastnetwork.org">KDEPIM Quality Sprint 2008-2009</a> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20081001-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20081001-call.html"/> <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20081001-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 december een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 december 2008 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20081001-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20081001-call-en.html"/> <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: December 1st, 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20081001-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before December 1st 2008 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is December 1st 2008 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080913-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards August 2008</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080913-awards.html"/> <updated>2008-09-13T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the August 2008 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.anomos.info">Anomos</a> <p>Anomos is a pseudonymous, encrypted multi-peer-to-peer file distribution protocol. It is based on the peer/tracker concept of BitTorrent in combination with the onion routing anonymization layer concept of Tor, with the added benefit of end-to-end encryption. By combining these concepts, a platform is being created whereby no party outside of the trusted tracker will have any information about who a peer is or what they are downloading. BitTorrent is a popular P2P protocol, but it isn't secure and its users are still actively being pursued and prosecuted. Tor is a popular anonymity tool, but it isn't end to end encrypted, which is dangerous. It is also slow and users are instructed to refrain from using file sharing. Anomos shall overcome these restrictions.</p> <p>General Features of Anomos:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>File transfers through Anomos are anonymous. After being sent, packets are routed through a number of intermediary nodes before reaching their final destination. These intermediary nodes can only confirm that their neighbours are participating in the network, they cannot confirm that their neighbours are sharing or merely relaying information, nor can they determine what is being shared.</li> <li>Downloading with Anomos is decentralized --the downloader receives parts of the requested file from a number of different sources, similar to how BitTorrent functions.</li> <li>Connections within Anomos are End-To-End encrypted.</li> <li>Communication with the Tracker is also encrypted.</li> </ul> </li> <li>DIFR Tag-Scan-Privacy-Match<p>Goal of the project is to develop a demonstrator of a different way to inform consumers about the RFID tags on the items they buy or the tags that surround them in their environment. Main idea is to use a mobile phone to display information about RFID tags in the vicinity. In particular, the setup of the demonstrator operates as follows: A consumer sets his privacy preferences in a profile stored on his mobile phone. If he holds the phone close to a product in a shop containing an RFID tag, the phone will read the tag number from the tag. It will then query (over the Internet, either through GPRS, UMTS or WiFi) the backoffice to retrieve the privacy policy corresponding to the tag number. It will then match the tag policy with the consumer policy, and present the result of the match to the consumer on the display of the mobile phone in an intuitive and appealing manner.</p> <p>This demonstrator will be used to show how such a concept empowers users in deciding for themselves how their privacy is affected and how to respond to that information, and allows producers to efficiently communicate their privacy policy to consumers.</p> <p>The demonstrator will be shown to the public at a special DIFRenz workshop currently being planned at the Balie, Amsterdam, scheduled for October 31, 2008.</p> </li> <li> <a href="http://msrprelay.org">Multi-party Instant Message server for SIP based on MSRP</a> <p>This is a prolongation of the financing of the <a href="/project/openmsrp2/">successfully running project</a> aiming to implement an open source MSRP multi-party instant message chat server that works seamless with the MSRP relay implementation, already under development.</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="http://www.cs.uu.nl/research/projects/proxima/">Proxima 2.0</a> </p> <p>In line with the Web 2.0 trend, an increasing number of web sites offer visitors the possibility to modify and add content. However, the editors provided are either basic text editors that are awkward for editing complex presentations, or custom-made editors for a specific type of content: Examples are Wiki's, the Yahoo! Pipes editor, and Google Docs suite.</p> <p>Proxima 2.0 will build a server-based generic editor which can be used to create powerful editors with little effort. It will allow an easy creation of WYSIWYG editors on web-pages, without requiring editing user to install any software. Instead, a browser runs a simple script that draws a rendering of the edited content and sends edit events back to the server. The Proxima generic editor system has a layered architecture that can be modified in a straightforward way to support a client-server model.</p> <p>The project will realize the web-based client-server version of existing Proxima. Furthermore, a number of interesting editors will be instantiated to showcase the capabilities of the system, thus helping to attract the attention of possible contributors to the project.</p> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.smallsister.org">Small Sister</a> <p>This is a privacy project that aims to fight the dangers of data retention. A simple architecture based on existing technologies (PGP, TOR, Freenet) will take a chat-message or e-mail to another user and then place it online waiting for the recipient. It shall become obscure to discover who communicated (anonymity), but it is *not* obscure to the recipient (accountability), if the sender wants so. The application will be complimented with many user friendly features to make this an easy to use system. SmallSister tries to be user friendly and aims to reach a larger crowd, since that increases the level of privacy and anonymity. The tool itself will be useful for end-users as a contact list that integrates seamless into other applications using plugins. By doing that you don't have to change the way people work.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Conferences, hackathons, donations</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.morphle.com">Morphle</a> <p>The Morphle project is about putting an alpha release of a meta-website online. The website offers free and anonymous powerful but simple to use end-user website editing based on state of the art component ecapsulation technologies in the hands of everyone. The project offers advanced open source Squeak based web technologies in the hands of end-users while preserving anonymity, more advanced than Drupal, Cmsbox, Yahoo Pipes or Google widgets and many others.<br/> NLnet funding will be used to pay webserver rental and bandwidth to construct scalable service.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080902-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards June 2008</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080902-awards.html"/> <updated>2008-09-02T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the June 2008 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/MultiUserJingle">Multi-User Jingle</a> <p>It is intended that MU-Jingle improves over three existing solutions:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Jingle - by supporting more than two participants;</li> <li>Skype - by being an open standard with a free software implementation;</li> <li>SIP - by supporting reliable peer-to-peer connectivity, as opposed to requiring dedicated media relay infrastructure, thereby allowing a video stream from each participant without the need for multiplexing.</li> </ul> <p>In general, by adding support for multi-user audio/video to XMPP, users do not have to give up the benefits of XMPP in order to make a multi-user call.</p> </li> <li> <a href="http://jmrtd.sourceforge.net">Authenticating users over the Internet using e-Passports</a> <p>The intention is to create a trustworthy identity solution that allows a user to use their e-passport for authentication at regular websites or webservices (e.g. for e-government like services). Such a solution may contain a browser plug-in that integrates the software developed in JMRTD with an open source identity selector (perhaps compatible with InfoCard).</p> <p>Additionally, the solution may require the establishment of a central server that acts as an identity provider (perhaps compatible with OpenID). A question that will need to be answered is to what degree end-users and service providers need to trust the identity provider (in case of end-users: trust with respect to dealing with privacy sensitive data).</p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="http://code.google.com/p/officereader/">ODF for Symbian OS</a> </p> <p>As more and more governments are adopting ODF, some of them even as the unique document format, it is not coherent that there is no freely available, open source viewer for Symbian OS or other mobile systems available.</p> <p>Mobile Office is a reader for OpenDocument files and currently the only implementation of ODF for any mobile device. With Mobile Office, you can now read your files also on your mobile and have them always with you. For the first time ever, it will be possible to read your OpenDocument files from OpenOffice.org, KOffice, AbiWord and Lotus Symphony on your Symbian Smartphone using Open Source software.</p> <p>The following features will be supported:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>create an appropriate project under e.g Google Code, Sourceforge or others; release Mobile Office's source code under an appropriate license;</li> <li>add end-user documentation about Mobile Office as html and/or pdf pages as well as help content integrated into the application itself;</li> <li>finish up some remaining stuff to make it compatible with some changes done by OpenOffice.org, e.g. in relation to encryption of documents.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Additionally NLnet decided to sponsor the following events and activities:</p> <ol> <li>Congres <a href="http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/law/research/tilt/conference/">Tilting Perspectives on Regulating Technologies</a> <br/> This conference aims at bringing academic knowledge and policy approaches about regulating technology a step forward by looking at issues from a multidisciplinary angle.</li> <li> <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/BSP2008/Utrecht">Debian bug squashing party</a> <br/> An event for Debian GNU/Linux Developers to meet and resolve open bugs in order to bring the next release closer.</li> </ol> <p>NLnet congratulates the projects that were awarded and encourages others to apply for financial and other support by NLnet for their projects in their next call with deadline October 1st 2008.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080801-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080801-call.html"/> <updated>2008-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20080801-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 oktober een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 oktober 2008 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080801-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080801-call-en.html"/> <updated>2008-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: October 1st, 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20080801-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before October 1st 2008 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is October 1st 2008 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080601-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080601-call.html"/> <updated>2008-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 augustus 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20080601-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 augustus een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 augustus 2008 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Directeur Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Algemeen Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080601-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080601-call-en.html"/> <updated>2008-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: August 1st, 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20080601-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before August 1st 2008 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is August 1st 2008 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Director of Strategy, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (General Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080514-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards April 2008</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080514-awards.html"/> <updated>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the April 2008 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://non-gnu.uvt.nl/mailman-ssls/">Secure List Server</a> <br/> This project aims to include OpenPGP and S/MIME support in Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager. This enhancement will enable groups of people to cooperate and communicate securely via email: mail can get distributed encrypted to a group of people, while the burden of managing individual keys is dealt with by the list software, not the sender. Furthermore, authentication will be possible: the list server software takes care of checking this. This way, strong security for groups of people gets available for a wide audience.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.sabayonlinux.org">Sabayon Linux</a> <br/> Sabayon Linux is a Gentoo-based distribution aimed to provide users the best out-of-the-box experience, being the first which endorsed exciting technologies such as: XGL/AIGLX (3D desktop), KVM (virtualization), NX (NoMachine Remote desktop). The challenge is creating a fast binary package manager able to solve most of the user-side issues automatically, to provide users a web2.0-alike experience by allowing them to share, extend, manipulate any content connected to packages directly from their system, to provide a transparent client/server infrastructure to remotely manage infinite Sabayon installations and hot packaging formats, like Smart Packages.</li> <li> <a href="http://giss.tv">Global Independent Streaming Support</a> <br/> G.I.S.S. is both an international network and an infrastructure with different components and tools for setting up an independent radio or TV channel easily. G.I.S.S. needs to be reshaped to support more channels, for it is now reaching its limits, and several improvments should be developped to make it more reliable and more accessible. The project will focus on the following aspects: improvement of the topology of the network, development of a specific version of icecast, live CD improvement, 'mediabase' archive tool similar to you-tube but using only free software. Additionally a number of workshops will be set up.</li> <li>Improving OpenDocumentFormat support in Koffice.<br/> KOffice has long been a strong OpenDocument implementation, the main implementation outside the famous OpenOffice. In KOffice version 2 the text engine has been upgraded to support more features and to support anonymous properties inside the text engine. This project aims to make KWord ready for release based on the new text engine. The upgrade to the new text engine has the effect that large parts of the existing ODF loading need to be adjusted to match. A large part of the work therefor is to make the ODF loading and saving code work equally good, or better compared to the latest stable release; 1.6.3. To reach this goal automated testing using an ODF testsuite will be written based on existing suite of test-documents.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.torproject.org">Tor anonymity system</a> for low-bandwith users.<br/> The Tor anonymity system is currently only usable by internet users who have high-bandwith connections. Upon the start of the Tor client, a large file with all Tor server descriptions is being downloaded. An evolution of the Tor protocol is aimed to reduce the initial download size. The new Tor protocol version shall change the way a client receives the information for its Tor circuit setup in a way, that the initial download can be performed over a slow modem line in less then three minutes.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.torproject.org">Tor anonymity system</a> Hidden Services.<br/> The Tor anonymity system contains an important function that is called Tor Hidden Services, which allows users to set up anonymous information services, like websites, that can only be accessed through the Tor network and are protected against identification of the host that runs the services. Using these function, critical political and human rights information can be published in a way that protects the publisher and users of the service from repression and identification. The most critical limitation of this function is the time it takes until a Hidden Service is registered in the network and the latency of contact establishment when accessed by a user. The aim of this project is to develop the new protocol which will change the way Tor circuits are set up between the user and the Hidden Service as well as the way a Hidden Service is registered in the Tor network.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.rfidguardian.org">RFID Guardian Quickstart</a> <br/> The RFID Guardian is a device that represents the first-ever unified platform for RFID security and privacy administration. It acts as an 'RFID Firewall', enabling individuals to monitor and control access to their RFID tags by combining a standard-issue RFID reader with unique RFID tag emulation capabilities. Additionally, the RFID Guardian is useful as an RFID security diagnostic and auditing tool. The RFID Guardian Quickstart project will concentrate on hardware design, prototyping, testing and production of Guardian units, which are necessary to bootstrap further RFID Guardian software development by open source community.</li> </ul> <p>Additionally NLnet decided to sponsor the following events and activities:</p> <ol> <li>The Dutch <a href="http://www.ipv6-taskforce.nl">Task Force IPv6</a> Award 2008, in the category "Corporate" (Bedrijfsleven).</li> <li>A KDE developer sprint "Plug in Your Desktop" which will make UPnP devices integrate seamlessly with a Free Software desktop, with explicit focus on desktop-wide integration and desktop-independence in order to share technology with other Free Software desktops.</li> </ol> <p>NLnet congratulates the projects that were awarded and encourages others to apply for financial and other support by NLnet for their projects in their next call with deadline June 1st 2008.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080401-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080401-call.html"/> <updated>2008-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 juni 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20080401-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 juni een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 juni 2008 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Manager Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Directeur, 020 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080401-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080401-call-en.html"/> <updated>2008-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: June 1st, 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20080401-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before June 1st 2008 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is June 1st 2008 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Strategy Manager, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Director, +31 20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080319-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards February 2008</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080319-awards.html"/> <updated>2008-03-19T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the February 2008 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.ag-projects.com/content/view/315/61/">SIP client for IM, Presence and File transfer based on MSRP protocol</a>. This project will implement an open source SIP SIMPLE MSRP client that will provide a complete end-user experience for near real-time encrypted text communications and end-to-end file transfer capability over the Internet. This client will replace proprietary applications that user today are usually using on their desktop with one a consolidated open source SIP software and will enable third party applications by the use of an open API. The client will support presence indications and buddy list management, text and file transfer multi-media communication using IETF standards (SIP SIMPLE).</li> <li> <a href="http://umtsmon.sourceforge.net">UMTSMon</a>. Umtsmon is a program to handle/control 3G mobile network cards and mobile phones from Linux and use them to access the internet in a consumer-friendly way. Results of the project will enable Linux users to use Mobile 3G laptop cards and/or mobile phones (over usb and/or Bluetooth) to connect to the Internet from anywhere (as long as it has network coverage). The major problem with UMTSmon is the wide variety in hardware it has to support. To resolve hardware issue all popular devices will be bought, the incompatibilities will be fixed up, documenting how to work with that particular device will be written. Also testing will be automated and professionalized.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.upnp-hacks.org">Investigation on security of mediaplayers with UPnP</a>. One of the new trends in home entertainment is the use of networked mediaplayers and mediaservers. Many of the mediaplayers use the UPnP A/V protocol to make and distribute of the content. Earlier research has shown that some of UPnP protocols are not securely implemented. Although lots of equipment is being sold now, there was no serious independent research made on their security, while there are known security. The threat model can include: 1) Steeling the content from a MediaServer; 2) Play unrequested content on a mediaplayer (audio/video spamming). These two scenarios are never analysed. The aim of the project is to investigate the most serious and statistically the most often forthcoming security britches in this equipment and to show how easy they can be misused.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.nl">OpenStreetMap Belgium</a>. OpenStreetMap Belgium is a loosely-knit team of OpenStreetMap International comprised of Belgian volunteers aiming creation of free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways. Openstreetmap Belgium strives to work in close cooperation with volunteer teams around the world, especially in neighbouring countries. There will be 10 GPS data loggers bought, which will be directly used for mapping.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.flossmanuals.net">FLOSS Manuals Print on Demand services</a> will Integrate the content (Open Source manuals) creation platform with Print on Demand services. This will enable collaborative authoring of manuals online, and the output directly to book form available for purchase via a print on demand service. Many prefer reading reference materials from a book. Hence the wish is to extend and optimise the print-on-demand processes as the current workflow is inefficient and not sustainable.</li> </ul> <p>Additionally NLnet decided to sponsor the three day European meeting of GNU project maintainers in Bristol aimed to stimulate continued innovation in GNU software, to provide mutual technical assistance for GNU developers, and to increase distribution security through direct keysigning.</p> <p>NLnet congratulates the projects that were awarded and encourages others to apply for financial and other support by NLnet for their projects in their <a href="/news/2008/20080401-call-en.html">next call with deadline April 1st 2008</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080124-call-themes.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open Call for Thematical Projects</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080124-call-themes.html"/> <updated>2008-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div class="slogan">Technology wants to be free --funding the shock waves of open information technology</div> <p>NLnet has picked <a href="/themes/2008privacy/">Identity, privacy &amp; presence</a> and <a href="/themes/2008odf/">Open Document Format</a> as the two main areas it will focus its funding on in the next year and beyond. With these two themes the foundation wants to actively pursue the further enhancement of online privacy and standardisation in open document formats.</p> <p>Do you have a valuable idea in one of these two areas, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or, do you have an existing project in the scope of these two themes that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies in society. What is important for us, is that the technology you develop --or help promote-- is usable for others and has real impact.</p> <p> <b>We invite you to <a href="/foundation/request/">submit your proposals</a> for funding to NLnet!</b> </p> <p>Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Within the scope of these two main themes, NLnet on one hand plans to approach organisations, groups, individuals and companies to do research and develop products. On the other hand, NLnet remains open for any proposals and valuable suggestions from any entities and individuals.</p> <p>Anybody may apply for financial support if the proposed project meets the following criteria:</p> <ol> <li>the project falls within one of the two themes chosen by NLnet as break-through direction for coming couple of years;</li> <li>within these themes, the project shall stimulate the use of network and information exchange technologies for peaceful and humane purposes;</li> <li>the project results will be freely distributed based on Open Source principles, e.g. under a GPL license;</li> <li>the applicant is ready to undertake efforts to disseminate project results or will provide support in this;</li> <li>the project should last two to three years maximum.</li> </ol> <p>Note tat the requirement that project results shall be freely distributed based on Open Source principles does not necessarily mean that these results can not be utilized commercially. On the contrary: building a profitable business on the project results is applauded.</p> <p>After his idea was found valuable, we ask the applicant, to submit a project plan outlining the following topics:</p> <p/> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Introduction: short description of the project and goals;</li> <li>Description of innovation;</li> <li>the problem solved by this project;</li> <li>the relative advantage of the proposed innovation;</li> <li>usability, i.e. target group: for whom and to what purpose;</li> <li>perspectives for further development of this innovation and/or other technologies;</li> <li>how generic is the proposed solution, i.e. is possible to build other project up on it;</li> <li>Project setup: organizational, technical, eventual partners, dependencies on other projects, licenses, and such;</li> <li>Project planning: milestones and related results;</li> <li>Project budgeting;</li> <li>Project risks: which risks can be overseen from the start of the project;</li> <li>Project results dissemination: how the project team is going to disseminate results and to whom, publicity, diffusion of the produced innovation;</li> <li>Possibly, follow-ups on the project.</li> </ul> <p>Since dissemination is considered a critical issue, new ideas about promotion of project results may result in supplemental financing. This can be negotiated on the basis of an adapted (or new) dissemination plan, compiled by the project team.</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Project teams with valuable ideas can be invited for an appointment at NLnet to explain ideas and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also co-funding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/contact/">contact request form</a> or call either Michiel Leenaars (Strategy Manager, +31-6 27 050 947) or Valer Mischenko (Director, +31-20 888 42 52).</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large range of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080117-themes.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Identity, privacy &amp; presence</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080117-themes.html"/> <updated>2008-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div align="right"> <em>"Privacy is not a crime"</em> </div> <p>The right to confidentiality is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also one of the basic premises for a free and open society. In recent years we have seen a digital divide of privacy emerge. Governments and the private sector are arming themselves with privacy enhancing technologies using overlay networks and cryptography, sometimes even creating their own separate infrastructures for private communication. They are driven to do this by the increasing privacy threats of modern communication: tracking and tracing, data retention, uncontrollable 'lawful intercept' and data harvesting. The less financially endowed are left without much protection.</p> <p>The banner of the 'war on terror' has been misused to alter the fabric of the societies it claims to protect, in many cases almost beyond recognition. A technology push has resulted in the burden of proof principle subtly but undeniably being inverted. More and more citizens are unwillingly and unknowingly the subject of investigation without being concretely suspected. Possible relieving facts are kept out of their view, and in most cases they have no access to information collected about them, denying their right of self-defence.</p> <p>The end-to-end principle of the internet and its international character allows for technological measures that can restore some of the privacy and sovereignty of the more vulnerable nation states that has been taken away by interception of communication, tracking, tracing, logging and data warehousing. There is also a window of opportunity: at this moment several billion dollar industries clash as tectonic plates against each other around real-time communication. All forms of voice communication and video conferencing are moving over to the internet in one way or the other. On the other hand there is a definite convergence of instant messaging and online collaboration technologies towards using interoperable standards. This is all about the presence of the same user. It is our goal to ultimately have all presence related services consolidated into strong and robust standards that guarantee interoperability and --by design-- protect privacy.</p> <p>Another aspect of confidentiality is private data of all kinds. The data concerning everything and everyone is now not only available to government institutions, but is being more and more collected and (mis)used by commercial entities. In these cases citizens can impossibly control the information. All kind of data --location data of mobile operators, videocameras on highways, in streets and shops, credit card and payment chip data, easy location tracability due to RFID chips in your clothes, emails and browsing behaviour-- are being collected both by the government and by private organisations and are coupled to each other to produce a complete track of a person. Thus, a transparent picture of the whole private life of the citizen is created and utilized for often not clear purposes.</p> <p>Privacy must not be a luxury, and everyone should be able to afford it.</p> <p>We believe in safe, trustworthy and robust real-time presence and session technology as an enabler for privacy. The foundation will focus on technology development as well as creating awareness, and will be actively pursuing the further enhancement of online privacy and standardisation in internet based communication and presence tools.</p> <p>Projects and activities within this theme:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Bits of Freedom (seized its activities on 1 September 2006)<br/> Bits of Freedom is a privacy and digital rights organisation. Major topics of concern to Bits of Freedom are copyright, the balance between law enforcement and privacy, freedom of speech, and spam.</li> <li>BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain)<br/> An implementation of the Domain Name System protocols and provides an openly redistributable reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name System. Its architecture has been designed to take advantage of new computer technology (multi-threading) and to provide full support for new features required by IPv6 and DNSsec.</li> <li>MAPS<br/> A service to limit the transport of known-to-be-unwanted mass e-mail based on the address of the sending MTA (Mail Transfer Agent).</li> <li>OpenMSRP<br/> Message Session Relay Protocol. Implementation of an Open Source MSRP relay based on IETF specifications RFC4975 and RFC4976 and multi-party IM chat server.</li> <li>CAcert<br/> A non-profit community-oriented Certificate Authority that provides a general service to the community by issuing, where possible, free X.509(v3) certificates for personal and/or server-side use. CAcert services the Open Source digital certificate security needs of users across six continents. Certificates issued by the nonprofit CA form the foundation for many server-side (web) and personal (email) security implementations.</li> <li>Jabber<br/> As formalized in the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), is a set of decentralized, open technologies for near-real-time messaging, presence, and streaming XML. The focus of this project is to improve the security and trust characteristics of Jabber technologies.</li> <li>Turtle<br/> Aims at the creation of a peer-to-peer (P2P) infrastructure for safe sharing of sensitive data. The truly revolutionary aspect of Turtle rests in its novel way of dealing with trust issues. Where other P2P architectures attempt to build trust relationships on top of a trust-agnostic P2P overlay, Turtle builds its overlay on top of pre-existent trust relationships among its users. This allows both data sender and receiver anonymity.</li> </ul> <h2>Open Document Format</h2> <div align="right"> <em>Disruptive technology in disguise</em> </div> <p>The standardisation of the Open Document Format (ISO 26300:2006) took five years of hard work within OASIS. In 2006 the unanimous approval of this XML-based universal Office-format within the International Standards Organisation ISO meant a clear slope change point for innovation and market reach of open standards and open source in general. Governments, companies and individuals quickly recognised the enormous importance of having a way of encoding information that is truly portable across applications, operating systems and vendors as well as not having any problems crossing the barriers of time.</p> <p>ODF spawned a collective move away from company-dictated file formats that can only be adequately opened by a single application from a single vendor. We now understand that we want open standards that are oblivious with respect to the software used to generate or edit them. Good formats like ODF make global interoperability and the free flow of information a reality, which is a real breakthrough for the entire ICT world. The huge amount of active support ODF received from the ICT industry itself --and from society at large too-- is a testimony to that fact.</p> <p>Society doesn't change overnight, although the pace is astounding. In the past twenty years the lack of a mature open standard for information exchange at the document level has caused a very unhealthy de facto monoculture with fallout well beyond the operating system and productivity software where things started. These negative consequences move far beyond the economic realm and range from an increased digital divide and innovation poverty to large-scale cyber criminality and botnets such as Storm that are able to almost push countries off the internet.</p> <p>A self-imposed social acceptance of closed formats is sometimes difficult to break through, but with the dominant binary formats of the past being deprecated by their vendors themselves the situation looks very bright. The market has learned from the past, and with the file format decoupled from the applications there is no learning curve, a low cost of switching and most of all: an open market for innovation. And that is what we are seeing: great innovations taking place because people can move into the containers they were locked out for decades.</p> <p>Open Document Format is vendor independent and it's proven technology. It starts at no cost with full functionality and fidelity. And there are no hidden tricks, no opportunities for sabotage of inconvenient competitors. Because many of the leading players in the ODF arena (such as IBM Lotus Symphony, OpenOffice, KOffice, Abiword, the various plugins for Microsoft Word) are open source applications, there is 'full disclosure' and a very efficient 'best of breed' model built around ODF.</p> <p>NLnet foundation sees ODF as a key technology for the future of our society, which is why we plan to significantly fund a number of efforts in the area of ODF. From tools for collaboration to contributing to standardisation, from education and raising awareness to developer libraries --we will be doing our best to contribute where possible.</p> <p>Activities within this theme:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://opendocsociety.org">OpenDoc Society</a> <br/> NLnet was one of the original founding members of OpenDoc Society, an organisation that was launched on October 23rd 2007 at the premises of the Royal Library by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs Frank Heemskerk and ODF editor Patrick Duruseau. Contributors of the European Commission and the Belgian government were present too. Over fifty organisations have already joined the OpenDoc society, including cultural institutions, educational institutions, training companies, military organisations and open source projects. With members in thirteen countries the OpenDoc Society and new members being added to this platform almost every day OpenDoc Society is rapidly taking shape as an important platform to make our common vision of an open information society come true.</li> <li> <a href="http://Odfsvn.sourceforge.net">ODFSVN</a> <br/> A tool in development to collaborate in ODF-applications with a large amount of people realtime. Will be both available as a plugin for existing Office tools like OpenOffice.org and KOffice, as well as in a standalone (commandline) tool.</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080116-theme-privacy.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Theme: Identity, privacy &amp; presence</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080116-theme-privacy.html"/> <updated>2008-01-16T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[Press release. 16 January 2008, Amsterdam NL]</p> <div class="slogan">"bridging the digital privacy divide, by boosting the use of encryption and standards in online communication"</div> <p>Dutch charitative venture capitalist NLnet has picked online confidentiality as one of its two main themes for 2008. The Foundation wants to bridge the digital divide of privacy between corporations and governments moving to adopt tools allowing fully encrypted communication while private individuals are left without protection. Once safer technologies are available consumers will be able to successfully use them and demand them from service providers.</p> <p> <cite>"Controlling who can reach you and who has access to your communication has been a weak point of mainstream internet communication,"</cite> states NLnet's strategy manager Michiel Leenaars, pointing to both the dominance of players like Skype, MSN and AOL on the one hand as well as the enormous growth of `lawful intercept' activities around the world. <cite>"It's like not owning your own doorbel, and at the same time being broadcasted live over the radio with every single conversation you have. That is not going to work --not in private life, but surely also not in business."</cite> </p> <p>NLnet's activities are backed up by a significant trust fund that was created at the sale of the first ISP in the Netherlands a decade ago. Since then, the foundation has spent a vast amount of money on open standards, open source and community building. The foundation believes that with the convergence of all modern communication technologies towards the internet there is a window of opportunity to break into the market and recapture some of the privacy that was lost in recent years.</p> <p> <cite>"Confidentiality is not a crime, it is a basic element of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,"</cite> says Leenaars. <cite>"Especially in repressive political systems, but also in democracies under threat of irresponsible anti-terrorism measurements --like the <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006L0024:EN:HTML">European data retention directive</a>-- we need technological guarantees to ensure that the private domain is again separated from the public domain and from commercial misuse."</cite> </p> <p>For 2008, the focus in this area will be on safe, trustworthy and robust realtime presence and session technology as an enabler for privacy. The foundation will focus on technology development as well as creating awareness, and will be actively pursuing the further enhancement of online privacy and standardisation in internet based communication and presence tools such as voice, chat and videoconferencing. The foundation has already started funding work on open source implementation of internet standards such as SIP/SIMPLE and MSRP through its open calls, but will increase its activities after this recent board decision.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080116-theme-odf.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Theme: Open Document Format</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080116-theme-odf.html"/> <updated>2008-01-16T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[Press release, 16 January 2008, Amsterdam NL]</p> <div class="slogan">"NLnet foundation puts weight behind ODF"</div> <p>Dutch charitative venture capitalist NLnet has selected the Open Document Format as one of the two main areas it will focus its funding on in the next year. That means it will spend a significant amount of its 2008 annual budget on the development of (open source) ODF tools, community building and contributing to the standards development process of the upcoming ODF 1.2 version.</p> <p>ODF is a broadly supported ISO-standard (<a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43485">get it here</a>) for Office formats that is the successor to corporate-owned file formats such as .doc, .wpd and .xls. It is fast becoming the default file format of choice for text editors, spreadsheets and other office applications within governments, businesses and for personal use.</p> <p> <cite>"Open Document Format is making it possible to store the majority of information we use every day in a future proof and innovation-friendly format,"</cite> says Michiel Leenaars, strategy manager at NLnet. <cite>"We see a vast demand and bright future for ODF, especially now Microsoft has started abandoning its old file formats without a decent stable alternative."</cite> </p> <p>The Foundation believes that 2008 will see the mass breakthrough of ODF. <cite>"There is so much momentum. ODF is truly disruptive technology in disguise,"</cite> states Leenaars. <cite>"It will turn the world of computers as we know it upside down completely; that is why we will be there to support the general interest with our investments"</cite>. The Foundation has already started work on an ODF tool to collaborate on a single document with potentially thousands of people at the same time. NLnet was one of the founding members of the recently started <a href="http://www.OpenDocSociety.org">OpenDoc Society</a>, a global not-for-profit member based organisation uniting consumers, technologists, entrepreneurs and policy makers around the globe. Recently, NLnet joined ECMA TC45 to ensure proper interoperability of Microsoft's proposed re-archiving standard OOXML with the global information standard ODF.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2008/20080109-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards December 2007</div> </title> <link href="/news/2008/20080109-awards.html"/> <updated>2008-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the December 2007 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.nl">OpenStreetMap</a> aims to creating and provide free geographic data, such as street maps, to anyone. The project was started because most available maps seem to be free, but actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.<br/> The Dutch subsidiary of OpenStreetMap receives a donation for further development of their software needed to for 1) backups, roll-back possibilities, signalling changes and the assigning of trust levels to the maps; 2) a light-weight mobile editor to be developed to change the OpenStreetMap data ‘in the field’; 3) development of a convenient interface for transmitting changes while working in the field.</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.cwi.nl/projects/Ambulant/distPlayer.html">Ambulant</a> Open SMIL Player is an ongoing project, intended for researchers who need source-code access to a complete SMIL player environment. It can also be used as a stand-alone SMIL player for applications which do not require proprietary media formats. The project receives a donation for further dissemination of the achieved project results, i.e. for travel-related costs and incidental equipment for showcasing Ambulant on a host of mobile and emerging devices.</li> <li>The <a href="http://translate.org.za">OpenDocument Translation Converter</a> project aims on easy translation and localisation of traditional word processing content through converting OpenDocument format texts into Gettext PO and the emerging standard XLIFF. It will solve one of the primary problems with the translation of content --difficulty to divorce the translator from the layout and from the tools that created the content. The outputs of this project will help to advance the promotion of open standards and the translation of content in office documents.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.ggzgamingzone.org">GGZ Gaming Zone</a> is a free platform for on-line gaming. The GGZ project has nearly 8 years by now, and persuaded other projects to use GGZ. Major users include some KDE and GNOME on-line games, as well as individual game projects like Freeciv. GGZ will receive a contribution to host a dedicated server for the development of the platform.</li> </ul> <p>NLnet congratulates the projects that were awarded and encourages others to apply for financial and other support by NLnet for their projects in their <a href="/news/2007/20071203-call-en.html">next call with deadline February 1st 2008</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20071208-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards October 2007</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20071208-awards.html"/> <updated>2007-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the October 2007 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.ag-projects.com">AG Projects BV</a>, Haarlem, with its project <em>Multi-party Instant Message server based on MSRP</em> (OpenMSRP-2), which implements an open source MSRP multi-party IM chat server that works seamless with the <a href="/project/openmsrp/">MSRP relay</a> implementation, already under development.</li> <li>Unicoms in Utrecht will start with an investigation into the feasibility to connect Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS) with Open Source PABX systems based on <a href="http://www.asterisk.org">Asterisk</a>. The project is named <a href="/project/ocs-asterisk/">OCS-Asterisk</a>.</li> <li> <em>Centre de Ressources Art Sensitif</em> in France is support with their <a href="/project/bricophone/">Bricophone</a> project, which aims to create a community-oriented mobile phone infrastructure built on cheap hardware.</li> <li> <em>Anwarul Mamum</em> initiated the <a href="/project/go-foss/">GO-FOSS</a> initiative, to develop a group of skilled professionals on FOSS within the community of SMEs and NGOs.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.rednose.nl">Rednose ICT trainings and Advisors</a> is supported to erect the Dutch <a href="http://nl.opendocsociety.org">OpenDoc Society</a> which actively promotes the use of ODF -and other Open Standards- to existing organisations, like government, health care, and educational institutes.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.cacert.org">CACert</a> receives fundings to complete its <a href="/project/cacert/20071001-audit.html">security audits</a>, which will enable it to become formaly recognized as "trustable organization".</li> </ul> <p>NLnet congratulates the projects that were awarded and encourages others to apply for financial and other support by NLnet for their projects in their <a href="/news/2007/20071203-call-en.html">next call with deadline Februari 1st 2008</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20071203-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20071203-call.html"/> <updated>2007-12-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 februari 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20071203-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 februari een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 februari 2008 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">een korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> ENGLISH op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Manager Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Directeur, 020 888 42 51).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20071203-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20071203-call-en.html"/> <updated>2007-12-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: February 1st, 2008<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20071203-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before February 1st 2008 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is February 1st 2008 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p> <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">In a short and clear procedure</a> the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Strategy Manager, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Director, +31 20 888 42 51).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20071003-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20071003-call.html"/> <updated>2007-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 december 2007<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20071003-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 december een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 december 2007 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in een korte en overzichtelijke procedure op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Manager Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Directeur, 020 888 42 51).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20071003-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20071003-call-en.html"/> <updated>2007-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: December 1st 2007<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20071003-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before December 1st 2007 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Wat is important for us is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is December 1st 2007 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p>In a short and clear procedure the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Strategy Manager, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Director, +31 20 888 42 51).</p> <h2>About NLnet Foundation</h2> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20070920-awards.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Awards August 2007</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20070920-awards.html"/> <updated>2007-09-20T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>The winners of the August 2007 call are:</p> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <a href="http://www.ag-projects.com">AG Projects BV</a>, Haarlem, with its project <em>Implementation of an open source MSRP relay (OpenMSRP)</em>. This aims to provide a reference server side implementation of this key component of SIP SIMPLE (SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions). The project contributes to the convergence of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and instant messaging.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.gendo.nl">Gendo BV</a>, Leiden, with its project <em>FLOSS ambassadors</em>. In the course of this project Free/Libre Open Source Software ambassadors will be educated and trained by Gendo in order to disseminate open source philosophy and methods among not-for-profit organisations, SME's and local governments.</li> <li> <a href="http://openoffice.nl">OpenOffice BV</a>, Amsterdam, with its project <em>Consumer Advisory Information on Electronic Communication</em>. This project concerns investigation of the structure of the information offered to the Dutch consumer by consumer organisations.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.cacert.org">CAcert</a>, Inc., New South Wales Australia, receives funding for meetings of its new board of directors and the advisory board. The new board has a number of challenges to resolve for the free certificate community like external audit for the purpose of inclusion of the root certificate in the root lists of most important browsers, new data centre in The Netherlands, licensing of the code according to the GPL license, financial self-sustainability, and some other important topics.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.kennisland.nl">KennisLand</a>, Amsterdam, receives sponsoring for the conference <em>Improving Access to Public Services</em> to be held in The Hague. The purpose is in the course of the conference to compare real world examples of innovations with current public management theory in the hopes of creating a deeper understanding of the current state of service delivery for citizens of plural societies around the world.</li> <li> <a href="http://dyne.org">Dyne.org</a> and <a href="http://www.bricolabs.net">Bricolabs</a>, Amsterdam, get sponsoring from NLnet for a Dyne:bolic workshop by Jaromil Denis in Indonesia, Singapore and India. The purpose of the workshop is to promote a no-cost alternative to proprietary multimedia software solutions by means of the dyne:bolic computer operating system and multimedia tool suite.</li> </ul> <p>NLnet congratulates the projects that were awarded and encourages others to apply for financial and other support by NLnet for their projects in their <a href="/news/2007/20070912-call-en.html">next call with deadline October 1st 2007</a> </p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20070912-call.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open inschrijving voor financiering (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20070912-call.html"/> <updated>2007-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: financiers van de open informatierevolutie<br/> Deadline voor indiening: 1 oktober 2007<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20070912-call-en.html">Same text in English ENGLISH</a>]<br/> Zit je met een waardevol idee op het gebied van open source software en/of open standaarden, en zoek je naar financiële middelen om je idee mogelijk te maken? Of heb je een waardevol bestaand project dat extra middelen nodig heeft om verdere ontwikkeling mogelijk te maken? Dien dan voor 1 oktober een aanvraag in bij Stichting NLnet om te kijken of en hoe wij je verder kunnen helpen. Wij kunnen onze middelen vrij inzetten om het nut van open technologieen voor de samenleving te maximaliseren. Wat voor ons belangrijk is dat door jou ontwikkelde technologie voor anderen bruikbaar is en gebruikt zal worden. We zijn benieuwd naar je voorstel! NB: ook als je een inspirerend idee hebt maar het zelf niet kunt uitvoeren, horen we het graag van je.</p> <h2>Veel mogelijkheden</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële (private) not-for-profitorganisatie die haar eigen fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks besteedt de Stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven voor de open informatiesamenleving, in het bijzonder voor ontwikkeling en popularisering van open standaarden en (netwerkgerichte) open source-technologie. Daarnaast wil de Stichting een bijdrage leveren aan het maatschappelijk debat over deze onderwerpen.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en ontwikkeling van onderwijsmateriaal tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van open source softwarelicenties. De NLnet-bijdrage kan ook worden gebruikt als zg. matching voor andere (EU)-projecten en subsidies.</p> <h2>Hoe werkt het</h2> <p>NLnet biedt zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een aanvraag in te dienen voor ondersteuning. De eerstvolgende deadline voor indiening is 1 oktober 2007 om 12:00 uur 's middags.</p> <p>De Stichting bepaalt in een korte en overzichtelijke procedure op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een prè, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk.</p> <p>Het wordt gewaardeerd als je bij je aanvraag uitlegt op wie je project gericht is en hoe je je projectresultaten gaat verspreiden. Binnen twee weken na sluiting van de deadline hoor je of je project volgens de Stichting voldoet aan alle criteria, en binnen vier weken weet je of we met je verder willen. Vervolgens bespreken we met je de projectplannen en wat onze visie op je project is. De Stichting heeft een uitgebreid netwerk en kan je mogelijk koppelen aan andere ervaren partijen. Als alles goed omschreven is kun je binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn!</p> <p>Voor 2007 gelden de volgende deadlines voor inschrijvingen: 1 oktober en 1 december.</p> <h2>Mijn idee vergt meer</h2> <p>Projecten die aanzienlijk meer budget vragen dan binnen de open inschrijving van NLnet mogelijk is, adviseren we een afspraak te maken met een van onze medewerkers om de mogelijkheden door te spreken. De mogelijkheid bestaat dat NLnet ofwel de kosten alsnog voor haar rekening kan nemen, ofwel kan helpen om het project op weg te helpen om andere financieringsbronnen te vinden. Ook co-financiering is niet uitgesloten.</p> <p>Gebruik het <a href="/foundation/request/">contact aanvraag formulier</a> ENGLISH of bel met <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Manager Strategie, 06 27 050 947) of <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Directeur, 020 888 42 51).</p> <h2>Over Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet is een onafhankelijke stichting die haar middelen betrekt uit donaties, legaten en uit renteinkomsten over een aanzienlijk vermogen dat in 1997 ontstaan is door de verkoop van de eerste ISP van Nederland. Door het eigen vermogen is NLnet in staat een eigen en absoluut onafhankelijke positie in te nemen. De statutaire doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is "het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmee verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn". Op dit moment worden enkele tientallen projecten en organisaties geldelijk ondersteunt, waaronder het onderzoekslab NLnet Labs, onderzoeksgroep IIDS (Vrije Universiteit), de Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest en Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20070912-call-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open call for funding (0-30.000€)</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20070912-call-en.html"/> <updated>2007-09-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <center>- Technology wants to be free -<br/> NLnet: funding the shock waves of open information technology<br/> Dead-line for submission: October 1st 2007<br/>  </center> <p>[<a href="20070912-call.html">Deze tekst in het Nederlands <img src="/image/nl.png" valign="baseline" width="11" height="11" border="0"/> </a>]<br/> Do you have a valuable idea in the area of open source software and/or open standards, and are you looking for financial means to make your ideas come through? Or do you have an existing project that requires additional means to enable further development? Then submit your proposal to NLnet foundation before October 1st 2007 and see if we can help you. We are independent and put put our money where our mouth is: that is to increase the use of open technologies for society. Important for us, is that the technology you develop or help promote is usable for others and has real impact. We are looking forward to your proposals! Note that we are also interested to hear your inspiring ideas if you are unable to manage it yourself.</p> <h2>Plenty of possibilities</h2> <p>NLnet Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting NLnet) is a philanthropic (private) not-for-profit organisation that invests its own trust funds to bring the open information society closer. Annually, the foundation spends around two million Euro in supporting strategic initiatives that contribute to an open information society, especially where these are aimed at development and dissemination of open standards and (network related) open source technology. Additionally the foundation wants to contribute to the societal debate on these subjects.</p> <p>NLnet foundation supports a large array of activities, from software development, standardisation work and development of educational material up to hacker festivals, digital rights activities and the international development of open source software licences. The NLnet contribution can also be used as so called "matching" for other subsidies from organisations such as the EU and Science foundations.</p> <h2>How does it work</h2> <p>Six times a year NLnet offers smaller and starting projects (budget between 0 and 30.000€ and a manageable life span of a year at most) the opportunity to submit a proposal for support. A project can be anything, including travel grants and one-time events such as hackathons, lectures and conferences. The next deadline for submission is October 1st 2007 12:00 o'clock (Central European Summer time, UTC +2).</p> <p>In a short and clear procedure the foundation decides, based on relevance, quality and urgency which initiatives it supports and which it does not. A focus on societal impact and actual usage are considered as positive traits of a proposal. There is one important condition which is that any software or hardware that a project produces must be available under a valid open source licence (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.).</p> <p>We appreciate it if (where relevant) your application contains a target audience for your project, and tells us how you are going to disseminate results and promote awareness. Within two weeks after the deadline you will hear if your project falls within the criteria, and within four weeks you will know if we want to take the project under our wings. After we have shared our vision on the project with you the project plan is finalised. We have quite an extensive network and many partners, and potentially we can hook you up with other experienced partners. If everything is in place, your project can be up and running within six weeks!!</p> <p>For 2007 the following deadlines for submissions apply: October 1st, and December 1st.</p> <h2>My idea needs more</h2> <p>Projects that require a considerable additional amount of money than is possible through the open call of NLnet are advised to make an appointment with one of our staff to explain your idea and discuss the possibilities. The possibility exists that NLnet may be able to either support such projects or help the project finding support elsewhere. Also cofunding may be a possibility.</p> <p>Use the <a href="/foundation/request/">contact request form</a> or call either <a href="/people/leenaars.html">Michiel Leenaars</a> (Manager Strategie, +31 6 27 050 947) or <a href="/people/mischenko.html">Valer Mischenko</a> (Directeur, +31 20 888 42 51).</p> <p>About NLnet Foundation</p> <p>NLnet foundation is an independent organisation whose means come from donations, legacies, and interest on a substantial own capital formed in 1997 by the sale of the first Dutch Internet Service Provider. Its private capital ensures an absolute independent position. The articles of association for the NLnet foundation state: "to promote the exchange of electronic information and all that is related or beneficial to that purpose". NLnet believes in open standards and open source. At the moment, dozens of projects and organizations are supported financially. Amongst them: research laboratory NLnet Labs, the Free Software Foundation, ThinkQuest, Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems, and the Internet Society.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2007/20070618-persbericht.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Nieuwe opzet financiering door NLnet</div> </title> <link href="/news/2007/20070618-persbericht.html"/> <updated>2007-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <blockquote>Nieuwe opzet financiering voor OSOSS-projecten<br/> --eerste deadline voor aanvragen 1 augustus a.s.</blockquote> <p>[Amsterdam, 18 juni 2007] Stichting NLnet biedt vanaf 1 augustus aanstaande voortaan zes maal per jaar gelegenheid aan kleinere en opstartende projecten (budget tussen 0 en 30.000€ met een looptijd van maximaal een jaar) om een <a href="/foundation/request/">aanvraag in te dienen</a> voor ondersteuning.</p> <p>Stichting NLnet is een ideële not-for-profitorganisatie die haar fondsvermogen inzet om de open informatiesamenleving dichterbij te brengen. Jaarlijks spendeert de stichting om en nabij twee miljoen Euro aan het ondersteunen van strategische initiatieven gericht op het ontwikkelen en bekendmaken van open standaarden voor het uitwisselen van informatie en open source netwerkgerichte technologiën. Zij steunt een breed palet aan activiteiten, van softwareontwikkeling, standaardisatiewerk en onderwijs tot en met hackersfestivals, digitale burgerrechtenactiviteiten en de internationale ontwikkeling van softwarelicenties.</p> <p>De stichting bepaalt in een <a href="/foundation/request/application.html">korte en overzichtelijke procedure</a> op basis van relevantie, kwaliteit en urgentie welke initiatieven zij steunt en welke niet. Als alles goed omschreven is kan een project binnen zes weken aan de slag zijn. Maatschappelijke gerichtheid is een pré, evenals een duidelijk toepassingsdomein. Een belangrijke bepaling is dat eventuele softwareprogrammatuur die voortkomt uit een project beschikbaar moet komen onder een erkende open source licentie (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Ook reisbeurzen en ondersteuning van evenementen zijn mogelijk. Voor grotere projecten is een aparte traject.</p> <p>Voor 2007 gelden de volgende deadlines voor inschrijvingen: 1 augustus, 1 oktober en 1 december.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2006/20060330-pat-cons.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Answer to Community Patent Consultation</div> </title> <link href="/news/2006/20060330-pat-cons.html"/> <updated>2006-03-30T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[This is NLnet's official reaction on the <a href="http://consultation.ffii.org/">Community Patent Consultation</a> by the EU about software patents]<br/> Stichting NLnet is a Dutch foundation which works on the advancement of internet technology following a strict Open Source philosophy. NLnet spends between 1 and 2 million euro per year on internet technology innovation, and has a vested interest in keeping all results of its projects freely available for anyone to use, read, modify or redistribute.</p> <h2>Section 1 - Basic principles and features of the patent system</h2> <blockquote> <cite>1.1 Do you agree that these are the basic features required of the patent system?</cite> </blockquote> <p>The most important feature of the patent system is that it must guarantee continued or increased innovation. We do not want to see its expansion in areas where it is counterproductive. For example we do not want to see an expansion of subject matter without clear evidence that this produces better results. In particular we see only disadvantages in allowing patents on software and software protocols.</p> <blockquote> <cite>1.2 Are there other features that you consider important?</cite> </blockquote> <p>The patent system is only part of the problem. We would like to see an overall innovation strategy, and more assurance that the patent system produces "good" patents, in a way that can be empirically defined.</p> <blockquote> <cite>1.3 How can the Community better take into account the broader public interest?</cite> </blockquote> <p>By separating the legislative, judiciary and executive tasks in the patent system, and by making the patent system accessible to society at large, not just specialists. We want to see more innovation, not simply more patents. Our proven way to boost innovation is by means of open source where it is applicable. Patents are witholding innovation and deployment.</p> <h2>Section 2 - The Community patent as a priority for the EU</h2> <blockquote> <cite>2.1 By comparison with the common political approach, are there any alternative or additional features that you believe an effective Community patent system should offer?</cite> </blockquote> <p>The most important point is to separate the executive, legislative and judicial powers which are all currently performed by the EPO to some extent. We really do not want to see the EPO defining community law, bypassing the Commission and Parliament.</p> <h2>Section 3 - The European Patent System and in particular the European Patent Litigation Agreement</h2> <blockquote> <cite>3.1 What advantages and disadvantages do you think that pan-European litigation arrangements as set out in the draft EPLA would have for those who use and are affected by patents?</cite> </blockquote> <p>If the EPLA were to enforce the high-quality patents defined by EPC article 52, this could have a positive impact. If the EPLA were to enforce the EPO TBA case law (and thus enforce software and business method patents), the results would be catastrophic in our opinion.</p> <blockquote> <cite>3.2 Given the possible coexistence of three patent systems in Europe (the national, the Community and the European patent), what in your view would be the ideal patent litigation scheme in Europe?</cite> </blockquote> <p>We would want to litigate a Community patent before a Community court, based on Community law made by Community legislators. This court should be independent of any Patent Office.</p> <p>We would want to litigate national patents in national courts. This is convenient in terms of geography, language, and culture. Given that European Patents are more or less collections of national patents, at least the possibility to go to a national court should be kept.</p> <p>Above all we must be able to appeal to a court which is not bound by the case law of the executive (the various patent offices), since such judicial independence is a basic requirement of our justice system.</p> <h2>Section 4 - Approximation and mutual recognition of national patents</h2> <blockquote> <cite>4.1 What aspects of patent law do you feel give rise to barriers to free movement or distortion of competition because of differences in law or its application in practice between Member States?</cite> </blockquote> <p>Any organisation operating in a country with software patents (like the UK) is at a disadvantage compared to an organisation in a country where these are not allowed (like Poland).</p> <blockquote> <cite>4.2 To what extent is your business affected by such differences?</cite> </blockquote> <p>Our organisation is affected when we are unable to determine accurately whether the software products developed in our projects are "legal" in other member states, so we are exposed to a significant and unmanageable risk when we pursue our main goal: making all our results freely available to use, read, modify and/or redistribute in any country.<br/> Software patents make this risk very high and there is no insurance available for software patent infringement.</p> <blockquote> <cite>4.3 What are your views on the value-added and feasibility of the different options (1) - (3) outlined above?</cite> </blockquote> <p>The "subject matter" criterion is missing from the list in point 1. Subject matter is a critical criterion, since it is on this basis that the EPO has granted tens of thousands of software and business process patents.</p> <blockquote> <cite>4.4 Are there any alternative proposals that the Commission might consider?</cite> </blockquote> <p>All proposals must come back to these basics: does the system guarantee good patents, transparency, and accountability?</p> <h2>Section 5 - General</h2> <blockquote> <cite>5.1 How important is the patent system in Europe compared to other areas of legislation affecting your business?</cite> </blockquote> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Without software patents: 2.</li> <li>With software and business method patents: 8 (as in, the patent system becomes a serious problem for us).</li> </ul> <blockquote> <cite>5.2 Compared to the other areas of intellectual property such as trade marks, designs, plant variety rights, copyright and related rights, how important is the patent system in Europe?</cite> </blockquote> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Answer: 2. Completely irrelevant to our organisation, we explicitly do not want patents on the products and results developed in our projects, since we want them to be as widely and freely available as possible.</li> </ul> <p>Copyright is free, automatic, proportional, and very effective for all domains it covers. Trademarks are useful for certain cases. The patent system has traditionally only been applicable to innovations in fields of applied natural science. Our organisation has no direct experience with patents in this field, so we cannot comment on their effects there. However, when applied to other areas, the patent system creates significant distortions. These distortions are clear from any examination of the litigation that occurs in industries that produce or use software.</p> <p>The extreme case of software and business process method patents is of most concern. These patents create such distortions that they bring the entire patent system into disrepute. Even US financial analysts are starting to become concerned that the US is actually becoming less competitive by having software patents.</p> <blockquote> <cite>5.3 How important to you is the patent system in Europe compared to the patent system worldwide?</cite> </blockquote> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Answer: 2. We do not seek patents on our software. Copyright and and copyleft are ideal tools for us.</li> </ul> <p>The greatest advantage of the current European patent system, based on EPC law, with respect to (e.g.) the US patent system is that it largely protects innovation from the predation of patent speculators (also called "patent trolls"). This happens through the effect of national courts, which tend to reject software and business method patents, and through language and cost barriers which prevent mass-patenting. Ironically, the higher cost of patents improves the quality of patents, as can be seen from the US, which has very low patent costs, and very low general quality of patent claims.</p> <blockquote> <cite>5.4 If you are responding as an SME, how do you make use of patents now and how do you expect to use them in future? What problems have you encountered using the existing patent system?</cite> </blockquote> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Answer: 1. We do not seek patents on our software. We want our internet technology innovations to be as widely available and usable as possible, and this goal is best served by using well-known Open Source licenses. The extremely fast pace of internet technology development in the past 20 years has only been possible thanks to the free availability of protocol specifications, reference implementations and intensive exchange of ideas through open source software and documentation. Patents are counterproductive in this type of Open Source driven innovations, and are only slowing down true innovations in this area.</li> </ul> <blockquote> <cite>5.5 Are there other issues than those in this paper you feel the Commission should address in relation to the patent system?</cite> </blockquote> <ul class="pointer"> <li>Answer: 8. Yes. For us, the key issues are not documented at all.</li> </ul> <p>We would like to restate these key issues:</p> <ol type="a"> <li> <p>The current lack of and urgent need for separation of powers in the patent system.</p> </li> <li> <p>The current lack of a comprehensive innovation management. The patent system is only one tool available in the legislator's arsenal of innovation policy measures. Far too often, more patents are equated with more innovation. The UK study mentioned in the Commission's impact assessment of the software patents directive (which received replies from 11 UK SMEs) showed that these SMEs in general did not care about patents. The conclusion was not that they did not need patents (this possibility was not even considered), but that they should be better informed about the usefulness of patents.</p> <p>A Community Innovation Office, which bases its recommendations on input from businesses, academics and civil society, and which can formulate all-encompassing innovation strategies, would be much more productive and useful than yet another attempt to force the EU into following the EPO's case law. Patents should only be applied if a market is clearly distorted in a way which can be solved by introducing limited time monopolies. They may also prove to be useful in case innovation in a market is stagnant because knowledge is too closely guarded and barely disseminated, thereby hampering follow-up innovation by competitors. But they are not a magical means which one simply can apply to a field in order to make it even more innovative and competitive.</p> </li> <li> <p>A functioning patent system must produce measurably good patents. This essential criteria is not mentioned anywhere. What defines "good"? How is this measured, over time? What rules are in place to protect that definition? How are those rules protected from the eternal hunt by patent specialists who seek to "hack" them into meaning something else? Which courts judge on these rules? How does the patent system adapt to change without becoming hijacked by vested interests? How does the patent system prevent the business of "patent speculation"? These are the questions that we feel are at the heart of the matter, not the superficial issues of patent cost, translation, etc.</p> </li> </ol> <h2>Section 6 - Submitter details</h2> <ul class="pointer"> <li> <cite>1a) Are you replying as a citizen/ individual or on behalf of an organisation?<cite> Replying on behalf of an organisation </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>1b) The name of your organisation/contact person:</cite> Stichting NLnet </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2a) In which Member State do you reside/ are your activities principally located?</cite> The Netherlands. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2b) Are you involved in cross-border activity?</cite> Yes. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2c) If you are a company: how many employees do you have?</cite> We have 4 direct employees. Indirectly, through projects we are funding, we are employing approximately 25 persons. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2d) What is your area of activity?</cite> Development and promotion of innovative internet-related software under Open Source conditions. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2e) Do you own any patents? If yes, how many? Are they national/ European patents?</cite> We have no patents. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2f) Do you license your patents?</cite> Not applicable. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2g) Are you a patent licensee?</cite> No. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2h) Have you been involved in a patent dispute?</cite> Not yet. </cite> </cite> </li> <li> <cite> <cite> <cite>2i) Do you have any other experience with the patent system in Europe?</cite> No. </cite> </cite> </li> </ul> <cite> <cite> </cite> </cite> <p> <cite> <cite>Wytze van der Raay,<br/> financial director Stichting NLnet</cite> </cite> </p> <cite> <cite> </cite> </cite> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2006/20060306-brein.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Open reactie op open brief NLUUG</div> </title> <link href="/news/2006/20060306-brein.html"/> <updated>2006-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[Overgenomen van de website van <a href="http://www.stichtingbrein.org">Stichting Brein</a>] BREIN ontving een open brief van de NLUUG waarin benadrukt wordt dat men van open source software onder voorwaarden een kopie mag maken.</p> <p>BREIN is het daarmee eens: Het maken van een kopie van auteursrechtelijk beschermde software is verboden tenzij het door de rechthebbende wordt toegestaan. De rechthebbende kan aan die toestemming voorwaarden verbinden. Dat kan onder andere betaling zijn. De rechthebbende kan ook beslissen dat zij bepaald gebruik vrij geeft, zoals bijvoorbeeld bij open source software.</p> <p>BREIN staat ervoor dat er geen kopieën gemaakt of verspreid worden zonder toestemming van de rechthebbenden. Dat doet zij onder andere op haar website en in haar brochure. Dat geldt natuurlijk met name voor de aangeslotenen, rechthebbenden op muziek, film en interactieve software (in het bijzonder entertainment software).</p> <p>Voorlichting over de voorwaarden waaronder rechthebbenden toestemming verlenen is aan de rechthebbenden zelf. Dat geldt ook voor de rechthebbenden op open source software, die overigens niet bij BREIN zijn aangesloten.</p> <p>Geplaatst op 22-02-2006 door Tim.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2006/20060221-brein-en.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Letter to Brein</div> </title> <link href="/news/2006/20060221-brein-en.html"/> <updated>2006-02-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <blockquote> <cite> This is a quick'n'dirty translation of the Dutch original letter to the Dutch copyright watchdog <a href="http://www.stichtingbrein.org">Brein</a>. The original Dutch text is the authentic version of this text.<br/> Version 1.2.4-en, February 16 2006. </cite> </blockquote> <p>Dear sir, madam,</p> <p>We write to you regarding several errors we found in the content of your site <a href="http://www.anti-piracy.nl">www.anti-piracy.nl</a> and in your brochure <a href="http://www.anti-piracy.nl/PDF/Brochure2006.pdf">Piracy in the workplace</a>.</p> <p>At page 11 of your brochure ("What is allowed, and what is not") you write <cite>"It is not allowed to create a copy of a computer game or other software; not even for your own private use"</cite>. A similar broad statement can be read on your web site in the F.A.Q. section <cite>"Am I allowed to make copues of my computer games and other software"</cite>.</p> <p>These statements are incorrect, or at least too broad. A large number of software programs are distributed by their copyright owners under a license that grants users the right to make and distribute an unlimited number of copies of the softwares. An important group of copyright owners that do this are the authors of so-called <a href="http://www.opensource.org">open source software</a>.</p> <p>The signers of this letter are all developers of open source software or organisations (companies, non-profit foundations) who have a (financial) interest in this kind of software. In your brochure and on your web site you suggest that there exists a categorical prohibition against copying of software. With this statement you obstruct the legimitate goals of these copyright owners and their organisations to develop software and distribute it as free software.</p> <p>Signers are against the illegal copying of software. We therefore stress the distrinction between software that may be copied freely, and software that, due to a licensing restrictions, may not be copied. It is of the highest importance that users and customers are correctly informed about this important distinction.</p> <p>We therefore request that you update your brochure and web site to the effect that the relevant paragraphs reflect the existing distinction between free (open source) and non-free software. We can always assist you in finding a correct and public-friendly description of this complicated subject matter.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2006/20060213-oase.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">OASE resultaten</div> </title> <link href="/news/2006/20060213-oase.html"/> <updated>2006-02-13T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Op 8 maart 2006 worden de resultaten van <a href="http://www.oase-syntens.nl">het OASE programma</a> gepresenteerd in Utrecht. OASE doelt voor Open Source stimlering voor het MKB marktsegment via MKB branch verenigingen". NLnet neemt deel aan de OASE adviescommisie.</p> <p>Bijeenkomst over gebruik open source software in Nederland: 8 maart 2006, MediaPlaza (Jaarbeurs) te Utrecht.</p> <h2>Sleutels voor innovatie</h2> <p>Gedurende het programma Open Aanbod Software Expertise (OASE) dat Syntens in opdracht van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken drie jaar heeft uitgevoerd, kregen voorzitters en secretarissen van brancheverenigingen de sleutel aangereikt om de deur naar open source software te openen. Samen met de bij de verenigingen aangesloten leden werd open source software ontdekt en geïmplementeerd. Nu, op 8 maart 2006 bij MediaPlaza in Utrecht, maken Syntens en het Ministerie van Economische Zaken de balans op. Op woensdag 8 maart van 15.00 tot 19.00 uur vindt de `slot'-bijeenkomst plaats. Het programma biedt deelnemers inzicht in de resultaten die zijn behaald. Ook horen zij hoe het staat met open source software in Nederland en hoe de toekomst er uitziet. Er wordt tevens stilgestaan bij de vorming van communities.</p> <h2>DVD</h2> <p>De resultaten van het programma zijn verwerkt in een DVD die aan het einde van deze bijeenkomst aan plaatsvervangend directeur-generaal van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken, de heer De Groene, wordt overhandigd. Ook alle deelnemers ontvangen deze DVD waarop een aantal deelnemende branches, ICT-bedrijven en MKB-ondernemers de ervaringen delen. Sleutel in handen Vakcentrum Levensmiddelen, Nederlandse Boekverkopersbond, Het Centrop, MoGroep, MarktOnderzoekAssociatie, KNGF, Nederlands Rundvee Syndicaat, ABU en Vereniging voor Rundveepedicure namen deel aan OASE en implementeerden open source software. Met open source software heeft de gebruiker de sleutel tot de software in handen. Die software kan vervolgens naar eigen wens en inzicht worden aangepast, gekopieerd en gedistribueerd. Verreweg de meeste software wordt aangeboden als 'closed source software'. De broncode blijft achter slot en grendel.</p> <h2>Programma</h2> <p>Na de presentatie van de resultaten door Syntens-projectleider Carlos Silva dos Santos, vertelt Wim van Slooten, directeur van de MarktOnderzoekAssociatie (MOA), over de betekenis van open source software voor deze branche- en beroepsvereniging. Het nieuwe kenniscentrum van MOA draait op deze software. Ook de Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren (GD) maakt er gebruik van en dankzij deze software kunnen nu snel en eenvoudig runderen worden getraceerd. Dit komt de voedselveiligheid ten goede! Woordvoerder Frans Jansen legt de aanwezigen uit wat o.a. Cow Track betekent voor deze organisatie. Erwin Snijders van het ICT-bedrijf ROES geeft aan hoe er is samengewerkt met een aantal brancheorganisaties en wat zijn rol is geweest. Tot slot van het eerste gedeelte wordt door Dirk-Willem van Gulik en Jo Lahaye stilgestaan bij het belang van communities en de vorming ervan. Na de pauze vindt een onderhoudende discussie met de zaal plaats en prikkelt dagvoorzitter, Roy Tomeij, de aanwezigen met een aantal stellingen.</p> <p>Inschrijving vooraf is verplicht, het aantal plaatsen is beperkt. Inschrijven is nu mogelijk, klik hier om in te schrijven.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2003/20031112-cacert.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Donation to CAcert</div> </title> <link href="/news/2003/20031112-cacert.html"/> <updated>2003-11-12T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>[November 12, 2003] <a href="http://www.CAcert.org">CAcert</a> is a young, non-profit organization. CAcert is based in Sydney Australia since it started in July 2003. CAcert signs and distributes <i>free</i> (public key based) e-mail and service authentication certificates and pgp public keys. As such, these certificates establish a <b>Web of Trust</b> in the Open Source certificate services area.</p> <p>Several years ago, <a href="http://www.thawte.com/">Thawte</a> initiated a similar approach, but their service is only <i>free</i> for the email certificates used by many browsers. The CAcert initiative goes further, providing non-commercial server certificates signing services by building a Web of Trust community.</p> <p>The donation of €1,000 is provided by NLnet in order to stimulate <i>free</i> certificates built upon Open Source software (OpenSSL, Open PKI services, etc.), and as such stimulating <i>Web of Trust</i> based certification communities.</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2002/20020419-linuxmag.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Interview met Bram Moolenaar in Linux Magazine</div> </title> <link href="/news/2002/20020419-linuxmag.html"/> <updated>2002-04-19T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2002/20020228-sesame/index.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Intelligenter Internet met Open Source Sesame</div> </title> <link href="/news/2002/20020228-sesame/index.html"/> <updated>2002-02-28T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Op 1 maart 2002 starten <a href="/">Stichting NLnet</a> en <a href="http://www.aidministrator.nl">Aidministrator</a> uit Amersfoort het Sesame project. In dat project wordt <a href="/project/sesame/">Sesame</a> ontwikkeld dat de basis is voor intelligentere Internet toepassingen, het zogenaamde Semantic Web. Het bijzondere van het project is dat Sesame als Open Source software beschikbaar zal komen. Stichting NLnet ondersteunt Aidministrator bij het uitvoeren van het project.</p> <p>Het internet heeft meer intelligentie nodig. Bijvoorbeeld om preciezer informatie te kunnen vinden. Wanneer je weet dat een 'voetenbank' een bijzonder soort bank is, bedoeld om je voeten op te leggen en tot de categorie meubels behoort, dan weet je dat je niet hoeft te zoeken bij financiële instellingen. Deze contextuele informatie maakt dat computers beter om kunnen gaan met vragen om informatie. RDF (Resource Description Framework) is een belangrijke, door het W3C gestandaardiseerde taal voor de intelligente representatie van informatie en context.</p> <p>Sesame is een belangrijke bouwsteen voor het Semantic Web omdat informatie met behoud van contextuele informatie wordt opgeslagen. In Sesame kan RDF geannoteerde informatie worden opgeslagen en weer worden teruggevonden. Met behulp van Sesame kunnen applicaties als inteleligente agents, zoekmachines of business portals, hun voordeel doen met deze extra contextuele informatie en hun gebruikers beter en accurater van informatie voorzien.</p> <p>Aidministrator en Stichting NLnet starten een groot Open Source project. In dat project wordt Sesame als Open Source software gedistribueerd. Dat betekent dat ontwikkelaars, bezig met Semantic Web toepassingen, de vrije veschikking krijgen over Sesame. Doorontwikkeling van Sesame wordt gerealiseerd door de bijdrage van een grote groep geïnteresseerde bedrijven en instellingen.<br/> Ondertekening van de overeenkomst tussen NLnet en Aidministrator vindt plaats op 12 maart in Amersfoort.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.aidministrator.nl">Aidministrator</a> ontwikkelt technologie en producten voor het Semantic Web. Op basis van deze technologie en producten voert Aidministrator projecten uit bij klanten. <a href="/">Stichting NLnet</a> ondersteunt projecten ter ondersteuning van de Internet gemeenschap. In deze projecten wordt netwerk technologie ontwikkeld die beschikbaar blijft in het publieke domein (Open Source).</p> <p>Voor meer informatie kunt u contact opnemen met Jeen Broekstra, projectleider Sesame (e-mail: <a href="mailto:jeen.broekstra@aidministrator.nl">jeen.broekstra@aidministrator.nl</a>; telefoon: 033-465 9987).</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2001/20010421-nrc.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Nieuwsselectie: Wetenschap &amp; Onderwijs </div> </title> <link href="/news/2001/20010421-nrc.html"/> <updated>2001-04-21T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2000/20000208-staatscourant/index.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Staatscourant 27, 8 februari 2000, Personalia</div> </title> <link href="/news/2000/20000208-staatscourant/index.html"/> <updated>2000-02-08T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/2000/20000203-advalvas/index.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">10 vragen aan internethoogleraar Frances Brazier</div> </title> <link href="/news/2000/20000203-advalvas/index.html"/> <updated>2000-02-03T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/1999/19991231-parool/index.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Internet in nieuw jasje</div> </title> <link href="/news/1999/19991231-parool/index.html"/> <updated>1999-12-31T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> <b> De Vrije Universiteit en Stichting NLnet gaan samenwerken bij de ontwikkeling van 'internet nieuwe stijl'. Dat houdt in dat gebruikers meer privacy kunnen genieten, maar ook dat de betrouwbaarheid van gegevens beter wordt gewaarborgd. De resultaten worden voor iedereen beschikbaar. </b> </p> <p> <img src="index.jpg" width="360" height="398" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0" align="left"/> </p> <p>Het project is volgens directeur Teus Hagen van Stichting NLnet uniek voor Nederland, zelfs voor Europa. NLnet financiert een volledige onderzoeksgroep van vijf mensen bij de VU, die zich in elk geval de komende tien jaar richt op onderzoek van 'intelligente agenten', privacy en beveiliging. Welk bedrag daarmee gemoeid is, wil Hagen niet zeggen. Dat zou maar jaloezie opwekken bij andere, minder bedeelde onderzoekers.</p> <p>De stichting NLnet komt voor uit de eerste, gelijknamige, Nederlandse internetaanbieder die In 1997 werd verkocht aan UUnet. De opbrengst, naar schatting tussen de 25 en 30 miljoen dollar, kwam ten goede aan de stichting zelf. Met de opbrengst van het vermogen financiert de stichting allerlei projecten op het gebied van internet. Een voorwaarde is dat de opbrengst van het onderzoek ten goede komt aan het algemene publiek. NLnet houdt daarmee vast aan zijn oorsprong in de minder van commercie doordesemde begintijd van internet.</p> <p>Onder de andere projecten die NLnet subsidieert, zijn een anti-spamprogramma (tegen ongevraagde e-mail) en de ontwikkeling van software die het mogelijk maakt dat veel mensen tegelijk dezelfde bestanden van internet kunnen downloaden.</p> <p>De onderzoeksgroep krijgt een deeltijdhoogleraar, twee onderzoekers, een programmeur en twee aio's (assistenten-in-opleiding) en blijft tenminste tien jaar actief. Dat is lang, in internettermen, maar het ontwikkelen van nieuwe technologie kost al snel vijf jaar, zegt Hagen.</p> <p>Het onderzoek aan de VU richt zich met name op het gebruik van 'agenten'. Agenten zijn stukjes software die het net afzoeken op zoek naar bepaalde informatie. Een agent kan bijvoorbeeld zoeken naar de goedkoopste cd, of alle websites over Harley Davidson verzamelen. Ze worden onmisbaar op het moment dat het internet steeds verder uitdijt, waardoor mensen het overzicht verliezen.</p> <p>Commerciële bedrijven zien ook wel iets in het ontwikkelen van agenten. ''We willen niet dat een bedrijf het alleenrecht krijgt,'' zegt Hagen. Maar bedrijven kunnen de resultaten van het ontwikkelingswerk van de VU-onderzoekers wel in hun producten inbouwen.</p> <p>Onderzoeksleider Frances Brazier denkt ook aan systemen die het mogelijk maken websites te testen op betrouwbaarheid en hun omgang met privacygevoelige gegevens. Nu test bijvoorbeeld de Consumentenbond webwinkels, maar op den duur wordt het onmogelijk alle sites te testen. Dat moet de computer, of een agent, zelf kunnen doen.</p> <p>Voor veel gebruikers speelt privacy niet zo'n grote rol, vermoedt Brazier. ''Heel veel gaat op basis van goed vertrouwen.'' Het delen van persoonlijke informatie met vertrouwde internetwinkels wordt door veel klanten niet als bedreigend gezien.</p> <p>Maar in de toekomst krijgen mensen bij het elektronisch winkelen misschien behoefte aan een bemiddelaar, denkt Brazier. Deze broker kan ervoor zorgen dat een bestelling bij een webwinkel niet herleidbaar is tot de klant. Anoniem winkelen, net als in een gewone winkel, wordt dan ook op het web mogelijk.</p> <p align="RIGHT" class="RIGHT">ADDIE SCHULTE, 31-12-1999</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/1999/19991210-samen-vu/index.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Nieuwe samenwerking VU en Stichting NLnet een feit</div> </title> <link href="/news/1999/19991210-samen-vu/index.html"/> <updated>1999-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Donderdag 9 december is de samenwerking tussen de Vrije Universiteit en Stichting NLnet officieel een feit. Een nieuwe onderzoeksgroep op het gebied van Internettechnologie gaat 1 januari 2000 van start bij de Divisie Wiskunde en Informatica van de Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschappen.</p> <p>De nieuwe onderzoeksgroep Interactive Intelligent Distributed Systems (<a href="/project/iids/">IIDS</a>) zal zich vooral richten op de uitdagingen die het veelvuldig gebruik van globale netwerken (Internet) met zich meebrengen. Technieken uit de Kunstmatige Intelligentie en Gedistribueerde Computersystemen zullen binnen deze groep geïntegreerd worden gebruikt. Zo zal bijvoorbeeld het gebruik van multi-agenttechnologie een belangrijke rol spelen. Schaalbaarheid is een van de belangrijke aspecten waaraan aandacht zal worden besteed.</p> <p>Hoe kunnen bijvoorbeeld onderhandelingen tussen een groot aantal partijen (agenten) het beste worden uitgevoerd? Maar ook: hoe weet een partij van een andere partij dat hij/zij te vertrouwen is?</p> <p>De huidige schaalgrootte van netwerken zoals Internet maken gecentraliseerde oplossingen onmogelijk. Veilige en zelfstandige operaties, verspreid over het netwerk in de vorm van agenten, vormen een goed alternatief.</p> <p>Een gerelateerd gebied is het gebied van anonieme interactie en privacy. Is het mogelijk om bijvoorbeeld iets via het Internet te bestellen zonder alle persoonlijke gegevens aan elke 'winkel' prijs te geven? Zijn er methoden om te voorkomen dat koppeling van beschikbare informatie steeds makkelijker wordt?</p> <h2>Motivatie</h2> <p>Het oprichten van deze nieuwe groep (onder leiding van een nieuw te benoemen hoogleraar) wordt mogelijk gemaakt door volledige subsidiëring door Stichting NLnet voor een periode van ten minste 10 jaar. Stichting NLnet's voornaamste doel is het geven van een sterke impuls aan onderzoek op het gebied van elektronische netwerken, waarbij openbaarheid van resultaten in de vorm van 'Open Source' en vrije toepassingen een essentiële nevenvoorwaarde is.</p> <h2>Omvangrijk initiatief</h2> <p>Met oprichting van deze groep (parttime hoogleraar, twee onderzoekers, een programmeur en twee aio's) hoopt Stichting NLnet een belangrijke bijdrage te kunnen leveren aan wereldwijde ontwikkelingen op dit gebied. Stichting NLnet heeft de VU gekozen vanwege de daar al aanwezige deskundigheid op het gebied van multi-agenttechnologie, e-commerce en gedistribueerde systemen.</p> <h2>Extra momentum voor samenwerking binnen de VU</h2> <p>De nieuwe groep zal zich qua onderzoeksonderwerp positioneren tussen Kunstmatige Intelligentie (prof dr J. Treur) en Computer Systemen (prof dr A.S. Tanenbaum) op het gebied van globale netwerken (Internettoepassingen).</p> <p>Andy Tanenbaum (hoogleraar Informatica VU) over de nieuwe groep:</p> <blockquote> <i>"Met deze steun van Stichting NLnet kunnen wij onze positie als een van de beste onderzoeksgroepen binnen de Nederlandse informatica nog versterken. Ik verwacht een vruchtbare samenwerking op het gebied van Internet gerelateerde projecten."</i> </blockquote> <p>Jan Treur (hoogleraar Informatica VU) over deze impuls:</p> <blockquote> <i>"Deze nieuwe onderzoeksgroep is een belangrijke versterking van ons onderzoek in intelligente Internettoepassingen."</i> </blockquote> <p>Teus Hagen (algemeen directeur Stichting NLnet) over het initiatief:</p> <blockquote> <i>"Stichting NLnet is opgetogen over deze nieuwe research-stimulans voor Nederland en Internet. Wij zien goede mogelijkheden voor een Internet nieuwe stijl zoals dat momenteel bij de VU wordt ontwikkeld en gaat worden. Anderhalf jaar geleden heeft Stichting NLnet de VU bereid gevonden om te beginnen met de ontwikkeling van een alternatief mechanisme voor de vrije distributie van software over Internet (in de wandelgangen wel eens aangeduid als de tweede generatie Web). NLnet is blij dat nu bij de VU gestart wordt met een nieuw belangrijk nieuw onderzoeksproject voor Internet."</i> </blockquote> <h2>Stichting NLnet</h2> <p>Stichting NLnet (<a href="/">www.NLnet.nl</a>) werd opgericht in 1989 als Internet Service Provider, maar richt zich sinds de verkoop in 1997 van haar ISP activiteiten aan UUNET op het stimuleren van de ontwikkeling en de verspreiding van netwerk (Internet) technologie in het 'public domain'. Bij al haar activeiten legt Stichting NLnet de nadruk op het stimuleren van ontwikkeling, vrije en openbare beschikbaarheid van onderzoeksresultaten, protocol, specificaties en softwareproducten. Verdere bijzonderheden over NLnet staan vermeld in de <a href="bijlage.html">bijlage</a>.</p> <p>08.12.1999 / pb 99.86 / bv</p> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/1999/19991210-samen-vu/bijlage.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Achtergrondinformatie Stichting NLnet</div> </title> <link href="/news/1999/19991210-samen-vu/bijlage.html"/> <updated>1999-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>(Dit is verouderde informatie. Nieuwere informatie over NLnet vindt u elders op <a href="/">deze</a> site)</p> <h2>Korte geschiedenis NLnet</h2> <p>NLnet is (met EUnet) omstreeks 1982 ontstaan uit de behoefte van een aantal wetenschappelijke en researchinstellingen om informatie-uitwisseling te realiseren met behulp van computerapparatuur. Aanvankelijk werd het computernetwerk op vrijwillige basis vormgegeven en gemanaged vanuit het Mathematisch Centrum (later CWI) op het WTCW-terrein in Amsterdam, zodat hier 'als vanzelf' een concentratie van netwerken en expertise ontstond. De op Nederland gerichte activiteiten van NLnet groeiden zodanig uit, dat dit in 1989 (op initiatief van de vereniging NLUUG) heeft geleid tot de oprichting van Stichting NLnet.</p> <p>De (statutaire) doelstelling van Stichting NLnet is <i>'het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling en al hetgeen daarmede verband houdt of daartoe bevorderlijk kan zijn</i>'.</p> <p>Om de activiteiten die zich verder ontwikkelden tot de NLnet Internet Servicevoorziening in Nederland, verantwoord te kunnen laten groeien heeft de stichting in 1994 besloten tot het oprichten van een vennootschapsgroep NLnet (serviceverlening, inbel Internet facilitair beheer, Internet backbone beheer en Internet service ontwikkeling). In korte tijd na 1994 ontwikkelde de Internet markt zich enorm, zodanig dat er snel verschillende Internetserviceverleningbedrijven ontstonden en dat stimulering van Internetserviceverlening voor de stichting minder een doelstelling op zichzelf werd. Om een goede toekomst voor de NLnet vennootschapsgroep te bewerkstelligen werd omgezien naar een goede partner op internationaal niveau. Dit heeft in 1997 geleid tot de verkoop van de NLnet vennootschapsgroep aan UUNET (met als achterliggende eigenaar thans MCI WorldCom).</p> <p>Vanaf dat moment beschikte Stichting NLnet over voldoende middelen om zich opnieuw te kunnen concentreren op haar primaire doelstellingen. In 1998 is de ontwikkeling van dit aangepaste beleid in gang gezet.</p> <h2>Algemeen beleid NLnet</h2> <p>In de door NLnet te ondersteunen activiteiten zijn vijf categorieën te onderscheiden:</p> <ol> <li>stimulering van Internettechnologie door middel van subsidiëring en/of co-sponsoring van softwareontwikkelingsprojecten;</li> <li>stimulering van verspreiding en uitwisseling van kennis over Internettechnologie door middel van co-sponsoring en/of medeorganisatie van conferenties, workshops en wedstrijden;</li> <li>stimulering van Internetontwikkelingen door softwareontwikkeling in eigen beheer;</li> <li>stimulering van geavanceerd wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar netwerktechnologie, in samenwerking met universiteiten;</li> <li>stimulering van Internetkennisontwikkeling en kennisuitwisseling door het (co-)sponsoren van uitwisselingsprogramma's tussen universiteiten, hogescholen en onderzoeksinstituten.</li> </ol> <p>In alle vijf categorieën ligt het accent op <i>stimulering</i>; in stand houden van bestaande activiteiten is expliciet geen doelstelling van de stichting. Bij elk te ondersteunen of te ondernemen project worden de volgende basisvoorwaarden gehanteerd:</p> <ul> <li>het project leidt tot de ontwikkeling, verbetering of betere toepassing van netwerk (Internet) technologie ('Internet'-gerichtheid);</li> <li>alle resultaten van het project worden vrij ter beschikking gesteld van de gemeenschap ('Open Source'-gerichtheid);</li> <li>de resultaten van het project worden, indien mogelijk, gepresenteerd op een geschikte internationale conferentie ('publiek forum').</li> </ul> <p>Projecten met deze kenmerken worden nader beoordeeld door het stichtingsbestuur, al dan niet met raadpleging van externe adviseurs. Het eindoordeel ten aanzien van het toekennen van een bijdrage aan een project is altijd aan het stichtingsbestuur, m.a.w. het voldoen aan bovengenoemde algemene kenmerken betekent geenszins een garantie voor een positief eindoordeel.</p> <h2>Overzicht van sinds 1998 ondernomen en/of ondersteunde projecten</h2> <ul> <li>Ondersteuning van het Internet Software Consortium (ISC) bij de ontwikkeling van een nieuwe generatie domain name serversoftware (BIND V9);</li> <li>Ondersteuning van de oprichting van de anti-SPAM Internet dienst MAPS;</li> <li>Ontwikkeling van een schaalbaar file-distributiesysteem voor het Internet (SIR project bij de VU in Amsterdam);</li> <li>Ontwikkeling van een robuust en efficiënte netwerkinfrastructuur voor gebruik op basisscholen Primary SchoolLAN);</li> <li>Bestuurlijke en financiële ondersteuning van Stichting Thinkquest Nederland die vanaf 2000 verschillende ThinkQuest-wedstrijden organiseert;</li> <li>Het beschikbaar stellen van de hoofdprijs voor de TwinSite 2000 wedstrijd voor middelbare scholieren;</li> <li>Ontwikkeling van een vrij beschikbare referentie implementatie van de PXE netwerk boot standaard (NILO-project);</li> <li>Medeorganisator en sponsor van de internationale conferenties SANE'98 en SANE 2000;</li> <li>Opzet van een internationaal uitwisselingsprogramma tussen universiteiten en researchcentra (IRDP) in samenwerking met USENIX).</li> </ul> </div> </content> </entry> <entry> <id>https://nlnet.nl/news/1999/19991210-computable/index.html</id> <author> <name>NLnet</name> </author> <title type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">NLnet Labs start onderzoek open source Internetsoftware</div> </title> <link href="/news/1999/19991210-computable/index.html"/> <updated>1999-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <i>Financiering komt uit rente van overname-kapitaal</i> <br/>  <br/> <blockquote>Overgenomen uit de Computable 10 december 1999, nr 49, pag 5, René Raaijmakers.<br/> Computable Online, © VNU Business Publications 1999.</blockquote> <p> <b>De stichting NLnet start binnen NLnet Labs met het ontwikkelen van Internetsoftware voor het publieke domein. Begin volgend jaar vangen de activiteiten aan. Deze worden gefinancierd met de rente van het bij de verkoop van NLnet aan Uunet verworven kapitaal.</b> </p> <p>Op korte termijn ligt de prioriteit bij het oplossen van enkele bottlenecks in netwerktechnologie voor Internet, zoals het veilig koppelen van domeinnamen met IP-adressen. 'Dit moet niet in handen vallen van commerciële uitbaters', zegt Ted Lindgreen van NLnet. Lindgreen is mede-oprichter van het in 1988 gestarte NLnet en zal NLnet Labs gaan leiden. Voor het totale initiatief is vijftien jaar uitgetrokken. 'Bij een kortere tijd moet er meer worden gescoord. Met een richtwaarde van vijftien jaar kunnen we echt nieuwe ontwikkelingen gestalte geven.'</p> <h2>Onafhankelijk</h2> <p>NLnet Holding kwam in 1997 in handen van Uunet, een dochter van MCI Worldcom. Met de aandelenruil die daarbij plaatsvond kreeg de Stichting NLnet de beschikking over een fors kapitaal. Vorig jaar werd besloten de stichting om te vormen tot een instelling tot nut van het algemeen. Doel was het bevorderen van elektronische informatie-uitwisseling via Internet, 'volledig onafhankelijk van overheid en bedrijfsleven', aldus de nieuwsbrief van NLnet in februari 1998. Lindgreen wil 'met een aantal briljante onderzoekers' open source software voor Internet gaan ontwikkelen. Met de rente van het bij de Uunet-overname verworven kapitaal kan NLnet deze ontwikkelingen financieren.</p> <p>Volgens Lindgreen is vooral haast bij het ontwikkelen van de nieuwe versie van Bind (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon). Bind ligt ten grondslag aan alle huidige Internet DNS (Domain Name Service) systemen en zorgt ervoor dat domeinnamen en IP-nummers aan elkaar worden gekoppeld. De nu toegepaste Bind-versies en derivaten kennen nog geen beveiliging en het einde van de schalingsmogelijkheden komt in zicht. 'Ons doel is om versie 9 veilig te maken en op te schalen', zegt Lindgreen. 'In Nederland zitten we nu op 150.000 domeinnamen en dat zal eind 2000 oplopen tot een miljoen. Die groei zie je wereldwijd. Bind versie 9 is het antwoord op beide problemen, maar moet nog wel afgemaakt en breed toegepast gaan worden.'</p> <p>Eerder staken enkele computerbedrijven ook al geld in Bind V9, maar dat project liep aanzienlijke vertragingen op. NLnet sponsort sinds vorig jaar al het Internet Software Consortium (ISC) met een project voor de ontwikkeling van ISC Bind V9. De angst bestond dat bedrijven licenties wilden afdwingen, wat een brede beschikbaarheid in de weg stond. 'Dit zijn de basiselementen van Internet', zegt Lindgreen. 'Daar moet een onafhankelijke organisatie werk van maken.' Hij noemt het 'gevaarlijk' als de basissoftware van het Internet in het domein van gesloten software-bedrijven wordt ingelijfd. 'Dan is het einde van ontwikkeling van Internet in zicht. Gelukkig kunnen we dit nu met eigen middelen gaan doen.'</p> </div> </content> </entry> </feed>