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Have you submitted a talk to the Open Source Design devroom at @fosdem yet? 
CfP closing in 10 days!
https://opensourcedesign.net/2023/11/14/fosdem-cfp-2024
@opensourcedesign @simulo @fosdem Not while Google is its cornerstone, no.
@aral @opensourcedesign @simulo @fosdem honest question: I don't like big techs either. In the absence of any other source of funding, how do you suggest open source/free projects and events sustain themselves?
@melissawm @aral @opensourcedesign @simulo @fosdem as this is a generic FOSS problem, would it make sense for FOSDEM to have a panel on the subject, say in the community devroom?
You highlight the key problem: "in the absence of any other source of funding". It looks like we need to find other sources of funding and grow them enough that they can provide an alternative. Neither is easy, it will take time and the earlier we start talking about it, the earlier we can get there.
@brunogirin @aral @opensourcedesign @simulo @fosdem 
it's about getting people compensated somehow and managing the costs of a good project/event, and not having an option leaves us in a corner
For public infrastructure there is sometimes government funding but that tends to exacerbate rich countries over the global South. The big equalizer right now, I'm sad to say, is money from big techs
@brunogirin @aral @opensourcedesign @simulo @fosdem e. g. Fosdem is always in Europe and I've never been able to participate
@brunogirin @melissawm @opensourcedesign @simulo @fosdem FOSDEM is what it is. You’re not going to be able to replace the kind of funding Google provides unless you get another Google. It’s like Mozilla is what it is. You’re not going to be able to replace half a billion/yr from Google with another source that isn’t equally bad. What we should be doing is (a) seeing these for what they are (b) funding alternatives differently