🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The #SovereignTechFellowship invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the #opensource ecosystem.

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🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The #SovereignTechFellowship invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the #opensource ecosystem.

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Wir eröffnen eine neue Bewerbungsphase für das Sovereign Tech Fellowship! 🎉 

Was ist neu? Erstmals können sich neben Open-Source-Maintainer*innen auch Community-Manager*innen & Technical Writer*innen bis zum 6. April 2026 als Fellows bei uns bewerben.

Mit dem #SovereignTechFellowship investieren wir in die Menschen hinter dem Code: Wir unterstützen zentrale Expert*innen, deren Arbeit die Stabilität und Funktionsfähigkeit kritischer Komponenten im #OpenSource-Ökosystem sichert.

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Our Winter newsletter is out! It's full of updates on Cascade, news on our community forum, migrating to Codeberg, presentations we've given and more!

#FOSS #FOSDEM #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #DNS #DNSSEC #rustlang

https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/the-winter-2026-newsletter/

Our Winter newsletter is out! It's full of updates on Cascade, news on our community forum, migrating to Codeberg, presentations we've given and more!

#FOSS #FOSDEM #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #DNS #DNSSEC #rustlang

https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/the-winter-2026-newsletter/

@_elena it's very hard to get people's on fediverse or #opensource platform. I barely managed to get 3 friends over signal from WhatsApp. 😂. Nobody wants to leave WhatsApp or insta 😅.whenever I tell them about signal or Mastodon they laughed and asked me... What? Signal? Mastodon?

📝 Read more in our full submission:

https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/device-neutrality/2026-03-FSFE-CMA-DMCCA-interop.pdf

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #DMCCA #UK #CMA #DigitalMarkets #DMA #DeviceNeutrality

❗ The voluntary commitments proposed by #Apple won’t fix this.

The #UK Competition and Markets Authority must mandate interoperability by default, ensuring all developers, including #FreeSoftware #OpenSource ones, get equal access to Apple’s OS (#iOS) and hardware features.

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #opensource

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #opensource

In our latest blog post, we explain our motivation for engaging in standards, reflect on conversations with maintainers, and outline the reasoning behind our current survey. The survey is still open and we encourage you to contribute your perspective.

➡️ Read our blog post: https://www.sovereign.tech/news/open-standards

➡️ Participate in the survey (runs until March, 9th): https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/999999

#OpenStandards #OpenSource #TechStandards #Interoperability #FOSS

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> A reliable laptop, stable electricity, and consistent internet access are significant expenses in Lagos. “The money you’re going to spend on a laptop is a lot,” she says. When contribution workflows assume constant connectivity and modern hardware, the cost of entry rises quietly.

https://thecondia.com/tilda-udufo-open-source-developer-advocate/

Another good reason to explore #localFirst development workflows, like #Radicle . :moomin_hmm:
And a damn good argument against relying on #SaaS platforms.

edit: Also worth highlighting are the social hurdles she mentions. Explain the social rules and expectations, ask new contributors if they need help. Working on a PR in public and everyone seeing your failed attempts can be stressful.

cc: #openSource #outreachy

> A reliable laptop, stable electricity, and consistent internet access are significant expenses in Lagos. “The money you’re going to spend on a laptop is a lot,” she says. When contribution workflows assume constant connectivity and modern hardware, the cost of entry rises quietly.

https://thecondia.com/tilda-udufo-open-source-developer-advocate/

Another good reason to explore #localFirst development workflows, like #Radicle . :moomin_hmm:
And a damn good argument against relying on #SaaS platforms.

edit: Also worth highlighting are the social hurdles she mentions. Explain the social rules and expectations, ask new contributors if they need help. Working on a PR in public and everyone seeing your failed attempts can be stressful.

cc: #openSource #outreachy

The People’s Consultation on #AI will be accepting submissions until March 15, 2026. #canada #cdnpoli #agenticai #openai #anthropic #usa #uspol #opensource #news

Participate in the consultation here: English: https://www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/ French: https://www.consultationpopulairesurlia.ca/

https://www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/

« Bye-bye les #GAFAM »
Pourquoi et comment l’État français développe-t-il ses propres outils numériques en #OpenSource ?

#LaSuiteNumérique

Dans cette vidéo :
– La genèse du projet : L'État devient créateur.
– L'alternative : proposer des outils (Visio, Docs) aussi fluides que le privé tout en restant 100 % libres.
– Le défi du recrutement : comment attirer les meilleurs talents tech dans le secteur public ?
– Sécurité des données.

https://videos.domainepublic.net/w/xw5pGWaenb6NHZePYyaLYv

« Bye-bye les #GAFAM »
Pourquoi et comment l’État français développe-t-il ses propres outils numériques en #OpenSource ?

#LaSuiteNumérique

Dans cette vidéo :
– La genèse du projet : L'État devient créateur.
– L'alternative : proposer des outils (Visio, Docs) aussi fluides que le privé tout en restant 100 % libres.
– Le défi du recrutement : comment attirer les meilleurs talents tech dans le secteur public ?
– Sécurité des données.

https://videos.domainepublic.net/w/xw5pGWaenb6NHZePYyaLYv

The People’s Consultation on #AI will be accepting submissions until March 15, 2026. #canada #cdnpoli #agenticai #openai #anthropic #usa #uspol #opensource #news

Participate in the consultation here: English: https://www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/ French: https://www.consultationpopulairesurlia.ca/

https://www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/

#LibreOffice 26.2.1 is here – the first minor update to our newest stable branch: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/26/tdf-releases-libreoffice-2621/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

New in #LibreOffice 26.2: Writer now displays a more visible grid, and the Snap to Grid functionality now accurately aligns objects with the grid. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#Writer #foss #opensource #freesoftware

https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-5304
Pour l'instant il n'y a que 15 signatures (maintenant 159) ça peut être intéressant de faire tourner pour signer non?
#opensource #android #assembleenationale #libre #informatique