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415 points joice | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 09:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.349s | source
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youssefabdelm ◴[16 Oct 24 12:22 UTC] No.41858250[source]▶
* Fine print: For successful projects only, and up to $100K per year per project

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From their FAQ:

> Currently, our focus is on supporting existing, widely used, and impactful projects to specifically contribute to their sustainability. Very new projects or projects with minimal usage are not considered for the time being.

> A project can apply for funding of up to $100,000 in one year. To keep the logistics and operational overhead of the fund reasonable, we accept requests in denominations of a minimum of $10,000 and multiples of $25,000 thereafter.

https://floss.fund/faq/

A better title: Floss/fund: Up to $100K/year for popular open source projects

Still admirable though...

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doctorpangloss ◴[16 Oct 24 14:03 UTC] No.41859149[source]▶
Charitable giving ought to have less conditions than an investment. Of course, the opposite is true.
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BoiledCabbage ◴[16 Oct 24 14:17 UTC] No.41859278[source]▶
> Charitable giving ought to have less conditions than an investment.

You should give a "why" with your statement.

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1. j33zusjuice ◴[16 Oct 24 14:28 UTC] No.41859425[source]▶
Agreed. Isn’t it better to donate to something that’s actually used than something that might have an audience of 1? It’d be nice to see donations to newer projects gaining momentum, but they get to choose how to hand out the cash. I just hope it’s not projects that are already exceptionally well funded (it’d be kinda ridicous if they gave $100k for Linux, for example).