I've just released PIE 0.9.0 :)

Now with self-update, some bugfixes, and finally a `pie install` command when you're in a PHP project to offer installs for missing extensions (globally)

https://github.com/php/pie/releases/tag/0.9.0

Wir stellen heute die Investition des #SovereignTechFund in Samba näher vor. Es geht um eine wichtige Implementierung der SMB- und IAM-Protokolle, die damit sicherer, skalierbarer und funktionaler wird. Die in Auftrag gegebenen Arbeiten stärken #Samba als zuverlässige, moderne Lösung für die gemeinsame Nutzung von Dateien und das Identitätsmanagement unter Windows, Linux und Unix.

Mehr erfahren → https://www.sovereign.tech/de/tech/samba

We’re excited to share more details about the #SovereignTechFund’s investment in Samba. It enhances the security, scalability, and functionality of an essential implementation of SMB and IAM protocols. The commissioned work will keep #Samba a reliable, modern solution for file sharing and identity management across Windows, Linux, and Unix.
Learn more → https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/samba

New blog post: "STF Milestone 9: Jupiter extension improvements"

Resolving a long-standing issue in JUnit Jupiter's extension API

https://marcphilipp.de/blog/2025/01/27/stf-milestone-9-jupiter-extension-improvements/

Germany-based #SovereignTechFund contributes 384.000 EUR to #OpenStreetMap over two years. And the best part: it's not for fancy features big sponsors think they need, but for technical debt removal, documentation, testing infrastructure, vandalism prevention, and two additional paid roles.

@sovtechfund once again made a great choice and continues to follow their strategy of sustainable support of critical #OpenSource projects, which @openstreetmap definitely is.

Src: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/12/20/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-in-openstreetmap/

Sovereign Tech Agency funding for ALPM project

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/MZLH43574GGP7QQ7RKAAIRFT5LJPCEB4/

**Attention Open Source Maintainers: Only 48 Hours Left!**

This is your **last chance** to apply for the @sovtechfund **Fellowship**. If you're maintaining essential open-source projects and need support, now’s the time to act.

Get funding and support to help sustain your work!

**Applications close Sunday—no extensions.** Don't miss out!

Apply here: https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs/fellowship#how-to-apply

Gute Nachrichten aus dem Haushaltsausschuss: Der #SovereignTechFund bekommt 2025 mehr Geld für digitale Souveränität und das Open-Source-Ökosystem. Danke @fbanaszak für diesen großen Verhandlungserfolg #Haushalt2025. #OpenSource-Software ist die zentrale Säule unserer digitalen Souveränität. https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/sovereign-tech-fund-haushaltsausschuss-will-open-source-software-staerken/100077839.html

also from #TheCrux
"The German Sovereign Tech Fund has thrown some cash at FreeBSD and Samba. The Germans are embarrassing the rest of us with their concrete commitments to open source, foundational technologies. I guess sovereign tech funds are too innovative."

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/about

#STF - The #SovereignTechFund works with external experts in different capacities to appraise technologies and provide additional technical expertise and varying perspectives on the #FOSS ecosystem.

Shoutout to the @sovtechfund for supporting us as we kick off the Rust rewrite of our RTP stack

Samba Project Receives EUR 688,800 From Sovereign Tech Fund #Samba #STF #SovereignTechFund #SerNet #SMB
https://ostechnix.com/samba-receives-eur-688800-from-sovereign-tech-fund/

Ein Vortrag des #SovereignTechFund auf den #Datenspuren. Es gibt seit neustem ein #Fellowship-Programm für Maintainer. Wie cool ist das denn!
#freiesoftware #foss #nachhaltigkeit

Interesting episode of Focus On Linux on the #SovereignTechFund (@sovtechfund) with Daniel Stenberg (@bagder), who talks about how #Curl has been funded by the STF. #OpenSource #foss

https://focusonlinux.podigee.io/113-sovereign-tech-fund

#Germany's #SovereignTechFund Announces a Significant Investment of €686,400 Into #FreeBSD
STF is providing FreeBSD with the funding through 2025 to work on zero-trust builds, CI/CD automation, lowering the technical debt of the project, enhancing security controls, and making other improvements.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Sovereign-Tech-Fund-FreeBSD

#Germany's #SovereignTechFund invests €686,400 into #FreeBSD infrastructure improvements:

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/

"With this new fellowship program, we’re directly investing in the people behind the code by paying maintainers of critical open source components for their work (...) We received answers from 536 people (...) We're planning to start accepting fellowship applications by the end of Q3 2024, with selected maintainers beginning their fellowships in Q4."

#opensource #funding #sovereigntechfund #stf #fellowship
https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/news/introducing-the-fellowship-for-maintainers

Germany: sets up #SovereignTechFund at https://www.sovereigntechfund.de for "Strengthening Digital Infrastructure and Open Source Ecosystems in the Public Interest"

Also #Germany: Chancellor Scholz promotes #Microsoft based Delos Cloud for public authorities after visiting SAP. https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/datenschutz-scholz-wirbt-fuer-sap-software-und-stoesst-auf-widerstand/100051574.html