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Whether your MOSS application is successful or not, you may be interested in (additional) ways of raising money to support your project. We know of the following organizations which may be able to provide financial support or help you raise it, or provide infrastructure for doing so | Whether your MOSS application is successful or not, you may be interested in (additional) ways of raising money to support your project. We know of the following organizations which may be able to provide financial support or help you raise it, or provide infrastructure for doing so. (The text about each organization was supplied by that organization.) | ||
==Core Infrastructure Initiative== | ==Core Infrastructure Initiative== | ||
The [https://www.coreinfrastructure.org/ Core Infrastructure Initiative] (CII) is a program within the Linux Foundation to substantially improve security outcomes for the FOSS projects on which the internet, and the businesses built on it, depend. The CII supports a variety of projects ranging from security specific tools and libraries such as OpenSSH and OpenSSL to core components such as ntpd. The CII also supports projects to identify key, at risk projects, to locate and responsibly report vulnerabilities, create tooling to make development more secure by default and to improve security process in FOSS projects. | The [https://www.coreinfrastructure.org/ Core Infrastructure Initiative] (CII) is a program within the Linux Foundation to substantially improve security outcomes for the FOSS projects on which the internet, and the businesses built on it, depend. The CII supports a variety of projects ranging from security specific tools and libraries such as OpenSSH and OpenSSL to core components such as ntpd. The CII also supports projects to identify key, at risk projects, to locate and responsibly report vulnerabilities, create tooling to make development more secure by default and to improve security process in FOSS projects. | ||
==Liberapay== | |||
[https://liberapay.com/ Liberapay] is an [https://github.com/liberapay open source] recurrent donations platform whose primary purpose is to help fund FOSS. Its currency is the euro and its legal structure is a non-profit organization based in France. The service was launched in early 2016, it has quite a few features and is translated into several languages. Everyone is welcome on Liberapay: individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and even [https://liberapay.com/about/teams collectives that don't have a legal entity]. | |||
==Gratipay== | ==Gratipay== | ||
Gratipay helps companies sustain the open-source ecosystem they depend on, through weekly recurring funding. As of late 2016 there are over 200 projects on Gratipay, which have collectively received more than $1M over the past four years. Gratipay itself is an [http://inside.gratipay.com/big-picture/welcome open organization], and is [https://gratipay.com/Gratipay/ funded] on Gratipay. [https://gratipay.com/new Apply here]. | [https://gratipay.com/ Gratipay] helps companies sustain the open-source ecosystem they depend on, through weekly recurring funding. As of late 2016 there are over 200 projects on Gratipay, which have collectively received more than $1M over the past four years. Gratipay itself is an [http://inside.gratipay.com/big-picture/welcome open organization], and is [https://gratipay.com/Gratipay/ funded] on Gratipay. [https://gratipay.com/new Apply here]. | ||
==OpenCollective== | ==OpenCollective== | ||