[fpc-pascal] Funding for FOSS projects, needs funding.json file in Gitlab

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024, Christo Crause via fpc-pascal wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 7:42 PM Alexey T. via fpc-pascal <
> fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
>> 15 Oct news at Hacker News:
>> https://floss.fund/blog/announcing-floss-fund/
>> They pay 1M $ per year, all FPC needs to apply is the funding.json in
>> the repo. And then submit via online form.
>> Format of the JSON schema is described there.
>> https://floss.fund/funding-manifest/
>>
>
> Nice find! The core teams seem mostly happy with the status quo - my
> uninformed view is that they are not interested in project management.
> Perhaps the Lazarus/FPC Foundation is better geared to manage funding and
> coordinate targeted development of features?

That is the purpose of the foundation.

I was planning to look at the funding manifest this weekend...

Michael.