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Hello FOSS Enthusiast!
Welcome to our monthly newsletter from FOSS United!
Welcome to our monthly newsletter from FOSS United! Your journey into the vibrant world of Free and Open Source Software begins here!
We're excited to bring you the freshest updates, news, exciting projects, policy tweaks, and the buzz around our ongoing initiatives.
Highlights from FOSS United:
Wondering what's happening in FOSS United? Here are a few updates from our side:
What’s up with IndiaFOSS 2025?
Your favourite event of the year (and no, not Himesh Reshamiya’s Capmania tour) is only 3 months away. IndiaFOSS 2025 comes to Bengaluru from 19-21 Sept. A million updates, but top three for you:
- First, have you gotten your tickets already?
- Second, in case you’ve missed the half a dozen or so emails about this, the Call for Proposals for talks and panels is live. You know the drill. DEADLINE
- Third, and the most imp, Diversity Sponsorships! Help us make space for underrepresented and marginalised voices at IndiaFOSS. Last year, this initiative enabled dozens of students, first-time speakers,
and contributors to attend IndiaFOSS. This year, we want to do more. We’re inviting individuals and organisations to support this effort. Your contribution can directly help someone be part of this space, find community, and share their work or feel free to forward this to someone who can help.
Donate
#MeetTheMaintainers, now on forklore.in
This Maintainer May, we set out to highlight one super-duper maintainer from the Indian open source community every day. Well, May is gone, but the stories aren’t. Introducing Forklore,
where we bring you confessions, quirks, and the occasional rant from India's open source keepers. Find the 31 stories from May, and submit more
here.
FLOSS/fund first tranche: $325k to 9 projects
FLOSS/fund has announced its first tranche, awarding $325,000 to 9 critical FOSS projects, including OpenSSL, NTP, Krita, and ImageMagick.
This round marks a shift toward more transparent and structured FOSS funding, with applications submitted via publicly indexable funding.json files. Read more.
FOSSHack 2025: Round 2 Results Are Out!
After much discussion, reviews, and reruns of demo videos, we’re finally here. The second round of FOSSHack results has been announced.
Head over to the forum to check out the updated list of winning teams: FOSS Hack 2025 - Round 2 results.
We Started Talking About FOSS in Tamil and Things Got Interesting
How talking about FOSS in Tamil opened up new conversations, reached unexpected audiences, and helped grow a stronger community across the state. Read more here.
Upcoming Events:
To view other upcoming and past FOSS events, please visit the FOSS Events Timeline. Our community thrives on respect, inclusivity, and collaboration, and the
Code of Conduct is here to guide us.
We hope you found this month's updates insightful and exciting. Your active participation and feedback are what make
our community thrive. If you have any questions, or suggestions, or need further information, feel free to reach out
to us at foundation@fossunited.org
We invite you to join our Telegram group. It's a fantastic
way to stay connected with the FOSS United community and be the first to know about our latest initiatives.
Thank you for being an integral part of our journey. Let's keep fostering innovation and collaboration in the FOSS
world.
"May the FOSS be with you"
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