Max Mehl<p>Germany-based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SovereignTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignTechFund</span></a> contributes 384.000 EUR to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> 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.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sovtechfund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sovtechfund</span></a></span> once again made a great choice and continues to follow their strategy of sustainable support of critical <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> projects, which <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@openstreetmap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openstreetmap</span></a></span> definitely is.</p><p>Src: <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/12/20/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-in-openstreetmap/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/12</span><span class="invisible">/20/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-in-openstreetmap/</span></a></p>