The BlueHats Awards: Funding Open Source Critical Libraries

Discover the BlueHats Awards, a collaborative initiative between DINUM and NLnet aimed at supporting open-source maintainers. Learn about the prize's structure, which identifies and provides financial support to four FLOSS maintainers with €10,000 each to encourage their continued work. Explore the motivations behind this funding program, its potential impact on the open-source community, and gain insights from the experiences of NLnet and the winning maintainers. Engage in a discussion about the lessons learned from launching this initiative and its implications for the future of open-source development and sustainability.