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GNOME Has Run Out of Money (IBM Divestment)
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GNOME ☛ GNOME Foundation News: Introducing the GNOME Fellowship program [Ed: GNOME is broke]
Sustaining GNOME by directly funding contributors
The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce the GNOME Fellowship program, a new initiative to fund community members working on the long-term sustainability of the GNOME project. We’re now accepting applications for our inaugural fellowship cycle, beginning around May 2026.
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Thibault Martin: TIL that GNOME has launched a fellowship program
When open source nonprofits ask for donations, one common answer is "I only want to fund code, I don't want to fund anything else." GNOME has created a Fellowship Program to fund direct work on GNOME, a program entirely funded by donations. This is a testament to the Foundation's maturity, as it becomes a direct contributor to the project it stewards.
Let's take a step back to address the code-only argument. It is a misguided reaction, but I can see where its proponents are coming from. In the world of proprietary software, you pay to get your software. You don't realize that this bundles the marketing, accounting, legal, and even HR costs.
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GNOME Fellowship program announced to support "critical and under-resourced areas" | GamingOnLinux
The people behind GNOME recently announced the GNOME Fellowship program, to provide financial backing to those working on specific areas.