Anthropic just dropped $1.5 million on the Apache Software Foundation. Is it paying back the open source world — or buying goodwill?
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We closed out March at $1,000 for our writers and are $154 into April’s $1,000 target — your support keeps FOSS Force independent and our coverage coming.
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Our Independence Drive is at 17% of its total goal. A final $34 this month will fully fund our mini-goal for March’s coverage of Linux and open source.
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Our 2026 Independence Drive is moving, but more slowly than we’d hoped — here’s where things stand and how you can help us pick up the pace.
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The Open Source Endowment promises a permanent funding fix for vital open source infrastructure, yet its slow‑drip investment approach raises questions about how much help will reach projects that need cash now.
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Our Independence 2026 Drive has slowed a bit, but readers like Charlie are still going out of their way to keep distro reviews, app coverage, and independent FOSS reporting alive here at FOSS Force.
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Independent FOSS journalism doesn’t fund itself. In this video, FOSS Force Linux apps columnist Jack Wallen makes his pitch for why our 2026 Independence fundraiser deserves your support.
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Christine Hall takes the scenic route while explaining the whys and wherefores behind our 2026 Independence Drive.
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One of the kindest and gentlest appeals for a donation we’ve ever seen. It’s almost shy, actually.
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Think the NLnet Commons Fund grant ended the Bottles money saga? Not even close—find out why donation drops could still pop the cork.
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Bottles, the go-to app for running Windows software on Linux, just landed surprise funding — right as things looked dire.
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Maybe it’s just an oversight, but the European Commission’s draft of projects for next year fails to mention the NGI Zero Commons Fund, an important source of funding for FOSS projects.
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