>> New interview in our APC series "Building a #FreeInternetOfTheFuture"
We spoke with Nathalie from @karrot about "what free software can mean to self-organising and local communities."
- Read the full interview:
>> May this conversation spark further discussion with FediPeople and the #Fediverse.
There is also https://github.com/n0-computer/iroh-willow which is under construction and based on the #Willow protocol. This is also a foundational #p2p technology, which received funding by @nlnet under the EU Horizons #NGI0 programs, to evolve their specifications.
Willow contains among others a specification for support of object capabilities, called Meadowcap, which is very interesting.
https://willowprotocol.org/specs/meadowcap/index.html#meadowcap
We are happy to announce that 56 teams and individuals will receive funding to support their work on improving the core technologies of the internet.
We'd like to congratulate them and thank them for making the internet better for us all.
Come and take a look at the projects to see the marvellous work being done to upgrade the open internet architecture.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI
- To reclaim the public nature of the internet:
---> Apply for @NGIZero funding before 1 April
Would you like to represent NGI Zero in your region? NGI0 partner Brno University of Technology is looking for regional representatives in specific regions. It's a part-time, paid role where you'll be encouraging people to apply for funding, build a community and promote free and open source.
Note that only certain regions are eligible and you need to be based in the region of your choice. (See the list of regions at the bottom of the page).
https://nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/regionalrepresentative.html
NGI Zero partner CCBV is looking for a freelance technical writer with cryptographic expertise. You'll be helping out free and open source projects in the cryptographic space with their technical writing needs. This kind of practical support is part of the NGI0 funding programs.
It's a part-time, freelance role with the amount of work depending on the number of requests for support. Check CCBV for more info and contact details for questions.
https://www.commonscaretakers.com/services/work-with-us.html
The Flow Battery Research Collective (FBRC) are building an open source battery. Technology writer Koen Vervloesem did a nice write-up about their #FOSDEM talk in the Energy devroom. FBRC works on redox flow batteries which are better suited for long-term, stationary storage and less hazardous than Li-ion batteries. FBRC plan to democratize flow battery technology by developing an open source flow battery, starting with a development kit.
In our series Building a Free Internet of the Future, this month we talk to @rysiek
> A conversation on making tech approachable while highlighting its human rights connections.
---> LibResilient on human rights in the digital context and “the right side of history.”
https://www.apc.org/en/news/libresilient-human-rights-digital-context-and-right-side-history
"This project was a journey to own our software again", says Julien Malka / @luj in the NGI0 podcast. He and Camille Mondon / @kms have implemented Clevis in NixOS to make it possible to remotely reboot servers with full disk encryption. The project was extended to port the Proxmox Hypervisor on NixOS. In this episode they explain their project and talk about self-hosting as a way to empower people to own a little part of the internet.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/the-internet-should-be-a-public-good-nixos-clevis
Let's continue building a #FreeInternetOfTheFuture
> In our 7th issue, we talk to @interhop, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and developing free and open-source software for health research.
- Read the full interview: https://www.apc.org/en/news/interhop-digital-freedoms-and-open-source-software-healthcare
cc @EC_NGI
#GDPR #eHealth #FLOSS #NGI0
Explore all interviews: https://www.apc.org/en/tags/ngi0-talks
i just released v1.0 of libopaque: https://github.com/stef/libopaque/releases/tag/v1.0.0
7 years after the initial commit. being honored to be a target by the seminal "partitioning oracles" paper (and resisting the attack, through defense-in-depth, and fixing the root cause before publication of the paper), and five years after the IRTF/CFRG started an RFC https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-cfrg-opaque/
going further than any of the others by providing bindings for 10 languages & a threshold variant. & in debian
Vabilo ob svetovnem dnevu nevladnih organizacij 2025
»Kako dolgo bomo še zapostavljali digitalno preobrazbo
nevladnega sektorja?«
27. februar 2025 od 13.00h do 15.00h, Velika dvorana, VI. nadstropje, Dalmatinova 4, Ljubljana
Več info na:
Med kratkimi predstavitvami bomo predstavili tudi #NGI0.
“There would be no room for conflict if everyone in the world could exchange ideas without being watched”, says @kirill founder of SelfPrivacy. In the NGI Zero #podcast we talk to him & lead engineer @inex about @selfprivacy which makes self-hosting accessible to non-technical users. Born out of a dream to enable every person on the internet to live free of Big Tech, it provides a simple solution to set up and manage your own server.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/s01e06-selfprivacy-enabling-self-hosting-for-non-technical-users
#FOSS #NGI0 #selfhosting #NGI
NGI0 partner @fsi is organizing the Free Silicon Conference to connect experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete Free and Open Source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits. [1] The conference will cover the full spectrum of the design process, from system architecture, to layout and verification. It takes place July 2-4 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. Info on how to register will be published soon.
Today at 13.00 we have the NGI Zero network meetup at #FOSDEM . Everyone welcome to meet each other and talk about the Next Generation Internet (or other things). It's in room AW1.121 and we'll bring some drinks and snacks.
Hope to see you there!
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6561-ngi-zero-network-meetup-bof/
#NGI0
"The only thing that's going to solve the mental health crisis in software engineering is more compassion, more collaboration, more attention to the people that you spend time with", says Daniel Thompson-Yvetot, co-founder of @TauriApps in the 5th episode of the NGI Zero #podcast. [1]
He'll also give a talk tomorrow at #FOSDEM about compassion in open source [2]
[1] https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/s01e05-tauri-daniel-thompson-yvetot
[2] https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6202-compassionate-open-source-community-building-the-tauri-model-/
Here is a new blog post 
containing a short overview of what happened around MPTCP over the past year! Still more work to do, but clearly a nice impact!
We're organizing a NGI Zero network meetup at #FOSDEM. Everyone who is part of or interested in the Next Generation Internet is welcome for a meet and greet on Saturday at 13.00 CET in room AW1.121.
Besides the BoF room there are also many other NGIZero related events like booths, devrooms and over 60 talks.
For and overview of all, see: https://nlnet.nl/events/20250201/FOSDEM/index.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI
in calmness 
