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# Open Source Software Virtual Incubator
👋 Hi there! We'd like to try a little experiment to help source, improve, and fund the best ideas to improve OSS sustainability, in a public way. Rather than a traditional RFP process, where the submissions are private, we hope a public submission process creates a resource for the entire community to give feedback on, improve, and collect proposals together. Promising ideas will be provided support such as funding / grants or other expertise from us or our partners.
Want to talk to further discuss your idea or any questions? [Find a time here](https://meetings.hubspot.com/ashwin33).
## tl;dr
1. We want **ambitious and innovative ideas** to systemically improve the sustainability of the OSS ecosystem. Promising proposals that are selected **might include mini-grants up to $10K or larger ($100K+) grants**.
1. You can **submit a proposal** by [making a PR](https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/pulls) or [filling out this form][form].
1. You can **get or give feedback** and help refine these ideas through changes and comments on this GitHub repository.
1. Ways to get involved:
1. **Submit a proposal** by [making a PR](PROPOSAL-TEMPLATE.md) or [filling out this form][form];
2. **Sign up** [on this form][email_form] if you're interested in receiving updates and more information on how to apply for the Incubator;
3. **Find a time** to meet with our staff [here](https://meetings.hubspot.com/ashwin33) if you want to discuss any questions or specific ideas.
1. You can **discuss existing proposals** by giving feedback through [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/discussions).
1. We plan to provide **further support**, such as grants / funding, to promising ideas and proposals.
## Introduction
👋 Hi there! We'd like to try a little experiment to help source, improve, and fund the best ideas to improve OSS sustainability, in a public way. Rather than a traditional RFP process, where the submissions are private, we hope a public submission process creates a resource for the entire community to give feedback on, improve, and collect proposals together. Promising ideas will be provided support such as funding / grants or other expertise from us or our partners.
Want to talk to further discuss your idea or any questions? [Find a time here](https://meetings.hubspot.com/ashwin33).
## 1. Ideas wanted
Like [roads and bridges](https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/research-reports/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-our-digital-infrastructure/) for the digital world, open source software (OSS) makes up much of our digital infrastructure and underlies many critical software systems, both public and private. Some of the most popular [apps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_and_open-source_Android_applications) and [websites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_and_open-source_web_applications) are open source as well. Often referred to as "free and open source software" (FOSS), OSS can be used, modified, and shared by the public according to its terms of distribution.
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**We are seeking the most ambitious and innovative ideas to systemically improve the sustainability of the OSS ecosystem.** We welcome ideas from around the world, and they can range from (but are not limited to) research proposals to specific technical improvements to institution-building to policymaking ideas. Here are some (not exhaustive) examples: "implement X feature in a certain package manager", "perform dependency mapping of the OSS ecosystem", "create a training program for OSS maintainers to learn how to apply to grants", "create a mechanism for the US National Science Foundation to better fund critical OSS libraries", "use X web3 mechanism to create incentives to fund OSS tools".
For more details, see our write-up in the WSJ: _[Protect Open-Source Software](https://www.wsj.com/articles/protect-open-source-software-prevention-oss-public-use-cybersecurity-innovation-cyberattack-apache-log4j-11643316125)_.
## 2. Submit a proposal
If you'd like to submit a proposal yourself, you have two options:
1. Fork this repo and make a copy of [PROPOSAL-TEMPLATE.md](PROPOSAL-TEMPLATE.md). Write up your proposal in the `proposals` directory, then [make a pull request](https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/pulls) to this repository.
2. If you'd rather just use a form, [fill out this form][form]. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will copy over your proposal to this GitHub repository.
Other ways to get involved:
1. **Sign up** [on this form][email_form] if you're interested in receiving updates and more information on how to apply for the Incubator or
1. **Find a time** to meet with our staff [here](https://meetings.hubspot.com/ashwin33) if you want to discuss any questions or specific ideas.
## 3. Get or give feedback
By sharing the proposals publicly on this GitHub repository, we hope this will allow you to get feedback on your proposals, give feedback on / learn from other proposals, and collectively refine and fine-tune the proposals based on feedback. You can use [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/discussions) to organize these discussions.
## 4. Further support
## 4. Next steps after submitting
Promising proposals will be selected for further support, including further feedback from policy and technical experts, access to a community of policymakers and technical engineers to help them realize their idea, and grant money from us or other partners / funders to help realize the idea. This might include (but is not limited to):
Proposals are currently reviewed on a rolling basis. Once you submit it as a PR, expect the following steps after submitting:
- Within a week, we will conduct an initial review of your PR and ask some initial questions / feedback.
- After the feedback is addressed, we will merge your PR into the repository.
- We will create a [Discussion topic](https://github.com/PlaintextGroup/oss-virtual-incubator/discussions) where you and others can discuss the proposal.
- Within a few weeks, we will get back to you privately within a couple of weeks with an idea of what kind of support we might be able to provide, as well as the timelines through we might be able to help.
Further support may include further feedback from policy and technical experts, access to a community of policymakers and technical engineers to help you realize your idea, and grant money from us or other partners / funders to help realize the idea. This might include (but is not limited to):
- Mini-grants up to $10,000 to support the idea
- Larger grants ($100K+) for more developed and large-scale ideas
- Help with legislative and government advocacy for a particular policy idea
Note that certain kinds of support (such as network and connections / policy feedback, smaller grants) may be possible on a quicker time scale than other types of support (larger grants).
Once a proposal is submitted, you can also submit modifications to your proposal and we will review it again.
## FAQ
### What is Plaintext Group?
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