Sovereign Tech Agency<p>Last, but not least: Tobias Bernard <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tbernard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tbernard</span></a></span> is a member of the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@gnome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gnome</span></a></span> design team, and part of the team on the project to improve accessibility, tooling, and security for the Linux desktop ecosystem commissioned by the Sovereign Tech Fund: <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/gnome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">sovereign.tech/tech/gnome</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>5/end <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
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Sovereign Tech Agency<p>Jan Kowalleck is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SovereignTechFellowship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignTechFellowship</span></a> and works on software supply chain standards, including as maintainer of OWASP CycloneDX: <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-sovereign-tech-fellows#jan-kowalleck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-s</span><span class="invisible">overeign-tech-fellows#jan-kowalleck</span></a></p><p>Florian Scholz <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://front-end.social/@floscholz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>floscholz</span></a></span> is director at Open Web Docs <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://front-end.social/@openwebdocs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openwebdocs</span></a></span> a project documenting accurate compatibility data for web technologies that was selected for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContributeBackChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContributeBackChallenges</span></a>: <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/open-web-docs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sovereign.tech/tech/open-web-d</span><span class="invisible">ocs</span></a><br>4/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p>Florent Zara <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@flzara" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>flzara</span></a></span> is Open Source Services Team Lead at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@EclipseFdn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EclipseFdn</span></a></span> with which we recently announced an investment for two key initiatives to improve security, transparency, and vulnerability management: <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/eclipse-foundation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sovereign.tech/tech/eclipse-fo</span><span class="invisible">undation</span></a></p><p>Neal Walfield <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nwalfield" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nwalfield</span></a></span> works on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sequoiapgp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sequoiapgp</span></a></span> which was part of the Sovereign Tech Fund pilot round of projects: <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/sequoia-pgp-2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sovereign.tech/tech/sequoia-pg</span><span class="invisible">p-2023</span></a> 3/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p>Hugo van Kemenade <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hugovk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hugovk</span></a></span> a Sovereign Tech Fellow and core Python team member <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ThePSF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ThePSF</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-sovereign-tech-fellows#hugo-van-kemenade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sovereign.tech/news/meet-the-s</span><span class="invisible">overeign-tech-fellows#hugo-van-kemenade</span></a></p><p>Jarek Potiuk <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jarekpotiuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jarekpotiuk</span></a></span> is a committer and PMC member of Apache Airflow, a project selected for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContributeBackChallenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContributeBackChallenges</span></a>: <a href="https://www.sovereign.tech/tech/airflow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">sovereign.tech/tech/airflow</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>2/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p>👉 Adriana also joined <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Isabel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Isabel</span></a></span> Drost-Fromm, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bkastl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bkastl</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@smphr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>smphr</span></a></span> on stage for a spontaneous recap of providing expert testimony to the German Bundestag on open source. It was an opportunity to speak to lawmakers about how FOSS is a critical foundation across all sectors of society, from startups and corporations to NGOs and governments. 5/5<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p>👉 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@polexa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>polexa</span></a></span> gave a lightning talk about the history of public infrastructure like sewer systems. He drew parallels to open source, which is also invisible and often taken for granted. He concluded with a call to treat digital infrastructure with the same importance and with a similarly pivotal role for government.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a><br>4/5</p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p>👉 Paul Sharratt presented the Toolkit for Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding for FOSS, which provides a structured methodology, with quantitative and qualitative aspects, to measure how public investment supports critical digital infrastructure and direct future funds effectively. He was joined by co-authors <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@cosborne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cosborne</span></a></span> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span>), <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@geekygirldawn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geekygirldawn</span></a></span> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@chaoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chaoss</span></a></span>), and Mirko Boehm (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lfeurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lfeurope</span></a></span>).</p><p>3/5<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p>Together <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@smphr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>smphr</span></a></span> (ZenDiS), Omar Mohsine (UNODET), Wolfgang Gehring (Mercedes Benz Tech Innovation) and Nicholas Gates (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span>), she emphasized the need for international collaboration and for coordination between the public and private sector. 2/5<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Sovereign Tech Agency<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@FOSSBackstage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a></span> brings together the people behind the scenes of open source projects. At this year’s conference in Berlin, the Sovereign Tech Agency was on stage multiple times:</p><p>👉 Adriana Groh spoke about how open source is a strategy to achieve critical goals for Germany and Europe on the panel “OSPOs for Good! Achieving the UN SDGs with Open Source”. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a> 1/5</p>
Dr. Dawn Foster<p>If you missed Peculiar and I talking about CHAOSS resources to improve the health and sustainability of your OSS projects or want the links, here are the slides: <a href="https://fastwonderblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FOSSBack_-Data-to-Action_-Build-Healthy-Sustainable-OSS-Communities.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fastwonderblog.com/wp-content/</span><span class="invisible">uploads/2025/03/FOSSBack_-Data-to-Action_-Build-Healthy-Sustainable-OSS-Communities.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSSBackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSSBackstage2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage2025</span></a></p>
OpenRail Association<p>"Putting the Railway Industry on the Open Source Track" - this is what Cornelius Schumacher is talking right now about at <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSSbackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSbackstage</span></a>.</p><p>He explains why <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRail</span></a> Association has been founded, shares experiences of the first year in operation with the crowd, and presents our projects and opportunities for collaboration.</p><p><a href="https://25.foss-backstage.de/session/putting-the-railway-industry-on-the-open-source-track/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">25.foss-backstage.de/session/p</span><span class="invisible">utting-the-railway-industry-on-the-open-source-track/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/fossback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossback</span></a></p>
Shauna GM<p>All done! I'll share the recording once it's ready.</p><p>Thanks <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSSBackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a> for hosting this talk! It's the first time I've given it and I'm looking forward to iterating on it and improving it. If you know of any conferences, meetups, groups, etc who'd like to hear a version of it, LMK. </p><p>There was a ton of stuff I had to cut from the talk which I'll be posting about here and on my website relational-tech.com over the next few weeks.</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Antonin Delpeuch<p>Phenomenal talk by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@shauna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shauna</span></a></span> about relationship problems in open source :) We need to shift the expectations about the quality of relationships among FOSS colleagues.</p><p><a href="http://relational-tech.com/misc/Relationship%20Problems%20in%20Open%20Source.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">relational-tech.com/misc/Relat</span><span class="invisible">ionship%20Problems%20in%20Open%20Source.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Fossback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossback</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/fossback25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossback25</span></a></p>
Joseph Zikusooka (ZIK)<p>Listening to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@shauna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shauna</span></a></span> share great thoughts on relationships in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>. Such valuable insights! @fossback</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBackstage2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opensource</span></a></p>
Shauna GM<p>Enjoy your coffee break, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSSBackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a> stagehands! I'm sipping a homemade latte over here in DC.</p><p>When the conference resumes, I'll be giving a talk, "Relationship Problems In Open Source", about how we can view some of the most common <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> challenges, such as burnout, onboarding, funding, and UX, through a relational lens.</p><p>If you want a sneak peek you can check out the slides here: <a href="http://relational-tech.com/misc/Relationship%20Problems%20in%20Open%20Source.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">relational-tech.com/misc/Relat</span><span class="invisible">ionship%20Problems%20in%20Open%20Source.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Dr. Dawn Foster<p>Relicensing has come up several times here at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSSBackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FOSSBackstage2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage2025</span></a> Here's a link that points to several talks, an article, and a paper with more details on relicensing and the forks that sometimes result from it.</p>
Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:<p>I had to leave a little early but I had a fantastic time at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@FOSSBackstage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a></span> and will definitely go again. ✌️</p><p><a href="https://narrativ.es/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a></p>
Noujoum<p>Favourite moment <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@FOSSBackstage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a></span> als Samuel Paccoud und Lea Beiermann live ihr deutsch-französisches Text-Editor-Tool vorstellen und auf ihrer Slide einen QR-Code zeigen und wir live auf dem Bildschirm sehen können, wie das Publikum im Saal anfängt, das Dokument zu editieren ("Ohai!", "funktioniert!")</p><p>😅🥰🤓</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/fossback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossback</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/fossbackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossbackstage</span></a></p>
Joseph Zikusooka (ZIK)<p>Are you attending FOSS Backstage 2025?</p><p>Join my session on fostering FOSS adoption in underserved communities today, March 11, at 11:35 CET ~ Wintergarten.</p><p>I will be sharing key strategies and insights, with a special focus on Africa. @fossback</p><p><a href="https://25.foss-backstage.de/session/empowering-african-communities-using-open-source-software" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">25.foss-backstage.de/session/e</span><span class="invisible">mpowering-african-communities-using-open-source-software</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBack25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBack25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBackstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSBackstage2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSBackstage2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opensource</span></a></p>
Daniel Guagnin<p>Happy that I had the opportunity to present my findings from my PhD in English to a <a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> audience at <a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/fossbackstage25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossbackstage25</span></a> <br>In a nutshell: The analyis of different GNU/Linux distributions shows how community culture inform technology development, and technology shapes its users.<br>In times of <a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> and <a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> it becomes evident, that we need control over our software.<br>We also need to include users and adress their needs through <a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> and <a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/participatorydesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>participatorydesign</span></a><br><a href="https://25.foss-backstage.de/schedule/#session/9ZRX7C/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">25.foss-backstage.de/schedule/</span><span class="invisible">#session/9ZRX7C/</span></a><br><a href="https://smartcity.social/tags/fossback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossback</span></a></p>
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