Was reading this article, and it got me thinking. There's lots of people who are happy to complain at length, but what if we made it a point to pick a particular day each year to express our collective gratitude for the work people do for FOSS?

Whether in the form of donations or kind words (maybe even joining a project), it might be something that helps keep people going on the things they love but for which they don't get a lot of appreciation.

Curious to hear y'all's thoughts.

Edit: Someone mentioned I Love Free Software Day, which is cool that it exists. I like the idea behind it, but I'm hesitant to piggyback upon a well-known holiday, for fear of being wholly overshadowed (Valentine's Day is already stressful enough for some people).

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[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Might be nice to have a foundation that would seek out key open source maintainers and direct funds to them, without them needing to self promote. The nebraska initiative?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Doesn't a country in the EU have one? I can't recall which one or what the fund is called, but I see mention of projects that get awarded grants every now and again.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

NLnet. However they only fund specific types of projects, and there are many open source maintainers who are not interested in money (usually they have a well-paid job already).

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

there's nlnet.nl, but I think you have to apply for a grant.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

Might be the one I was thinking of