<div dir="ltr">I have none of the financial/organisational knowledge that some of you have, and this is mere googling.<div>With thatĀ being said, isĀ <a href="https://bigdatastack.eu/european-open-source-initiative">https://bigdatastack.eu/european-open-source-initiative</a> a potential?</div><div>It has a participation link and explicitly includes individuals and not only academia and companies.</div><div>Jan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 8:31 PM David Strip <<a href="mailto:gdal@stripfamily.net">gdal@stripfamily.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Further evidence of the challenge of getting funds to support gdal
    from US gov't agencies:<br>
    Someone at the USGS privately emailed me to confirm that like
    Sandia, they cannot support gdal through voluntary donations or
    in-kind contributions that are outside the scope of contracted
    project work. Over the years the USGS has contracted through open
    solicitations for specific projects that are returned to the
    community, but these contracts are driven by programmatic USGS
    requirements which may or may not have utility to the broader gdal
    community.
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