[OSGeo-UK] GoFundGeo 25: GeoNetwork

[Nick Bearman]

Thank you for the details Tom.

I have added this to our list (to be circulated shortly).

Any more comments are welcome.

Best wishes,
Nick.

On 17/11/2025 15:48, Tom Chadwin via UK wrote:
> Hello all
>
> OSGeo:UK contributed to the recent GeoServer v3 crowdfunding campaign. 
> GeoNetwork has a similar call to GeoServer's recent campaign, for 
> funding for v5, to update underlying components such as Java and some 
> of its frameworks 
> (https://www.geocat.net/blog/news-1/geonetwork-5-crowdfunding-12). 
> It's worth discussing if GeoNetwork would be a worthy recipient of a 
> GoFundGeo grant from OSGeo:UK.
>
> GeoNetwork is a spatial metadata catalogue, and is used by various UK 
> open-source geospatial projects. It's a core component of the 
> open-source geospatial stack.
>
> As with the GeoServer updates, this is difficult work to fund 
> commercially. Customers pay for functionality or bugfixes, but 
> wholesale updates like this cost too much for one paying customer to 
> fund. As a result, if this is something OSGeo:UK might consider 
> funding, I think it would be worth investigating.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Tom
>
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