Sovereign Tech Standards network: financial support for open source maintainers
mgajdo
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April 29, 2026
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mgajdo
STS supports maintainers with a fixed monthly payment of €4,800 to €5,200 to make sustained participation in standard setting for open source mainatiners possible. For large technology companies, this standard setting a strategic investment in shaping the technologies they depend on. For independent open source maintainers participation is often out of reach. This initiative tries to change that.