Open source software OSS is extremely widespread. Recently, Google said it makes up 77% of software and is valued at over $12 trillion. Despite this, maintenance of OSS is severely underfunded, with many projects relying on unpaid or underpaid solo maintainers, leading to burnout and security risks. Google has released OSS Rebuild to try to tackle this issue, but GitHub wants to see more funding from a European Union Sovereign Tech Fund EU STF. This fund wouldnt be for every open source project...
