[Osmf-talk] OSM and MOSS?

[Spike]

On 23/11/2016 01:58, Robert Kaiser wrote:
> Hrvoje Bogner schrieb:
>
>> The Mozilla Open Source Support program recognizes and celebrates 
>> open source projects that contribute to our work and the health of 
>> the Internet. It encompasses “giving back” to projects that Mozilla 
>> already relies on (“Foundational Technology”), “giving forward” to 
>> projects whose goals are in alignment with ours (“Mission Partners”), 
>> and improving the security of the open source ecosystem (“Secure Open 
>> Source”)."
>
> Note that OSM may fall not just under "Mission Partners" (the goals of 
> an open and interoperable web are surely something that OSM shares - 
> if you go read the Mozilla Mission, there's probably a lot that the 
> OSM community will agree with), but even under "Foundational 
> Technology", given that Mozilla uses OSM e.g. at 
> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contact/spaces/ and 
> https://location.services.mozilla.com/map - mostly via MapBox.
>
> That said, I'm both an OSM mapper and OSMF supporter as well as a 
> Mozilla Rep and very-long-time Mozilla community member, so take what 
> I say with a grain of salt, as I obviously have a close relationship 
> with both projects/organizations.
>
> Robert Kaiser

I would absolutely echo that Robert has written (hi Kairo!) - there is 
lots of good information to be found about the funding process on the 
Mozilla wiki page >> https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS

Spike