Subj : Albertson: Future of OSL in Jeopardy
To   : All
From : LWN.net
Date : Thu May 01 2025 19:11:08

Lance Albertson writes
that the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, the home of many
prominent free-software projects over the years, has run into financial
trouble:

I am writing to inform you about a critical and time-sensitive
	situation facing the Open Source Lab. Over the past several years,
	we have been operating at a deficit due to a decline in corporate
	donations. While OSU's College of Engineering (CoE) has generously
	filled this gap, recent changes in university funding have led to a
	significant reduction in CoE's budget. As a result, our current
	funding model is no longer sustainable and CoE needs to find ways
	to cut programs.

Earlier this week, I was informed that unless we secure $250,000 in
	committed funds, the OSL will be forced to shut down later this
	year.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1019520/
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