Subj : Albertson: Future of OSL in Jeopardy
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From : LWN.net
Date : Wed Apr 30 2025 21:15:08

Albertson: Future of OSL in Jeopardy

Date:
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:06:59 +0000

Description:
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.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1019520/


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