'If you���re of the ilk to complain about governments giving money away and what that means for taxpayers, the Germans ��� or at least their government ��� are doing this because it will be good for the economy, meaning they think it���ll make folks better able to pay their taxes rather just empty their pockets for the taxman. This is also why they���ve already spending a substantial amount of money to help fund over 40 FOSS projects.

���Open source infrastructure is the backbone of our digital world ��� and the work of the people who maintain it is essential to ensuring the security and availability of this global resource,��� Mirko Swillus wrote in a blog that was published on Thursday. ���They lead project development, review changes, manage community interactions, and tackle security issues.���

Swillus is program manager at Sovereign Tech Fund, and the blog was to announce fund���s new Fellowship for Maintainers program.

���With this new fellowship program, we���re directly investing in the people behind the code by paying maintainers of critical open source components for their work,��� he wrote.'