For years, it’s been common knowledge among grant writers for open source tech that putting maintenance of existing code in a proposal can tank the whole thing.
Funders, do you hear us now? Are you going to remember this week and let go of the new shiny object fixation?
@akareilly it is an explicit goal of the Nominet Open Source DNS Fund to cover maintenance and longevity of existing code bases. (note, our director Pete sits is an advisor to the fund) https://nominet.uk/our-impact/nominet-dns-fund-application/
Nominet DNS Fund Application - Nominet