OSUOSL is worth saving
Hey everyone,
It’s been a bit of a bloggy month here, but this one is critically important.
The Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSUOSL, or OSL) has reached out to inform the open source world that that the lab is in dire jeopardy.
This is bad.
It is a matter of fact that Libera.Chat simply would not be what we are, were it not for OSUOSL. While they are not currently a sponsor, they were a sponsor on the network we descend from. As you can see in slide 16 of this slideshow, they were a very generous sponsor. We thank them for that, and stand with them now in their moment of need.
To this day, they continue to sponsor projects we depend on. They sponsor the Debian project, which our infrastructure runs on. They sponsor OFTC, which Debian uses for support and collaboraton. They host a huge number of other projects which we either rely on, or ourselves support with infrastructure.
The amount of support that OSUOSL has provided to open source communities over the years is so unbelieveably vast. It is almost certain that something which you personally rely on either relies, or formerly relied, on OSUOSL. This may be direct support, or via support of something upstream. You may think this is hyperbole, but it is not.
If you love open source software and free culture projects as much as we do, and wish to ensure that OSUOSL can continue to nurture the ecosystem in the future, please consider using your preferred social media platform to either signal boost their call for help or post with the #osuosl tag to offer your heartfelt support.