This panel discusses and give insights into the funding of open-source projects. Representatives of funders and experienced fundees present their funding concepts, opportunities and motivations. The panel will reflect lessons learned and answer questions from the audience.

Participants:

• Marie Kreil, Prototype Fund
• Tara Tarakiyee, Sovereign Tech Fund
• Zenna @zelf, Next Generation Internet (NGI)
• Viraaj Akuthota, Tech Solutions for Human Rights
• holger krekel, Delta Chat co-ordinator
• Moderation: Mathias Jud

Delta Chat is an e-mail based messenger that works on all platforms. Apart from an Whatsapp/Telegram-style user interface it features a security-audited Rust-core library, server templates for setting up a state-of-the-art e-mail server, many different bots, Matterbridge support and, last but not least, a way write standard web apps that can be shared in a chat (https://webxdc.org) which is now also experimentally supported by the XMPP Android messenger Cheogram. The talk will both discuss and demonstrate other unique features, among them QR-code based onboarding and support for protection against machine-in-the-middle attacks against end-to-end encryption, and we'll also provide glimpses in what's brewing for 2023/2024.