European Union Will Pay For Finding Bugs In Open Source Software

The European Commission's Open Source Programme Office has decided to offer bug bounties on popular open source software. What better way of acknowledging OSS's importance than by a state driven sponsorship?

Open Source Software powers everything, from modern servers, to IoT, to the desktops at work and, as it seems, is at the heart of European Union systems too. While this EU bug bounty initiative is welcome, it is not something new; I covered the origins of the program in 2019, see "EU Bug Bounty - Software Security as a Civil Right".

Back then the bounty was focused on OpenSSL and the Heartbleed bug. As everyone knows OpenSSL is really the cornerstone of todays internet-based communication and as such bugs in it compromise the very fabric of society. From the article:

full article on i-programmer:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/15210-european-union-will-pay-for-finding-bugs-in-open-source-software.html

The I Programmer Java 2023 Recap

At I Programmer we continue to monitor Java's status closely. Here's what we've recorded throughout 2023. https://www.i-programmer.info/programming/178-java/16858-the-i-programmer-java-2023-recap.html

The German Government's Sovereign Tech Fund For OSS

An initiative by the German Federal Government aims to strengthen the important role Open Source Software plays in modern society. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/16861-the-german-governments-sovereign-tech-fund-for-oss.html

Ursina - A Game Engine Powered by Python

Ursina is a new open source game engine in which you can code any type of game in Python, be it 2-D, 3-D, an application, a visualization, you name it. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/144-graphics-and-games/17606-ursina-a-game-engine-powered-by-python.html

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