Sponsorship Related to SemanticWeb Solutions

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

A friend of a friend got support from this foundation for his project.

http://nlnet.nl/news/2013/20131101-call-en.html

What you can do for NLnet

If you have great ideas: get us involved. If you like the work of NLnet foundation and the way we operate, and you have some money you can contribute: your donations are most welcome. More money simply means more possibilities. If you are thinking about donating a large sum, or putting us in your will: contact us for doing this in the smartest way.

http://nlnet.nl/foundation/can_do.html

What NLnet can do for you

The NLnet foundation is financially independent and is free to fund any activity that contributes to its mission, in whatever way it chooses. That opens many opportunities, some of which are mentioned on this page. If you have a creative or inspiring idea that does not fall under any of the categories below, and you believe NLnet should help you: just contact us.

Of course money is not the only type of support NLnet can provide. The foundation, and the people behind it, have a global network of potential partners, projects, and experts which can be of use to achieving your goals. When we support you, we don't sit back: we actively try to help you get results. NLnet serves the public interest through your energy and labor, and we are passionate about that. You can expect us to be a professional partner, with low overhead. It's all about helping you get the most out of your ideas.

Regular types of financial support

• Event sponsorship
  If you are organizing an event that is relevant in the light of the NLnet mission, you may request NLnet for a financial contribution. Eligible types of events include hack-a-thons, conferences, lectures, plugfests, and other technical or community building events.
   
• Projects upto 30.000 euro
  NLnet can fund or co-fund various types of projects, such as software development or educational activities. NLnet does not require so called 'matching' for projects and may decide to fund 100% of your project. For smaller projects there is a fast procedure which could have your project up and running within six weeks.
   
• Projects above 30.000 euro
  NLnet supports more sizable projects on an individual basis. It does so both on a thematic basis as on demand. Contact NLnet if you have a worthwhile project that requires our support.
   
• Travel grants for individuals
  NLnet can fund participation for qualified individuals to relevant international events such as IETF, OGF, W3C meetings, but also to developer meetings or conferences. The main criterion is that you have to have a good reason to be there: as contributor of a draft standard, member of a software development team, or the like.
   

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

personal note : it would be nice to write an application to set up some kind of residency that supports graphic designers and programmers working on netention like tools

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

We can create a new kind of VC intermediary. ( read VC as Venture Commons )

One that invests in totally open source, GPL projects,

as in some way or another, other companies will also benefit from the open source software, and society as a whole too.

In such kind of philanthropic foundation, we could get millions of tax refundable dollars from small to medium companies which may donate ( even only a few thousand, but millions collectively ) while stating they want it spent on specific applications that they can benefit from.   

And local, regional, and national governments can attribute money to ask the foundation, with its network , to support projects that enable solutions that help their local economies and their citizens, or their learning environments, or help them face specific problems.

Instead of focusing on creating profit, it can use such funds more effectively by creating collectives for all kinds of experimentation, using software to reduce monetized costs, and extending beyond software into other fields of the commons, using GPL like licenses, including in the field of open hardware, housing solutions, food solutions, etc

And instead of having one big centralized foundation, and one channel of money,

it can create some kind of system ( such as netention ? ) that leads to a non centralized resource allocation of current monetized forms of resources to support needs, and potentials, ...  and develop a cost effective approach that further reduces the costs of such developments.

The foundation would basically just be supporting the movement generally speaking, such generalized approach.

It would not be a traditional crowdfunding approach, project by project.

Now this is already an approach taken by big governmental agencies, including the european union, spending hundreds of billions over 5 year scientific research plans... but often such money going into more proprietary forms of research.

Instead it would enable a whole ecology of interdependent projects to emerge, even if they do not offer direct benefits to its apparent funders and clients, the ecology enables the various projects to be nourished , and reduce the overall costs, creating in effect alternative economic networks through such forms of mutualization based on peer production.

It could also use such form of mutualization to help apply for big funds from big research grants such as european union grants, and then redistribute them to clusters of innovation lead community approaches.

Bauwens talks about Out-Cooperation

http://p2pfoundation.net/Out-Cooperating

another more recent video distinguishing different approaches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMV4cqRgV6Q

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:12 AM, m wrote:

I do like this idea.  I've considered presenting some of my ideas to a group of venture capitalists, but it seems like such a parasitic concept.  That's why I never pursued it any further.  This seems like a much better option.

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