Consortium

NLNet

The NLnet Foundation supports organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all. NLnet funds projects that help fix the internet through open hardware, open software, open standards, open science and open data. After its historical contribution to the early internet in Europe in the 1980’s, NLnet has been financially supporting the open internet since 1997.

NLnet provides grants to free and open source projects between 5.000 and 50.000 euro with the possibility to scale up. Funding is open to anyone: organisations of any type and individuals. Within NGI Fediversity, NLnet facilitates the open calls for third-party funding and contributes to outreach and dissemination.

NORDUnet

NORDUnet connects More than 400 research & education institutions across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Over 1.2 million users, are connected via the Nordic NREN networks, enabling scientists, educators, and students to work and share knowledge globally.

It enables collaboration, data sharing, and access to online resources for academic and research purposes.

Fun fact: the website of NORDUnet, nordu.net is the oldest still active domain on the internet.

Open Internet Discourse Foundation (OIDF)

The three pillars that are at the core of the OID Foundation:

OID believes in the fundamental right of individuals to privacy, self-determination, and freedom of expression. Building sustainably. The OID Foundation believes that the internet is crucial infrastructure for society, and as such, should be build from the perspective that software projects can exist and be maintained for a long time; decades, not years. Transparancy. The OID Foundation takes the commitment to openness seriously, and strives to use open software in all aspects. In order to realise our vision, we need a healthy, functional and open internet. This is where OID comes in, working on the infrastructure that powers the internet in a way that promotes it’s values.

OID Foundation is rooted in constructive optimism, believing in tackling challenges head-on with a positive outlook, viewing each obstacle as an opportunity for improvement. As a practical example of the long-term vision is the work on NixOS that the OID is doing, where the reproducibility and long-term maintainability of NixOS’s package management help with an open and sustainable internet.

Tweag

Tweag is the open source program office (OSPO) of Modus Create, a global digital consulting firm that helps enterprises build competitive advantage through digital innovation.

Tweagers are leading contributors to several open source projects — from functional programming languages to cross-platform frameworks. Tweag has extensive experience working with Nix, and many people at the forefront of the Nix community are Tweagers.