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Read this month's @servo update and decided it was time to start sponsoring them. The web has already benefitted from their work, and bringing another fully-capable engine to the web will only benefit us all.

This month's update: servo.org/blog/2024/05/30/this

If anyone else is looking for an open source project to support, Servo is a great choice: servo.org/sponsorship/

ServoThis month in Servo: new CSS units, color emoji, servoshell, and more! - Servo, the embeddable, independent, memory-safe, modular, parallel web rendering engineBig changes to the font system and servoshell, plus improvements to flexbox, tables, DOM support, and the embedding API.

@josh
I wonder what's the plan given that open collectives is closing down...
@servo do you plan on opening something like a LiberaPay account?
I imagine that having GH sponsoring only may prevent many people here from supporting you.

@silmathoron I am not able to find any mention on the web of Open Collective or Servo's account there closing down.

Here's what it says on the sponsorship page:

Note that we will stop accepting donations on LFX soon. Any funds left over will also be transferred to the Servo project, but recurring donations will be cancelled, so if you would like to continue your recurring donation, please do so on GitHub or Open Collective.

@servo @josh

@silmathoron Thank you for the link. This one has even more:

blog.opencollective.com/open-c…

Long story short: The platform is fine, as is the Open Collective Inc that runs it. The fiscal sponsor Open Source Collective is fine. The fiscal sponsor Open Collective Europe is fine.

The fiscal sponsor Open Collective Foundation has decided to disband.

I didn't realize their network had all these bits.

@servo @josh

Open Collective · Open Collective Official Statement - OCF DissolutionDear Open Collective Community, It is with sad hearts that we have heard the news about Open Collective Foundation decision to dissolve, effective December 31. The full content of their announcement, which came as a surprise to us, can be found here, and they have also created an FAQ. We