Non -profit organization Open Technology Fund , contributing to the development of technology to ensure freedom of communication and confront censorship on the Internet, on creating a stable development fund for open and free According to (Free and Open Source Software (Foss) Sustainability Fund). It is noted that despite the importance of the role that open on the Internet, open projects experience underfunding and support problems.
The purpose of creating a new fund is to guarantee open resources and support projects necessary to support and maintain the safety of critical tools. Companies such as GitHub, OKTA, OMIDYAR NETWORK and SCHMIDTURAS have announced participation in the formation of the Fund. The rules for choosing projects for financing have not yet been published, it is proposed to directly contact the representatives of the fund for resources and leaders of projects.