Re: Bug Resilience Program of German Sovereign Tech Fund

Hi Paul,
thanks for taking a look into the application!

> As near as I can make out, the Sovereign Tech Fund Bug Resilience 
> Program application 
> <https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/public/files/BRP_Application_EN.pdf> 
> provides funding only for bug bounties, where the bugs are security 
> vulnerabilities. (The other help it offers is all in-kind.)

I don't think you are right. Citing from the application you linked, I 
am referring to "direct contribution":

 > Direct Contributions will be provided by Neighborhoodie GmbH
 > and entails direct code and non-code contributions, such
 > as triaging, sorting and fixing known issues, supporting projects
 > with additional coding capacity, re-engineering/re-coding/refactoring
 > or removing code, improving documentation and contributor
 > onboarding material, as well as help implementing best practices
 > or standards for maintainability

Sounds pretty much what autoconf and automake need! And you are right, 
there are two other ways to apply for help, both are related to 
security: a bug bounty program and security audits. I think they would 
be valuable, but probably later.

Bye
Christoph