{"id":62308,"date":"2017-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2017\/04\/10\/mozilla-awards-365000-to-open-source-projects-as-part-of-moss\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T01:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T01:02:22","slug":"mozilla-awards-365000-to-open-source-projects-as-part-of-moss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/news\/mozilla-awards-365000-to-open-source-projects-as-part-of-moss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Awards $365,000 to Open Source Projects as part of MOSS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Mozilla we were born out of, and remain a part of, the open source and free software movement. Through the Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) program, we recognize, celebrate, and support open source projects that contribute to our work and to the health of the Internet.<\/p>\n<h3>Since<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/03\/moss-supports-four-more-open-source-projects-with-300k\/\"> our last update<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>We have provided a total of $365,000 in support of open source projects through MOSS.<\/p>\n<h3><b>MOSS supports SecureDrop with a quarter of a million dollars<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The biggest award went to<a href=\"https:\/\/securedrop.org\/\"> SecureDrop<\/a>, a whistleblower submission system used by over 30 news organizations, maintained by the non-profit<a href=\"https:\/\/freedom.press\/\"> Freedom of the Press Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10449 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/securedrop_logo-300x278.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2017\/04\/securedrop_logo-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2017\/04\/securedrop_logo.png 494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The $250,000 given represents the largest amount we&#8217;ve ever provided to an organization since launching the MOSS program. It will support the creation of the next version of SecureDrop, which will be easier to install, easier for journalists to use, and even more secure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SecureDrop MOSS Award\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uyl8sh_MAPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Additional awards<\/h3>\n<p>We have also made awards to other projects we believe will advance a free and healthy Internet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$10,000 to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libjpeg-turbo.org\/\">libjpeg-turbo<\/a> project, the leading implementation of JPEG compression for photos and similar images;<\/li>\n<li>$25,000 to <a href=\"http:\/\/llvm.org\/\">LLVM, a<\/a> widely-used collection of technologies for building software;<\/li>\n<li>$30,000 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/leap.se\/\">LEAP Encryption Access Project, a nonprofit<\/a> focusing on giving Internet users access to secure communication;<\/li>\n<li>$50,000 to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tokio-rs\/tokio\">Tokio, <\/a>a <a href=\"https:\/\/research.mozilla.org\/rust\/\">Rust<\/a> project to bring easy-to-use asynchronous input and output to the language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We believe in encouraging growth and partnerships with our awardees. Where we can, we look to structure awards in creative ways to try and unlock additional value. Here are two examples of how we did that in this cycle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osvr.org\/\">OSVR<\/a> project is a virtual and augmented reality platform that Mozilla uses in Firefox. They came to us with a proposal to improve their rendering pipeline; we offered to put up half of the money, if they can encourage their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osvr.org\/partner.html\">partner companies<\/a> to provide the other half. They have until the end of June 2017 to make that happen, and we hope they succeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hunspell.github.io\/\">Hunspell<\/a> project maintains the premier open-source spell-checking engine. They proposed to rewrite their software in C++ using a more modern, streaming, embeddable design. We accepted their proposal, but also offered more funds and time to rewrite it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rust-lang.org\/\">Rust<\/a> instead. After considering carefully, the Hunspell team opted for the C++ option, but we are happy to have been able to offer them a choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9391\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/moz-love-open-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2016\/06\/moz-love-open-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2016\/06\/moz-love-open-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2016\/06\/moz-love-open-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2016\/06\/moz-love-open-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2016\/06\/moz-love-open.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Under the Secure Open Source arm of MOSS<\/h3>\n<p>We ran a major joint audit on two codebases, one of which is a fork of the other &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ntp.org\/\">ntp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntpsec.org\/\">ntpsec<\/a>. ntp is a server implementation of the Network Time Protocol, whose codebase has been under development for 35 years. The ntpsec team forked ntp to pursue a different development methodology, and both versions are widely used. As the name implies, the ntpsec team suggest that their version is or will be more secure. Our auditors did find fewer security flaws in ntpsec than in ntp, but the results were not totally clear-cut.<\/p>\n<p>Security audits have also been performed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/curl.haxx.se\/\">curl<\/a> HTTP library, the <a href=\"https:\/\/oauth2.thephpleague.com\/\">oauth2-server<\/a> authentication library, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dovecot.org\/\">dovecot<\/a> IMAP server.<\/p>\n<p>The auditors were extremely impressed with the quality of the dovecot code in particular, writing: &#8220;Despite much effort and thoroughly all-encompassing approach, [we] only managed to assert the excellent security-standing of Dovecot. More specifically, only three minor security issues have been found in the codebase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, finding nothing is better than finding something.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/mozilla.com\/forms\/d\/1Pa5IsuhT6vMUfg0HUXxr7SzrSwq5fpiZfZIJVPxN1Mc\/viewform\">Foundational Technology<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1rwYQTT-9-eldS-kElY646bMwMzJpxfL8lDskX86xgCQ\/viewform\">Mission Partners<\/a>\u201d remain open, with the next batch deadline being the end of April 2017. Please consider whether a project you know of could benefit from a MOSS award. \u00a0Encourage them to apply! You can also<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1f0xSg9XM8v7YGdZ_FzeE67ggckbAsg6sH1mpQ4buTQE\/viewform\"> submit a suggestion<\/a> for a project which might benefit from an SOS audit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Mozilla we were born out of, and remain a part of, the open source and free software movement. Through the Mozilla Open Source Support (MOSS) program, we recognize, celebrate, and support open source projects that contribute to our work and to the health of the Internet. 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