Sine Nomine Associates: accept project maintainer's role for OpenAFS distributed file system,

Nov. 4, 2024 - PRLog -- The Linux foundation organization website describes open-source maintainers as:

Broadly, the term refers to those contributors who lead an open-source project. They may be the final decision makers on which portions of source code go into a build or release; they may do all the code review and host the code under their names for smaller projects; and they may make the ultimate decision over the direction of a project. Their day-to-day work may vary but can consist of reviewing pull requests and other contributions, releasing new versions of software, triaging and handling security fixes, and community management and moderation. While open-source projects can have participants who contribute at all levels, maintainers steward and lead these projects that make up our digital commons.

Core to the Linux Foundation and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)'s mission is to ensure the security and sustainability of widely used open source software projects. Free and open-source software (FOSS) makes up the digital infrastructure we all rely on. And maintainers play an important role in keeping that ecosystem functional, easy to use, and secure.

Maintainers are superheroes. They play a critical role in running the vital digital infrastructure we rely on. But they shouldn't need to shoulder the entire burden themselves, and those using open-source software need to give back to those who create and develop it. There are clear ways for monetary and non-monetary contributions to address specific areas that can improve the experience and diversity of maintainers, on the one hand, and the security and quality of open-source projects, on the other.

Margarete Ziemer, CEO of Sine Nomine Associates, Inc.  Is an OpenAFS foundation board member and emphasizes: "We are proud to say we continue to support the open-source community with a sharp focus on the mainframe and OpenAFS areas. We sincerely thank all our past and current customers and our associates. We are always ready to tackle your problems with custom solutions, particularly in the open-source space."

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For more information on the OpenAFS distributed file system release please visit: https://www.openafs.org/