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
