he OSM Foundation has recently received investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund to ensure the stability, growth and modernization of OpenStreetMap’s core software. In this context we are looking for a OSM core software development facilitator who will help the growing team of developers of the OpenStreetMap core software to coordinate and organise their work.
TLDR: Bronze tier (€2,250) and higher will now come with a seat on the advisory committee; municipalities,NGOs, nonprofits are also welcome; and the highest tiers have increased 50 percent.
The move is to strengthen productive ties between OSM and OSM-using companies and to increase revenue so the OSMF can meet the needs of the ever-growing project.
If you're using or benefitting from OSM data, you should make a donation. The project has grown so large, that more money is needed for improvements and site stability. It's not just the data, either, it's the API, the tile service. etc.
Perhaps it wasn't free speech they cared about, but their own, and once they achieved a place where their ideas were dominant the emphasis shifted accordingly?
