[pw6hv]

Quick question: does anyone know what involvement there is between Sourcehut and OpenStreetMap Foundation? Just curious as they do not seem related at a first glance.

[ddevault]

Our mission begins with "we are here to make free software better". We're motivated entirely by this goal, and not by profits or personal gain or noteriety or anything else of the sort. We believe in free software and we want to do our part to make it better.

Sponsoring projects like OSM, which are important for free software, open data, and free culture in general, is one of the ways we do this. A project like that does not have to have a direct relationship with SourceHut - it just has to further our mission of making free software better.

[dmamills]

Thanks you for your contributions and for walking the walk!

[packetlost]

There likely isn't one outside of Drew DeVault's commitment to supporting open source projects. He sponsors many OSS projects to my knowledge.

[junon]

This is most likely the case. Searching for "drew devault openstreetmaps" comes up with next to nothing.

Drew is very pro-OSS in this regard.

[markstos]

I came here to ask the same!

[windthrown]

From the linked post:

> Also, as of this month, SourceHut is a bronze sponsor of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. We are proud to support a critical resource for free software and open data.