Nextcloud podcast 15: Interview about Collectives app and Prototype Fund

Febbraio 09, 2022

Marius Quabeck

In this 15th episode, our host Ingo talked with Marie Gutbub from Prototype Fund and Max and Jonas, developers at Nextcloud about Collectives app and Prototype Fund.

Max & Jonas share the idea behind the Collectives app, the collaborative knowledge database where you can work on documents together in real-time!

Marie explains what Prototype Fund is, how can you apply and get your innovative Open source project funded!

Prototype Fund announced that the next funding round call is open until the end of March! All FOSS ideas in the areas of data literacy, data security, civic tech, and software infrastructure are welcome.

Find the feed on our podcast page and listen to the full interview! If you have not heard the previous episodes, check them there as well.

So tune in!

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