Mozilla Open Source Support: First Awards Made

Mozilla has announced the first round of projects to receive support from the organization's new "Foundational Technology" grant program. The program offers funding to open-source projects outside of Mozilla that are regarded as important building blocks for work done within Mozilla. The recipients announced are Buildbot, CodeMirror, Discourse, Read The Docs, Mercurial, Django, and Bro. The post contains further details on the specific development goals associated with each grant. More selections are yet to come, and applications are open.