It's indeed isn't very common, and this isn't usual for Debian either. However, we made yet another profit on our online conference this year, and we don't need the money, and at the same time we really want better streaming tools, so as a once-off we decided to donate the leftover funds from DebConf20 for PeerTube development. We think that's better than just leaving the money in a bank account doing nothing.
[^] # Re: Financement de Debian
Posté par Anonyme . En réponse au journal Debian donne 10 000 € à Framasoft pour développer Peertube. Évalué à 10.
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