Hey all again, I think we can assume that you are all generally in favour of this, but it’d be nice to get actual affirmation from some of you :)
It can be as easy as replying here with a “+1” message. Thanks! Jan — > On 10. Sep 2025, at 13:44, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am, for the record, formally abstaining from this vote. My company > Neighbourhoodie is the STA’s “Implementation Partner”, meaning: we > get paid to do this work. On the one hand, that makes us extremely > qualified to help PouchDB, on the other it means I cannot formally > apply for this program and I am hereby excusing myself from this > project decision. > > Steven-John, thanks for getting this going! > > Best > Jan > — > >> On 9. Sep 2025, at 21:40, Steven-John Lange <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi devs, >> >> We need your input for a financial decision: >> to improve the stability, security and reliability of PouchDB, Jan >> proposed that we request funds from (Sovereign Tech Agency)[^1] to >> invest in some payed work hours. >> (He also provided the necessary paperwork[^2]) >> >> Please share a short feedback, if you agree or not. >> >> [^1]: https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/fund >> >> [^2]: The application >> (as Jan shared this with us in our slack channel) >> >> Tab: Start Here >> Category: Join the Sovereign Tech Resilience Program >> Application Name: Apache PouchDB >> >> Tab: Project description >> Project title: Apache PouchDB >> Link to project website: https://pouchdb.com >> Link to project repository: https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb >> >> Where is your open source technology project being used (describe all >> user bases)? (300 words): >> PouchDB is an in-browser implementation of the CouchDB API and >> replication protocol in JavaScript. It is the original offline-first >> database software (est. 2012) and has been continuously used in mission >> critical offline-first/local-first scenarios. Use-cases include, but >> not exhaustively: >> >> Offline data collection and management in agricultural scenarios. >> Point-of-sales terminals in retail, hospitality and restaurants. >> Mobile applications for transport logistics for vaccines in regions >> with no or little internet connectivity, especially in sub-saharan >> Africa. >> Recording of long-term health care studies in remote and indigenous >> regions. >> Data science and research in remote regions like Antarctica. >> Emergency first-responders like coast guards. >> News dissemination from diaspora communities into countries with >> oppressive governments. >> Service software for field technicians in many fields from >> avalanche protection services in the Alps to washing machine >> technicians. >> >> Why do you consider your open source technology project to be relevant >> and critical? (300 words): >> PouchDB is the only open source and open governance project with a >> reliable track record that support the aforementioned use-cases. It is >> essential for both humanitarian and commercial use-cases and provides >> tremendous value in data collection, management and communication >> safety. Its continued maintenance and develeopment is crucial to those >> fields. >> >> Should PouchDB cease to exist, the projects above would have no viable >> future path or resources to develop compelling alternative techincal >> solutions. >> >> How does your open source technology benefit the public interest? (300 >> words): >> With its focus on browser-side development with a simple API, PouchDB >> allows even people with little technical skill to build robust and >> reliable data solutions in organisations with little or no technology >> funding. Many of the cited use-cases come down to it being only >> possible to set up because PouchDB exists. >> >> While already serving in some crucial direct communication scenarios, >> current advances in mobile peer-to-peer networking are poised to >> proprel PouchDB to become the prime solution to build peer-to-peer >> communication and data exchange software, as its replication model has >> been built with this in mind from the start. >> >> Please describe the history and state of development of your open >> source technology (500 words): >> PouchDB since 2012 has had three individual lead maintainers and a >> small number of dedicated supporters. The lead maintainers have since >> retired from the project and the supporters have brought the project >> into the Apache Software Foundation in 2025 to ensure successful long- >> term open governance. >> >> The current team consists of seven developers who contribute to the >> project on a (very) part-time basis. Releases happen about once a year >> for feature releases, bugfix releases can happen more often. >> >> Tab: Sovereign Tech Resilience Services >> Which Sovereign Tech Resilience services are you interested in?: >> [x] Direct Contributions >> >> Describe why your project needs those services? (optional) (300 words): >> Being an older software codebase, there are multiple areas of work >> where modernisation would considerably help with easing ongoing >> maintenance, development and onboarding additional contributors. >> >> One extra note: The PouchDB Project Management Committee Chair Jan >> Lehnardt is also a CEO at Neighbourhoodie Software, the implementation >> partner for the Bug Resilience Program. To avoid a conflict of >> interest, Jan Lehnardt is excusing himself from any official CouchDB >> project decisions with regards to this application. Should additional >> statements or affidavit be required, we are happy to provide them. >
