Hi devs, I submitted our application on Wed. 01-10-2025. Since then, it's in "submitted" state... just waiting for now.
Greets, Steven On 2025/09/30 16:28:05 Jan Lehnardt wrote: > Steven, > > I think we are good to go. Would you be up for submitting this to the STA? > > 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. > >
