Awesome news! I've only met a few SETI folks but I've always been impressed by the work they're doing, and by the openness and collaborative spirit they've show me.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 10:28 AM Ben Hilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all - > > Next week is GRCon, and prior to the conference we would like to share > some exciting news. We are partnering with The SETI Institute to > collaborate and further our joint goals in open & accessible research, > education, and technology development with software radio. We first started > working with The SETI Institute and some of their UC Berkeley faculty a > couple of years ago, and since then have coordinated a number of successful > events and co-developments. > > Specifically, what this partnership means for GNU Radio is that The SETI > Institute will assume back-office responsibilities for the project and > provide operational support - such as accounting and infrastructure. GNU > Radio maintains its own leadership and administration duties and will > appoint a Principal Investigator to directly represent the project inside > the SETI Institute.. Through our partnership, we expect to pursue new > funding opportunities for both the SETI Institute and GNU Radio, and > continue to expand the impact of GNU Radio's free software approach to > research & education. > > In GNU Radio's 19-year history, we've been through several different > iterations of organizational support for the project and community. As most > projects do, GNU Radio started out supported through the private companies > / consultancies of the core developers working on it. Eventually, we > founded the GNU Radio Foundation, and several years later migrated to the > Free Software Foundation. Our partnership with the SETI Institute reflects > our continued growth and success, and will provide the support we need to > continue on that trajectory for years to come. > > The Free Software Foundation has expressed its support and excitement for > this partnership, and is working closely with GNU Radio and SETI Institute > leadership to make the back-office transition smooth. > > You can read more about this partnership from The SETI Institute's > perspective here (just posted): > https://www.seti.org/press-release/seti-institute-and-gnu-radio-join-forces > > We will be discussing this announcement further at GRCon. As always, feel > free to reach out if you have questions, and Happy Hacking! > > Cheers, > The GNU Radio Officers > > > -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
