NLNet application for UOI Call August 2021- Budget Details¶

Alternative Possible Budgets¶

We have an (effectively) fixed cost of approximately €3152 (estimated; see #Infrastructure Costs) for infrastructure critical to project management and development of Hachette and Hydrilla, as well as wages of €653/month for two full time-developers.

Longer work means the ability to deliver a more featureful product.

Infrastructure Costs¶

The following are estimates, and may vary depending on applicability of VAT and exact choices of provider, as well as changes to exact project needs.

• Domain Name, another 2 years (€ ~26)
• SSL Cert, 3 years (€ ~534)
• Hosting for VCS, Project management software, website and script repo, 3 years (€ ~2592)

Developer Tasks¶

Project management work will also be a minor, yet important, use of time.

Social/Non-Development¶

• Understanding what features users most want from Hachette
• Writing documentation for users for Hachette and Hydrilla
• Determining effective methods to automatically aggregate already-available free JavaScript used on websites
• Studying what sites should be prioritized for fixing to deliver maximum impact
• Ensuring accessibility of Hachette and Hydrilla for potentially underrepresented demographics
• Distribution of Hachette in extension stores (as long as freedom and access concerns allow)
• Distribution of Hachette and Hydrilla in GNU/Linux package managers
• Setting up and moderating the Hydrilla repository
  • Developing and writing policies for packages, packagers and (if adopted) auditors

Technical/Development¶

• Design and development of Hachette and Hydrilla (available under the GPLv3)
• Writing developer documentation for Hachette and Hydrilla
• Implementing accessibility of Hachette and Hydrilla for potentially underrepresented demographics
• Writing and performing rigorous testing of Hachette and Hydrilla
• Configuring a comprehensive automatic build and publishing process for Hachette and Hydrilla
• Support for MV3 in Hachette
• Creating and porting independent fixes and enhancements for some websites
• Security vetting on Hydrilla