“The German government's Sovereign Tech Fund is a publicly funded effort to support ‘open digital infrastructure.’ ... the fund is showing a huge level of support for Ruby by helping to fund all sorts of things, including a 24/7 rotation of folks to handle critical security issues. Danke!”
"Hacktoberfest is a yearly promotion where developers earn a free shirt by getting commits into PJs. It's intended to increase contributions but places a large burden on maintainers. / To combat this, the rules were adjusted so only PJs opt-in via a hacktoberfest label can earn qualifying commits."