I haven't, honestly the application processes, paperwork, project reporting expectations and eligibility criteria for these kind of funds just gives me too much anxiety. I never know how to navigate it as a Canadian either, most of them are US or Europe based.

I guess I'm naive to hold out for the anonymous bitcoin millionaires to donate "no strings" until I find something a bit more frictionless.

Thanks anyway for the suggestion, glad to hear you're getting sponsored for your FreeBSD work.

They're US based but I'm in Canada and haven't had any issues. Yes they ask for some information but it's not at all unreasonable.