The Cardano Foundation, alongside Blink Labs, dcSpark, Sundae Labs, and TxPipe announced the launch of PRAGMA, a member-based, not-for-profit open source association for blockchain software projects. The five entities, who are each deeply focused on IT development and engineering in the Cardano ecosystem, aim to foster an alternative open-source ecosystem for Cardano and other blockchains. The association will sign its statutes on 22 April.
The Cardano Foundation sees the advancement of open source technologies as an important step towards a sustainable and robust Cardano ecosystem. An open source approach facilitates the creation of technologies that meet specific enterprise needs, while supporting the community by ensuring an egalitarian, innovative space that allows all developers to build upon and improve tools for the future of the network.
PRAGMA’s initial primary goal is to foster an open-source ecosystem for Cardano by hosting existing projects and helping them to thrive. It also aims to facilitate the development and emergence of new meaningful tools where needed. In the long term, the goal is for the association to become a home to any blockchain-related open-source projects.
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