Comment by ensignavenger

The communication on this is quite confusing. Are you saying that existing participants can apply for renewal? Was this a pre-existing expiration date, or something new? Why would you need to "pause" applications in order to make improvements? Are the "improvements" to benefit Vercel or to benefit open source participants?

It would have been far better to have communicated the answers to these questions up front.

I appreciate Vercels support for open source projects, past and future, and I certainly understand that Vercels support needs to and will evolve overtime. But for Vercels own benefit as well as the benefit of the projects you are supporting, it is important to make these announcements with clarity- and to provide plenty of notice.