January 2012
We are pleased to announce the release of FreeBSD 9.0. And, we're proud to say we funded 6 of the new features in FreeBSD 9.0!
Accepting travel grant applications for AsiaBSDCon 2012. If interested please fill out the Travel Grant application by February 20, 2012 to apply for this grant. Find out more...
The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded Paweł Jakub Dawidek a grant to implement auditdistd daemon.
We are proud to be a sponsor of AsiaBSDCon 2012, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan, March 22-25, 2012.
The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded Bjoern Zeeb a grant to analyze the performance of FreeBSD's IPv6 stack. This project is jointly sponsored with iXsystems.
Happy New Year! Wow, we are so incredibly grateful to the FreeBSD community. We surpassed our fund-raising goal and raised $426,292! And, checks are still coming in, so won't have the final number until mid-January. We are also happy to report that we had more donors than 2010!
Please let us know if we did not add your name to our donor list or if we spelled your name incorrectly. We do want to acknowledge all donations on this page, unless you prefer to be anonymous. You can let us know by sending an email to donations (at) freebsdfoundation (dot) org.
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DIFFUSE for FreeBSD Project. Click here to find out more.
Implementing xlocale APIs to enable porting libc++. Click here to find out more.
Feed-Forward Clock Synchronization Algorithms Project. Click here to find out more.
We continued our work on infrastructure projects to beef up hardware for package-building, network-testing, etc. This includes purchasing equipment as well as managing equipment donations.
Dear Visitor,
Welcome to the FreeBSD Foundation's website!
Since our founding in 2000, the FreeBSD Foundation has played a growing role in supporting the FreeBSD Project and community. Here you'll find information about all our recent activities. From managing intellectual property issues and funding development projects, to supporting technical conferences and developer collaboration, we've been very busy. I encourage you take a few minutes to browse our website and learn more about what we do.
As a 501(c)3 charity, all of our work is funded by donations. We believe strongly that the community we serve and those who trust us with their donations deserve insight into how we manage our finances. For this reason, our books are published quarterly and can be reviewed in the financial section of our website.
This year we celebrate 10 years of service to the FreeBSD community. Through conservative management and careful planning we have weathered the most severe recession in 50 years while placing the FreeBSD Foundation in the strongest financial position in our history. For 2010 we have doubled our funded project budget, sponsored more events, and expanded our travel grant programs. Our growing strength and capabilities, all made possible by your generous donations, are proof that the FreeBSD Foundation will be a faithful supporter of FreeBSD for decades to come.
We hope to continue our growth in the years to come, but that will only be possible through continued public support. I hope you not only benefit from our work, but find it compelling enough to consider sending us a donation.
Enjoy the site!
Sincerely,
Justin T. Gibbs
President
The FreeBSD Foundation
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