April 2008
Thank you to everyone who applied for a travel grant to BSDCan 2008! We approved 11 grants for this conference.
The foundation is proud to be a sponsor of BSDCan 2008. This BSD conference will be in Ottawa, Canada May 16-17, 2008. The foundation will have a table again this year. Please stop by, we'll have cool stuff to give you when you make a donation.
The FreeBSD Foundation was proud to sponsor AsiaBSDCon 2008 this year. The BSD conference was in Tokyo, Japan, March 27-30 2008.
Join the foundation's mailing list to keep up-to-date with our news. We plan on sending monthly updates on topics like fundraising efforts, project status, and grant information. Don't forget it is a double opt-in, so you need to respond to the email when you sign up!
We are working on providing Java 1.6 support for FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0.
The foundation is providing legal counsel to the core team to answer questions regarding GPL version 3.0 (GPLv3).
We are working to upgrade the project's network testbed with 10Gigabit interconnects. Cisco has generously donated a 10Gigabit switch and we have received network adapters from Myricom, Neterion, Intel, and Chelsio. Adapters from other vendors are being solicited so that we can do interoperability testing.
The FreeBSD Foundation negotiated a joint technology development agreement with NLNet and the University of Zagreb to develop virtualized network stack support for FreeBSD. With the generous sponsorship of NLNet, the FreeBSD Foundation has contracted Marko Zec at the University of Zagreb with the goal of producing a prototype implementation on FreeBSD 7-CURRENT in early 2007.
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.
2007 was a tremendously successful year for the FreeBSD Foundation. Thanks to the overwhelming support of our donors, we shattered our fundraising goal, raising over $400,000! Your generosity has allowed us to grow our budget for 2008 with a small surplus devoted to ensuring the long term financial stability of the FreeBSD Foundation.
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
Vice President
The FreeBSD Foundation
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