January 2010
Accepting project proposals February 1 - March 1. Click here to find out more.
Deadline Extended! Accepting travel grant applications for AsiaBSDCon 2010. If interested please fill out the Travel Grant application by February 10, 2010 to apply for this grant. Find out more...
We are pleased to be a sponsor of AsiaBSDCon 2010. This conference will be held in Tokyo, March 11-14, 2010.
Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who made those last minute donations to help us get mucher closer to our fund-raising goal. We've updated all the PayPal and DonateNow donations to total almost $270k. We will have our final numbers in a week or so, once we receive all the checks for 2009.
Our End-of-Year Newsletter is now available! Please take a moment to read about projects we're funding, conferences we funded, developers we sponsored, and much more.
We received $1640 in donations in memory of John Birrell. We have setup DonateNow to allow you to make a donation on behalf of or in memory of someone. Click here to make a donation.
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We are funding a project for High Available Storage.
We are funding a project to provide FreeBSD with support for Flattened Device Tree Technology.
We are funding a project to develop a New Console Driver. Click here to find out more.
We are funding a project that will make improvements to the FreeBSD TCP stack. Click here to find out more.
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.
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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