FreeBSD Foundation
The FreeBSD Foundation is a United States registered non-profit organization (official name: 501 (c) (3) ). She is dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD project and its community. It draws its financial resources from donations from individuals and companies. These are mainly used to finance FreeBSD developers for certain project-related activities, to buy hardware and network infrastructure , to provide travel grants for developer meetings and to financially support the organization of community meetings such as the BSDCons. The FreeBSD Foundation is able to be a legal representative of the FreeBSD project and to sign contracts and agreements on its behalf. It is owned by the FreeBSD trademark and associated domain name .
The FreeBSD Foundation was granted 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit status on December 7, 2000. Its establishment was formally publicly announced on June 27, 2001.
FreeBSD Foundation Board of Directors
Often times, board members have been or are involved in other parts of the FreeBSD project.
The current board is composed as follows:
- George Neville-Neil, President
- Benedict Reuschling , Vice President (member since July 6, 2015)
- Justin T. Gibbs , Secretary and Founder
- Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick , Treasurer
- Dr. Hiroki Sato, director
- Dr. Robert NM Watson , director
- Kylie Liang, Director (member since August 23, 2016)
- Philip Paeps, Director (member since August 23, 2016)
Web links
- FreeBSD Foundation website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FreeBSD Foundation Donors List. Retrieved March 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Profit & Loss. (PDF) December 4, 2013, accessed on March 20, 2014 (English).
- ^ About the FreeBSD Foundation. Retrieved on March 20, 2014 (English): "[...] the Foundation can represent the FreeBSD Project in executing contracts, license agreements, and other legal arrangements which require a recognized legal entity."
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved on March 20, 2014 (English): "The Foundation owns the trademarks for the mark FreeBSD, the FreeBSD logo, and" Powered by FreeBSD. ""
- ↑ Jonathan M. Bresler: The FreeBSD Foundation - an introduction. June 27, 2001, accessed March 20, 2014 .
- ^ FreeBSD Foundation Board of Directors. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
- ↑ FreeBSD Foundation FreeBSD Foundation Welcomes New Board Member - Benedict Reuschling . Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
- ^ FreeBSD Foundation New Board Member Interview: Kylie Liang . Retrieved March 29, 2017 (English).
- ^ FreeBSD Foundation New Board Member Interview: Philip Paeps . Retrieved March 29, 2017 (English).