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+ + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + + + Deb + Goodkin + + deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org + + + + + FreeBSD Foundation Website + FreeBSD Foundation Quarterly Newsletter + + + +

The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit + organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the + &os; Project and community worldwide. Funding comes from + individual and corporate donations and is used to fund and + manage software development projects, conferences and + developer summits, and provide travel grants to &os; + contributors. The Foundation purchases and supports hardware + to improve and maintain &os; infrastructure and provides + full-time Release Engineering support; publishes marketing + material to promote, educate, and advocate for the &os; + Project; facilitates collaboration between commercial + vendors and &os; developers; and finally, represents the + &os; Project in executing contracts, license agreements, + and other legal arrangements that require a recognized legal + entity.

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Here are some highlights of what we did to help &os; last + quarter:

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Fundraising Efforts

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Our work is 100% funded by your donations. This year we've + raised over $860,000 from 500+ donors. Our 2017 fundraising + goal is $1,250,00 and we are continuing to work hard to meet + and exceed this goal! Please consider making a donation to + help us continue and increase our support for &os;. https://www.&os;foundation.org/donate/.

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We also have a new Partnership Program, to provide more benefits + for our larger commercial donors. Find out more information at + https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/FreeBSD-foundation-partnership-program/ + and share with your companies!

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OS Improvements

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The Foundation improves the &os; operating system by + employing our technical staff to maintain and improve critical + kernel subsystems, add features and functionality, and fix + problems. This also includes funding separate project grants + like the arm64 port, blacklistd access control + daemon, and the integration of VIMAGE support, to make sure + that &os; remains a viable solution for research, + education, computing, products and more.

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We kicked off or continued the following projects last + quarter:

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Having software developers on staff has allowed us to jump in + and work directly on projects to improve &os; like:

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Staff and board members continued hosting bi-weekly + conference calls to facilitate efforts for individuals to + collaborate on different technologies.

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You can find out more about the support we provided by + reading individual updates from Ed Maste, Konstatin Belousov, + Landon Fuller, Matt Ahrens, and Edward Napierala in this + report.

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Release Engineering

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The Foundation provides a full-time staff member to lead the + release engineering efforts. This has provided timely and + reliable releases over the last few years.

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Last quarter, our full-time staff member worked with the + &os; Release Engineering and Security Teams to finalize + 11.1-RELEASE. He also supported the 10.4 release effort, and + has continued producing 10-STABLE, 11-STABLE, and 12-CURRENT + development snapshot builds throughout the quarter. At the + vBSDCon Developer Summit, he gave a presentation on the state + of the release engineering team.

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You can find out more about the support we provided to the + Release Engineering Team by reading their status update in + this report.

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Supporting &os; Infrastructure

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The Foundation provides hardware and support to improve the + &os; infrastructure. Last quarter, we continued supporting + &os; hardware located around the world.

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&os; Advocacy and Education

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A large part of our efforts are dedicated to advocating for + the Project. This includes promoting work being done by + others with &os;; producing advocacy literature to teach + people about &os; and help make the path to starting using + &os; or contributing to the Project easier; and attending + and getting other &os; contributors to volunteer to run + &os; events, staff &os; tables, and give &os; + presentations.

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The FreeBSD Foundation sponsors many conferences, events, and + summits around the globe. These events can be BSD-related, + open source, or technology events geared towards + underrepresented groups.

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We support the &os;-focused events to help provide a venue + for sharing knowledge, to work together on projects, and to + facilitate collaboration between developers and commercial + users. This all helps provide a healthy ecosystem. We support + the non-&os; events to promote and raise awareness of + &os;, to increase the use of &os; in different + applications, and to recruit more contributors to the + Project.

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Here is a list highlighting some of the advocacy and + education work we did last quarter:

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We continued producing &os; advocacy material to help + people promote &os; around the world.

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We help educate the world about &os; by publishing the + professionally produced &os; Journal. Last quarter we + published the July/August issue that you can find at https://www.&os;foundation.org/journal/.

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You can find out more about events we were at and upcoming + events at https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/news-and-events/.

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Legal/&os; IP

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The Foundation owns the &os; trademarks, and it is our + responsibility to protect them. We also provide legal support + for the core team to investigate questions that arise.

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Go to http://www.&os;foundation.org + to find out how we support &os; and how we can help you!

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