FreeBSD_Foundation

FreeBSD Foundation

FreeBSD Foundation

Add article description

The FreeBSD Foundation is a United States-based 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD project, its development and its community. Its current president is Justin T Gibbs and the executive director is Deb Goodkin.

Quick Facts Founded, Type ...

Funding comes from individual and corporate donations, and is used to sponsor developers for specific activities, purchase hardware and network infrastructure and provide travel grants to developer summits. The FreeBSD Foundation is able to provide legal representation to sign contracts and agreements on behalf of the FreeBSD project, and also holds the FreeBSD trademark and related domain names.

The FreeBSD Foundation received initial 501(c)(3) charity status on December 7, 2000, and the Foundation was formally announced to the world on June 27, 2001.[1]

Board of directors

The current Board of Directors as of 2023[2] is as follows:

  • Justin T. Gibbs, President and Founder
  • Deb Goodkin, Assistant Secretary
  • Cat Allman, Director
  • Dr. Marshall Kirk McKusick, Treasurer
  • Dr. Hiroki Sato, Director
  • Andrew Wafaa, Vice President
  • Dr. Robert N. M. Watson, Director

References

  1. [1]
    Bresler, Jonathan M. Mail to freebsd-announce: The FreeBSD Foundation -- an introduction, June 27, 2001. Visited June 12, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Board of Directors". 24 November 2023.
Stub icon

This article related to a non-profit organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article FreeBSD_Foundation, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.