The FreeBSD Foundation

From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Sun Jan 22 23:37:12 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CC5CBD590; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:37:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A5A234A; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:37:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v0MNbBCE089583; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:37:11 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v0MNbB25089582; Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:37:11 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201701222337.v0MNbB25089582@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:37:11 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49885 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees $except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" $" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 23:37:12 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Sun Jan 22 23:37:11 2017 New Revision: 49885 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49885 Log: Add 2016Q4 Foundation entry from emaste Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Sun Jan 22 19:04:51 2017 (r49884) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-10-2016-12.xml Sun Jan 22 23:37:11 2017 (r49885) @@ -1599,4 +1599,272 @@ ABT Systems Ltd + + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + + + Deb + Goodkin + + deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org + + + + + FreeBSD Foundation Website + + + +

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; 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. We raised + $1,527,540 in 2016 from 1471 donors! Thank you to everyone who + made a donation to help us continue our efforts in 2017 to + support the &os; Project and community worldwide! You can + make a donation here to our 2017 fundraising campaign: https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/donate/.

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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 integration of VIMAGE support, to make sure &os; + remains a viable solution for research, education, computing, + products and more.

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Large projects supported last year include:

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arm64 port
VIMAGE Integration
Toolchain work
lacklistd access control daemon

+ +

The Foundation team worked on a technology roadmap for + 2017–2018 during our board meeting in November.

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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, + and Edward Napierala in this report.

+ +

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 the + 11.0-RELEASE. He also added support for the powerpcspe + architecture to the 12-CURRENT snapshot builds, and continued + work on packaging the base system with pkg(8). He + also continued producing 10-STABLE, 11-STABLE, and 12-CURRENT + development snapshot builds throughout the quarter.

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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. This year, we purchased the following + hardware to improve the build, continuous integration, and + platform processes:

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A server to reduce the build time from over an hour to 20 + minutes for the continuous integration process. You can find + out more information here: https://jenkins.FreeBSD.org/.
Two ThunderX servers for native package builds for the + &os;/arm64 architecture.
Two servers to improve release engineering builds.
Four servers to improve package builds.
Four servers as build slaves to increase the number of + builds in the continuous integration process.

+ +

&os; Advocacy and Education

+ +

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

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Attended and/or sponsored 24 events around the world
Provided 15 Travel Grants to developers
Created new and updated marketing literature including: +
- Updated &os; 10 Brochure
- New TeachBSD postcard to spread the word about the + program
- Google Summer of Code flyer
- &os; 11 Brochure
- Updated Recruiting Flyer
- Updated Get Involved Flyer
- &os; as a Platform for Research Flyer
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Created a series of &os; How-to Guides: +
- Installing &os; with VirtualBox (Mac/Windows)
- Installing a Desktop Environment on &os;
- Installing &os; for Raspberry Pi
- Installing PC-BSD as a Primary Operating System
- &os; Setup Tips
+
Acquired New Testimonials: +
- Accelerations Systems
- NeoSmart Technologies
- Chelsio Communications
- Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association
- IXC
- Stormshield
+
Updated the &os; Project and Foundation Branding: +
- New FreeBSD Foundation website and logo
- Updated Brand Assets page to include more information + about the &os; Project and FreeBSD Foundation + logos.
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We published our September/October and November/December + Journal issues at https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/journal/.

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We also published monthly newsletters to highlight work being + done to support &os;, tell you about upcoming events, and + provide other information to keep you in the loop of what we + are doing to support the &os; Project and community: https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/news-and-events/newsletter/.

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Conferences and Events

+ +

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 about + &os;, to increase the use of &os; in different + applications, and to recruit more contributors to the + Project.

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We also sponsored and/or attended the following events last + quarter:

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Ohio LinuxFest October, Columbus, Ohio
Grace Hopper 2016, October, Houston, TX
COSC 2016, October, Beijing, China
Bay Area &os; Vendor and Devoloper’s Summit and MeetBSD + 2016, November, Berkely, CA
USENIX LISA ’16, December 2016, Boston, MA
OSC 2016, December 2016, Beijing, China

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Get the whole list of conferences we supported in 2016 at: https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/recap-of-2016-advocacy-efforts/.

+ +

Legal/&os; IP

+ +

The Foundation owns the &os; trademarks, and it is our + responsibility to protect them. We continued to review requests + and grant permission to use the trademarks. We also provided + legal support for the core team, to investigate the status of + certain patents.

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&os; Community Engagement

+ +

Anne Dickison, our Marketing Director, has been overseeing + the efforts to rewrite the Project's Code of Conduct to help + make this a safe, inclusive, and welcoming community. The + updated Code of Conduct and Report Guidelines are going through + the final review process, and will be handed off to the Core + Team for approval in Q1 2017.

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

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