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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:08:14 -0700
From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To: John Daniels <jmd526@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD Foundation clarification
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>Can anyone explain what the FreeBSD Foundation is?  Is this a real entity?  
>The terms FreeBSD Core / FreeBSD Foundation / FreeBSD Project seem to be 
>used interchangeably at times in the mailing lists, but I have not found a 
>reference that indicates that "FreeBSD Foundation" is anything more than a 
>means of refering to the project or core.
>
>I saw an email from Justin Gibbs in November about 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
>status for FreeBSD and I would think that this effort might be on behalf of 
>behalf of some, presumeably nonprofit, entity like "FreeBSD Foundation" but 
>I have not seen any email, press release, or other notice that states that 
>such an entity officially exists.
>
>Oh, and can anyone comment on the progress of the 501(c)(3) effort?  My 
>understanding is that it has been in the works now for at least 15 months.
>
>Thanks in advance.

   Justin Gibbs <gibbs@freebsd.org> would be the person to ask about this.
He's on vacation until June 10th, however, so I wouldn't expect a timely
response from him right now.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com
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