Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 13:07:12 -0800 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development Message-ID: <442EEB80.2070508@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <442DD612.1080401@elitists.org> References: <20060331120045.6814B16A565@hub.freebsd.org> <442DD612.1080401@elitists.org>
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F. Even - freebsd-security wrote: > I'm just curious, is there any particular reason this wouldn't be or > couldn't be facilitated through the FreeBSD Foundation? > > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ There are a few reasons. First, the Foundation doesn't have unlimited money, and if I can raise funds on my own, they'll be able to spend more on things like bringing developers to conferences. Second, both FreeBSD Update and Portsnap are very tangible and self-contained -- people who benefit from my work in this area are probably very aware that they're using these tools, in contrast to more fundamental work like adding SMP locking to the network subsystem (which is extremely important, but not nearly as obvious). Third, phk and andre raised funds in the summers of 2004 and 2005 respectively, so I more or less followed their lead. :-) That said, if I come close to, but do not reach, my target, I'll ask the Foundation if they can make up the difference. Colin Percival
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