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      Guest
      last edited by

      The FreeBSD foundation is nearing the end of the year and it is seriously short of its meager goals. Why don't you give a little and help make FreeBSD even better.

      https://www.freebsdfoundation.org

      Happy Holidays
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      • JailerJ
        Jailer
        last edited by

        Agreed.

        Does anyone know how funding is divvied up to the different FreeBSD projects? Anywhere I can do some reading up on it? No real reason, just curious how they decide who gets funding and how much they get.

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          Guest
          last edited by

          I have to admit I don't know how funds are allocated. I would guess the foundation Board of Directors evaluates submitted proposals and funds what they can. I imagine they would have to balance distribution between developer grants and FreeBSD conferences and of-course overhead.

          https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents
          I don't see anything saying that in writing though. This is typically how foundations work.

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          • DerelictD
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            $25 sent.

            Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
            A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
            Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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              Guest
              last edited by

              I would say that the standards for evaluating projects falls at different levels.

              Here lists some criteria of what they are looking for Google SOC.
              https://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode.html

              Here is a reviewers remarks about submissions
              http://www.koszek.com/blog/2012/04/27/freebsd_good_proposal/
              Note he is not a director or core team. This is just the Google SOC proposals.

              So some proposals probably go through low level review for submission upstream to the so called Hats. These are not core members but specialists in their area. They probably push good proposals to the core team. The core team is the Board of Directors.

              That's my 4 hour read of it!!

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                Guest
                last edited by

                OK -I Did the same. That makes $125 for the year….Still less than what Windows costs!!!

                Had to put my money where my mouth was!!

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                  Guest
                  last edited by

                  So all this comes from the FreeBSD books.
                  https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/dev-model/sect-hats.html
                  https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/dev-model/new-features.html

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                  • JailerJ
                    Jailer
                    last edited by

                    Unfortunately I've donated all I can for the year. Next donation won't be possible until the end of January.

                    Thanks for the update @Phishfry

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                      Harvy66
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                      Unfortunately, I have not done this ever/yet. Now that my wife and I are no longer having to eat ramen, we're going to discuss this topic. FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Two good investments.

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                        Nullity
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                        @Harvy66:

                        Unfortunately, I have not done this ever/yet. Now that my wife and I are no longer having to eat ramen, we're going to discuss this topic. FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Two good investments.

                        lol… just finished a bowel of ramen & tuna (and hot sauce) myself. Not complaining though. :D

                        Please correct any obvious misinformation in my posts.
                        -Not a professional; an arrogant ignoramous.

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                        • DerelictD
                          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                          last edited by

                          @Nullity:

                          @Harvy66:

                          Unfortunately, I have not done this ever/yet. Now that my wife and I are no longer having to eat ramen, we're going to discuss this topic. FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Two good investments.

                          just finished a bowel of ramen & tuna (and hot sauce) myself. Not complaining though. :D

                          A bowel of ramen huh. Sounds nasty.

                          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                          A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                          DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                          Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                            Nullity
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                            @Derelict:

                            @Nullity:

                            @Harvy66:

                            Unfortunately, I have not done this ever/yet. Now that my wife and I are no longer having to eat ramen, we're going to discuss this topic. FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Two good investments.

                            just finished a bowel of ramen & tuna (and hot sauce) myself. Not complaining though. :D

                            A bowel of ramen huh. Sounds nasty.

                            lol

                            Shutup… :)

                            Please correct any obvious misinformation in my posts.
                            -Not a professional; an arrogant ignoramous.

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