freebsd security - Apr 2006 - freebsd-security Digest, Vol 154, Issue 1

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>    1. Fundraising for FreeBSD security development (Colin Percival)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:20:53 -0800
> From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Fundraising for FreeBSD security development
> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
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> Dear FreeBSD users,
> 
> Slightly more than three years ago, I released FreeBSD Update, my first
> major contribution to FreeBSD.  Since then, I have become a FreeBSD
> committer, joined the FreeBSD Security Team, released Portsnap, and
> become the FreeBSD Security Officer.  However, as I have gone from
> being a graduate student at Oxford University -- busy writing my thesis
> -- to a researcher at Simon Fraser University -- busy doing research
> and writing papers -- my "to do" list of FreeBSD-related work has
> continued growing, and I have now come to realize that some of the
> items on that list will probably never be finished until I get a chance
> to work full-time on FreeBSD.
> 
> This is where you come in.  I'm hoping to raise $15,000 Canadian (about
> US$13,000) to pay me to work full-time on FreeBSD for 16 weeks over the
> summer.  This will allow me to devote more time to my role as FreeBSD
> Security Officer, perform a complete overhaul of FreeBSD Update, and
> make some significant improvements to Portsnap.
> 
> Based on my estimates of the number of systems currently using Portsnap
> and FreeBSD Update (about 8500 and 4500 respectively based on my server
> logs) this works out to one US dollar per computer (or two dollars for
> systems using both Portsnap and FreeBSD Update); I don't think this is
> an unreasonable amount to ask for even if I only receive donations
> from people who are using Portsnap or FreeBSD Update.  That said, if
> I don't reach my target for donations, I'll get as much work done
within
> the time I have funds for before returning to other paying work (most
> likely at the university again).
> 
> Donations can be sent by paypal to cperciva@freebsd.org; if you would
> prefer to send a cheque (which is probably only worthwhile for cheques
> in Canadian or US dollars), please contact me by email to obtain my
> mailing address.  In either case, please let me know if you wish to
> remain anonymous.
> 
> For more details, see http://people.freebsd.org/~cperciva/funding.html .
> 
> Colin Percival
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/

Thanks,
Frank