The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
The NetBSD Foundation serves as the legal entity which owns several of the NetBSD Project servers, handles donations of money, services, hardware or time to the project, and administers NetBSD copyrights.
The NetBSD Foundation is incorporated in the State of Delaware, and is governed by a set of bylaws.
The NetBSD Foundation is a non-profit organisation as per section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The NetBSD Foundation has a Board of Directors, who may be contacted at
<board@NetBSD.org>.
The Board members were elected by the NetBSD Developer
community, following the Board election procedure.
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Various committees have been set up by the Board: see the Executive Committees of the NetBSD Foundation page for details.
The current members of the NetBSD Foundation's Board of Directors are:
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William J. Coldwell
<billc@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2015-now; Term expires: 2021; Last elected: 2019
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Pierre Pronchery
<khorben@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2017-now; Term expires: 2021; Last elected: 2019
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Leonardo Taccari
<leot@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2019-now; Term expires: 2021; Last elected: 2019
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Makoto Fujiwara
<mef@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2020-now; Term expires: 2022; Last elected: 2020
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Michael van Elst
<mlelstv@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2016-now; Term expires: 2022; Last elected: 2020
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Taylor R. Campbell
<riastradh@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2016-now; Term expires: 2022; Last elected: 2020
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Thomas Klausner
<wiz@NetBSD.org>Member of board: 2016-now; Term expires: 2022; Last elected: 2020
The office holders of the Foundation are:
- President: William J. Coldwell
<billc@NetBSD.org> - Vice President: Pierre Pronchery
<khorben@NetBSD.org> - Secretary: Christos Zoulas
<christos@NetBSD.org> - Assistant Secretary: Thomas Klausner
<wiz@NetBSD.org> - Treasurer: Christos Zoulas
<christos@NetBSD.org> - Assistant Treasurer: Taylor R. Campbell
<riastradh@NetBSD.org>
The NetBSD Foundation has implemented the following policies:
The NetBSD Foundation has passed the following resolutions:
- Formation of administration-exec@NetBSD.org. (2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11, dissolved 2008/03, written resolution 2017/02/15)
- Formation of communication-exec@NetBSD.org. (2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11, dissolved 2008/03, written resolution 2017/02/15)
- Formation of finance-exec@NetBSD.org. (2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
- Formation of membership-exec@NetBSD.org. (2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
- Formation of technical-exec@NetBSD.org. (2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11, dissolved 2008/03, written resolution 2017/02/15)
- Formation of core@NetBSD.org. (2003/09/23)
- Formation of pkgsrc-pmc@NetBSD.org. (2003/12/02)
- Formation of www-pmc@NetBSD.org. (2004/10/06)
- Formation of concom@NetBSD.org. (2016/08/10), amended 2017/11/08
The following status reports of the NetBSD Foundation are available:
- Financial report: 2020
- Financial report: 2019
- Financial report: 2018
- Financial report: 2017
- Financial report: 2016
- Financial report: 2015
- Financial report: 2014
- Financial report: 2013
- Financial report: 2012
- Financial report: 2011
- Financial report: 2010
- Financial report: 2009
- Financial report: 2008
- Financial report: 2007
- Quarterly Status Report: January - June 2007
- Financial report: 2006
- “Quarterly” Status Report: April - December 2006
- Financial report: 2005
- Quarterly Status Report: January - March 2006
- Quarterly Status Report: July - December 2005
- Financial report: 2004
- Quarterly Status Report: April - June 2005
- Quarterly Status Report: January - March 2005
- Annual Group Meeting: 2004
- Quarterly Status Report: October - December 2004
- Quarterly Status Report: July - September 2004
- Quarterly Status Report: April - June 2004
- Quarterly Status Report: January - March 2004
- Annual Group Meeting: 2003
Press releases from NetBSD Foundation and media information are available at the Media and Press Information webpage.