FreeBSD Receives €686,400 Investment from Sovereign Tech Fund

FreeBSD is a robust and dependable open source operating system that has a long history of more than 25 years powering some of the world’s most critical infrastructure. Renowned for its stability, security, and exceptional performance, FreeBSD caters to a wide range of users, from seasoned system administrators seeking a reliable foundation for large-scale deployments to those new to open source software who value a well-documented and community-driven environment.

FreeBSD benefits from a collaborative development model. It helps them to make balanced decision, ensuring that the operating system’s future reflects the needs of its diverse user base. A team of experienced and elected developers oversees the project, providing long-term stability and a clear roadmap for future development. 

FreeBSD has history of more than 25 years and it has added lot of improvements in the area of Networking, Filesystem, Virtualization, Security and Stability. FreeBSD uses BSD license which is more permissive the more restrictive General Public License (GPL) used by Linux. The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the FreeBSD Project and community.

Sovereign Tech Fund team has over 30 years of combined experience in open source funding and brings diverse backgrounds from startups, NGOs, research organizations and corporations. They accept applications on an ongoing basis to support open digital base technologies in the public interest. They have done investments in many open source projects like OpenJS Foundation, Yocto project, Apache Airflow, Wireguard, OpenBDPd. It has previously funded €1M to GNOME project. 

Sovereign Tech Fund to invest €686,400 in FreeBSD, which is around $761,547. Using this fund, FreeBSD is going to work on below key projects.

• Zero Trust Builds: Enhance tooling and processes
• CI/CD Automation: Streamline software delivery and operations
• Reduce Technical Debt: Implement tools and processes to keep technical debt low
• Security Controls: Modernize and extend security artifacts, including the FreeBSD Ports and Package Collection, to assist with regulatory compliance
• SBOM Improvements: Enhance and implement new tooling and processes for FreeBSD SBOM

Sovereign Tech Fund has contributed a lot to open source projects. It will certainly help open source projects to sustain and survive and move ahead towards future development.