“Free Software Supports”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

There are lots of free software and many of them need donation and support to continue their works. There are some foundations to support these free software, and many organizations support these foundations. Knowing about these foundations and organizations might help in spending money in the right way and advancement of free software movement.

Foundations that support free software

Foundation

Mission

Annual Budget (million dollars)

Supported Projects

Notes

Free Software Foundation

GCC, Binutils, ...

Linux Foundation

Linux kernel, Node.js, Xen, ...^[1]

^[2]^[3]

Mozilla Foundation

keeping the Web open, free and accessible^[4]

329.5

Firefox, Thunderbird

^[5]

OpenBSD Foundation

0.25

OpenBSD, OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, OpenNTPD, OpenSMTPD, LibreSSL and Mandoc ^[6]

^[7]

Software in the Public Interest

0 A.D., Aptosid, Arch Linux, Ardupilot, Chakra, Debian, Drizzle, FFmpeg, Fluxbox, Freedesktop.org, FreedomBox, Fresco, Gallery, Glucosio, GNUstep, GNU TeXmacs, Haskell, Jenkins, LibreOffice, MadWifi, MinGW, [https://www.ntpsec.org/ NTPsec], OFTC, Open Bioinformatics Foundation, Open Voting Foundation, OpenEmbedded, OpenVAS, OpenWrt, OpenZFS, Open64, OSUNIX, ...^[8]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects|title=Projects {{!}} The Linux Foundation|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Linux Foundation|access-date=2016-08-01}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxfoundation.org/members/corporate|title=Members {{!}} The Linux Foundation|website=www.linuxfoundation.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws#schedulea|title=Bylaws {{!}} The Linux Foundation|website=www.linuxfoundation.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2014/faq/|title=The State of Mozilla: 2014 Annual Report {{!}} Frequently Asked Questions|website=Mozilla|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-01}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Financials_2014.pdf|title=Mozilla Foundation and Subsidiary: 2014 Independent Auditors' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Mozilla Foundation|access-date=}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/|title=The OpenBSD Foundation|website=www.openbsdfoundation.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2015.html|title=The OpenBSD Foundation 2015 Fundraising Campaign|website=www.openbsdfoundation.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/|title=projects|website=www.spi-inc.org|access-date=2016-08-01}}

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