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The FreeBSD Foundation Is Soliciting Project Proposals

Posted by Unknown on from the bsd-confirms-netcraft-is-dead dept.

Professor_Quail writes "Following a successful 2012 fundraising campaign, the FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting the submission of project proposals for funded development grants. Proposals may be related to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system, and will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit, and cost-effectiveness. The proposal process is open to all developers (including non-FreeBSD committers), and the deadline for submitting a proposal is April 26th, 2013." The foundation is currently funding a few other projects, including UEFI booting support.

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  1. IPv6 DHCP gui by Anomalyst · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Include support of LDAP and static leases. A wizard for requesting & configuring IPv6Tov4 tunnels thru current IPv6 providers would be a major boon

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    There is no right to feel safe thru security vaudeville at the expense of everyone's freedom, privacy and tax money.
  2. Java by FeatherBoa · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I would like to see improved Java support. What we have now is all either hacks based on running the Linux JVM as a compatible ABI, or you have to build a JVM from source due to licensing. I would like to see a commercial JVM run natively. Ideally IBM's.

    That's not something FreeBSD can do though, I don't expect.