BSD software has powered the Internet from day one and is maintained by a global community. "BSD" began as the Berkely Software Distribution at U.C. Berkeley and now represents a family of software licenses, software projects, and complete operating systems.

BSD Fund has fueled BSD development since 2008 and invites you to support this critical work and the community that performs it.

BSD Fund Initiatives and Partners

AsiaBSDCon

March 21st through 24th

AsiaBSDCon reaches audiences not served by the larger BSDCan and EuroBSDcon conferences and can always use your help. Please write secretary@asiabsdcon.org to learn more about sponsorship opportunities!

BSDCan

May 29th through June 1st

BSDCan is the largest annual BSD conference and welcomes presenters and attendees from around the world. Please consider a PayPal donation and review the Sponsorship Opportunities, and write with any questions!

Let's make the 20th Anniversary BSDCan the best yet!

EuroBSDcon

September, 2024

EuroBSDcon changes city every year and welcomes presenters and attendees from around the world. Please review the EuroBSDcon Sponsorship Prospectus to learn more about sponsorship opportunities!

OpenZFS Developer Summit

Traditionally every October

The OpenZFS Developer Summit showcases the best file system and volume manager available at any price. Please write victoria@vgfevents.com to learn more about sponsorship opportunities!

Call For Testing

Over a decade of BSD support and leadership

Michael Dexter of Call For Testing and BSD Fund has hosted and posted over 80 hours of bhyve, Jail, Zones, and OpenZFS Production User meetings, is a frequent conference speaker, hosts bhyvecon, and has organized the Portland Linux/Unix Group since 2009. Michael's leadership role provides tangible community benefits through code review and upstreaming, not to mention the inspiration of new and returning community members. Please consider supporting his work today!

“I am always happy to see another source of funding for BSD.” – Kirk McKusick