![]() No time restrictions, but 3 month long projects (doesn't have to be summer). EVoCĮndless Vacation of Code is inspired by Google Summer of Code, but funded by X.Org foundation. Usual need to get more developers on board. Note foundation is not tied to X.org (25 years old!), and will continue with Wayland or any other graphical stack that subsumes X11. Question - does EVoC replace Google Summer of Code, or does X.org need to work out why we weren't accepted and get back into GSoC in future years? Infrastructure (shared with ) is a challenge, but being worked on new sysadmin hired and will be working on web stability.ĮVoC had 5 students this year 4 succeeded. Old funding sources were big UNIX workstation vendors foundation expects new funding sources to be smaller sums per contributor. Can burn for 3 years before going bankrupt, but would prefer to find new funding sources. Current balance is around $85,000, run rate is around $30k/year. The war chest is shrinking back to a sensible size the foundation will soon need to fundraise. ![]() Board meetings open and public.īook sprint to write developer docs has happened (one in March, one in September). The X.org foundation supports development, rather than controlling it.įoundation is now a US 501(c)(3) charity (thanks to SFLC).
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