BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The FreeBSD Foundation, dedicated to advancing the open source FreeBSD operating system and supporting the community, announced that Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) has agreed to invest €686,400 in the FreeBSD project to drive improvements in infrastructure, security, regulatory compliance, and developer experience.
The work, organized and managed by the FreeBSD Foundation, will begin in August 2024 and continue through 2025. It will focus on five 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
Developers are the lifeblood of every open source project. The Sovereign Tech Fund's investment in FreeBSD infrastructure will ensure a world-class developer experience while preserving and extending the security and digital sovereignty for which FreeBSD is renowned.
The work commissioned by STF also aligns closely with the recent August 9, 2024 summary report released by the
