Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation: Difference between revisions

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* support the development and maintenance of a web site, aimed at providing a platform for free and open source silicon.

The FOSSi Foundation is the legal entity, owner of the [https://www.librecores.org librecores.org] website, the primary portal for the user community. It holds an annual conference (ORConf<ref>ORConf [https://orconf.org/ website]</ref>) and organizes an annual student design contest.

To provide a harassment-free environment for minority contributors, all community members are required to abide by a code of conduct which prohibits offensive language and unwanted behavior in any of the community spaces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Code of Conduct |url=https://www.fossi-foundation.org/code-of-conduct |website=FOSSi Foundation |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

== History ==

During 2015, ORSoC AB, commercial owners of [[OpenCores|opencores.org]] formed a joint venture with KNCMiner AB to develop bitcoin mining machines. As this became the primary focus of the business, they spent less time on the opencores.org project. In response to the growing lack of commitment, the core OpenRISC development team set up the Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation (FOSSi), and registered the [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores] website, as the basis for all future development, independent of commercial control.<ref>Announcement of FOSSi at ORConf2015, CERN, Geneva. [https://orconf.org/2015/schedule.html schedule] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbLNTo_J0j0&list=PLUg3wIOWD8yoX2ECfeU_QP5snbu2Zs1Wp&index=12 video]</ref>

In 2016, the [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores] development is intensifyingintensified and the annual "LibreCores Student Design Contest" was announced<ref>[https://lists.librecores.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/000046.html Announcement on the mailing list].</ref> The FOSSi Foundation is an umbrella organization in the [[Google Summer of Code]] 2016–2020.<ref>[https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5516229267685376/ FOSSi in the Google Summer of Code]</ref>

==See also==

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==External links==

* {{Official website}}

* User portal: [https://www.librecores.org/ LibreCores]

* Conference portal: [https://orconf.org/ ORConf]