F Sharp Software Foundation
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| Abbreviation | FSSF |
|---|---|
| Formation | December 2014 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Promote, protect, and advance the F# programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of F# programmers. |
| Headquarters | Nevada, United States |
Region served | Worldwide |
| Membership | 1831[1] |
Official language | English |
| Reed Copsey, Jr. | |
Vice chairperson of the board of trustees | Elliot Brown |
Parent organization | Microsoft |
| Affiliations | Microsoft |
| Website | foundation |
The F# Software Foundation (FSSF) is a non-profit organization devoted to the F# programming language.[2] It was founded at the beginning of 2013[3][4] and became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in December 2014. The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the F# community and is responsible for various processes within the F# community, including assisting development of the core F# distribution and libraries,[5][6] managing intellectual rights, and raising funds.
The current board of trustees and officers of the FSSF are listed below:[7]
Officers
[edit]- Chairperson of the board of trustees: Ryan Coy
- Secretary of the board of trustees: Houston Haynes
- Secretary: Mathias Brandewinder
- Treasurer: Paulmichael Blasucci
- Executive director: Reed Copsey, Jr.
- Technical advisor: Don Syme
Board of trustees
[edit]- Kevin Avignon
- Phillip Carter
- Ryan Coy
- Houston Haynes
- Janne Siera
The executive director and technical advisor roles serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the board of trustees.
References
[edit]- ^ "Board Meeting Minutes". fsharp.org. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "About the F# Software Foundation". Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "Introducing the F# Software Foundation (InfoQ)". Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "F# Foundation: Taking Microsoft's F# Language to a Higher Ground (eWeek)". 6 January 2013. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "The F# Core Engineering Group". Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "Announcing a preview of F# 4.0 and the Visual F# Tools in VS 2015". Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "Officers and Trustees". F# Software Foundation. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
