Formation June 2008 Region served Worldwide | Headquarters United States | |
Motto Parrot speaks your language Type Non-profit organization Purpose Help promote the development of the Parrot process virtual machine (Parrot VM) and related source code | ||
The Parrot Foundation is a non-profit organization based in the United States established under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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It was formed in June 2008 to help promote the development of the Parrot process virtual machine (Parrot VM) and related source code. In addition, it provides a means for companies and organizations to provide funding to Parrot VM related activities. It also licenses the Parrot VM and protects the Parrot VM intellectual property.
Parrot Foundation has been part of Google Code-In and Google Summer of Code, which involve mentoring high school and college age students and teaching them how to successfully contribute to Free and Open source software.
Board of directors
The Parrot Foundation has a board of directors, elected each year by the voting members of the foundation. The current board consists of:
Voting membership
In order to become a voting member of the Parrot Foundation, the following conditions must be met:
Sponsors
The following companies have donated or sponsored Parrot Foundation:
Advisory board
Current Advisory Board