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Motto | Parrot speaks your language |
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Formation | June 2008 |
Type | Non-profit organization |
Purpose | Help promote the development of the Parrot process virtual machine (Parrot VM) and related source code |
Headquarters | United States |
Region served | Worldwide |
President | Jerry Gay |
Key people | Allison Randal, Will Coleda |
Website | Parrot Foundation |
The Parrot Foundation is a non-profit organization based in the United States established under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
It was formed in June 2008 [1] 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.
The Parrot Foundation has a board of directors, elected by the voting members of the foundation. The current board consists of:
In order to become a voting member of the Parrot Foundation, the following conditions must be met:
Sponsor membership is a non-voting membership and requires a yearly financial contribution. Current sponsor members are: [3]
Current Advisory Board [4]
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