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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>During 2015, ORSoC AB, commercial owners of <a href="/facts/OpenCores/I4qbrRUP">opencores.org</a> 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 LibreCores website, as the basis for all future development, independent of commercial control.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>In 2016, the LibreCores development intensified and the annual "LibreCores Student Design Contest" was announced<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The FOSSi Foundation is an umbrella organization in the <a href="/facts/Google_Summer_of_Code/M8rDIn6W">Google Summer of Code</a> 2016–2020.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Open_content/jHYHARSN">Open content</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Free_content/jHYHARSN">Free content</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/OpenCores/I4qbrRUP">OpenCores</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Open-source_hardware/UgCHeVsm">Open-source hardware</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://fossi-foundation.org/">Official website</a> </li> <li>Conference portal: <a href="https://orconf.org/">ORConf</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation". Retrieved 23 February 2022. <a href="https://www.fossi-foundation.org/" target="_blank">https://www.fossi-foundation.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Sponsors". Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220223092246/https://www.fossi-foundation.org/sponsors" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20220223092246/https://www.fossi-foundation.org/sponsors</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Free Silicon Foundation". Retrieved 23 February 2022. <a href="https://f-si.org" target="_blank">https://f-si.org</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>ORConf website <a href="https://orconf.org/" target="_blank">https://orconf.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Code of Conduct". FOSSi Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2022. <a href="https://www.fossi-foundation.org/code-of-conduct" target="_blank">https://www.fossi-foundation.org/code-of-conduct</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Announcement of FOSSi at ORConf2015, CERN, Geneva. schedule and video <a href="https://orconf.org/2015/schedule.html" target="_blank">https://orconf.org/2015/schedule.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Announcement on the mailing list. <a href="https://lists.librecores.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/000046.html" target="_blank">https://lists.librecores.org/pipermail/discussion/2016-April/000046.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>FOSSi in the Google Summer of Code <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5516229267685376/" target="_blank">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5516229267685376/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>