Mission Statement

Statement from the Executive Director

The F# Software Foundation (FSSF):

• Maintains a core open-source F# code repository and distributions made available to the public free of charge for use across multiple platforms. This includes the F# compiler, F# language specification, the F# core library and assorted tools and applications.
• Solicits and manages contributions to this open source F# codebase, and may perform these services on behalf of other open source F#-related codebases. Contributions to the open source F# codebase will maintain the integrity of the F# language and will initially focus on broadening the reach of F# across multiple platforms rather than extending the functionality of the F# language (see notes below).
• Owns resources relating to F# including
  • the domain fsharp.org
  • the github.com/fsharp community organization
  • the fsharporg twitter account
• Maintains the fsharp.org domain as:
  • A website which gives authoritative and up-to-date information about how to get, use and contribute to F# across a diverse range of platforms; links to other F# news, community, Q&A, social, user group and educational; and hosts other content consistent with the mission statement of the FSSF
  • The email addresses …@fsharp.org for the use of the foundation
• Seeks to:
  • expand the relevance and importance of F# skills and knowledge
  • expand the range of technologies which can interoperate with F#
  • expand the range of platforms where F# can be used
  • encourage a broad and diverse range of contributors to F#, including commercial, open source and educational contributors
  • publicize and promote the adoption of F#
  • facilitate the ongoing development of F#-related technology and educational resources, including contributing to F# conferences

Notes:

• The FSSF acknowledge the role of Microsoft as the current primary developers of the F# language, open-source compiler and open-source core tools, with a focus on the Windows platform. They accept that as an excellent ongoing arrangement. They welcome Microsoft’s contributions to the aims of the FSSF through both the open source releases of the F# compiler and the commercial releases of the Visual F# tooling.
• “Open source” is defined as: freely available technology licensed under terms compatible with Version 1.9 (or later) of the Open Source Definition, as established by the Open Source Initiative (see http://www.opensource.org/).

The current Mission Statement was ratified by the Board of Trustees on February 19th, 2015.  
The Executive Statement was last modified by the Executive Director on February 19th, 2015.