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# NixOS Foundation

The NixOS Foundation's role is to support the infrastructure and development of the NixOS project as a whole.
The exact nature and scope of this might vary over time and are described in the [role and responsibilities](./role_and_responsibilities.md) document.
The NixOS Foundation is a legal entity serving as an interface between the Nix community and external matters, such a legals, financials, administration, partnerships and co. The NixOS Foundation is operated by the members of the NixOS Foundation _board_. See [the board page](https://nixos.org/community/teams/foundation-board/) for overall responsibilities and current members.

## About the foundation
## History

The "Stichting NixOS Foundation" is a registered non-profit organisation at the Chamber of commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The KvK number is 63520583.
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Removing because it's also mentioned in https://nixos.org/community/, and the KVK number is also in the impressum.

Members:
- Eelco Dolstra: June 2015 - May 2024
- Armijn Hemel: June 2015 - Feb 2023
- Robert Vermaas: June 2015 - Feb 2023
- Théophane Hufschmitt: June 2022 - June 2024
- Domen Kožar: June 2022 - March 2024
- Jonas Chevalier: March 2024 - June 2024

### Board members
Observers:
- Graham Christensen: June 2022 - May 2023
- Jonas Chevalier: Feb 2023 - March 2024
- Ryan Lahfa: Nov 2023 - Nov 2024
- Janik Haag: March 2024 - July 2024

Here is the current list of board members. Board members have voting power
over decisions of the board.

* Eelco Dolstra (@edolstra, Chairman)
* Ron Efroni (@refroni, Treasurer)
* Théophane Hufschmitt (@thufschmitt, Secretary)
* Jonas Chevalier (@zimbatm)

### Board observers

* Ryan Lahfa (@raitobezarius)
* Janik Haag (@Janik-Haag)

Board observers are here to help and participate in the board decision making
process, but don't have any voting powers.

### Board affiliation transparency

* Eelco Dolstra is Founder / Secretary of the Board of Determinate Systems
* Ron Efroni is Founder / Chief Executive Officer of Flox
* Théophane Hufschmitt is employed by Tweag / Modus Create
* Jonas Chevalier is Founder / Director of Numtide

### The NixOS Foundation by-laws
## The NixOS Foundation by-laws

These are the official by-laws:
- the [Dutch version](./by-laws/Oprichtingsakte_NixOsFoundation.nl.pdf) is the one filed with the Kamer Van Koophandel (KvK) and is the authoritative version
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