2025
2024
2023
- The 9th International Workshop on Plan 9 was held at the University of Waterloo.
- We received our 501(c)(3) determination from the IRS as a tax-exempt non-profit organization.
2022
- Board elections were conducted.
- After a ten-year hiatus, planning for the 9th International Workshop on Plan 9 was started.
2021
The first full year of operations.
- Bell Laboratories, a unit of Nokia Corporation, announces the transfer of the Plan 9 operating system sources to the Plan 9 Foundation [ Press release ].
- The Foundation is participating in GSoC 2021.
- Preparing for a new release, including patches.
2020
The Foundation incorporated in November.
Date: Wed, Dec 9, 2020
To: Nokia Bell Labs
Subject: the Plan 9 Foundation
We, the creators of Plan 9, are writing to you in support of transferring the Plan 9 IP to the Plan 9 Foundation. The transfer will benefit Plan 9 users both outside and inside of Nokia. Outside use and development has been stifled by the confusion around the current LPL license. Inside use is discouraged by a lack of community involvement and support. The Foundation has been founded to maintain a ’common root’ under a less encumbering license such as the BSD or MIT ones. This root will provide a stable platform on which users can further extend and customize the system.
Ken Thompson
Rob Pike
David Presotto
Phil Winterbottom
Eric Grosse