# Should organizations relating to the defense sector being able to sponsor NixOS?

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/should-organizations-relating-to-the-defense-sector-being-able-to-sponsor-nixos/41252
**Category:** NixCon
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/should-organizations-relating-to-the-defense-sector-being-able-to-sponsor-nixos/41252 "2024-03-11T18:51:33Z")
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#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/should-organizations-relating-to-the-defense-sector-being-able-to-sponsor-nixos/41252/153 "2024-03-15T05:10:53Z")

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> [@NixOS Board Call meeting minutes - Sponsorship Discussion - March 13, 2024](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-board-call-meeting-minutes-sponsorship-discussion-march-13-2024/41475):
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> Notes 2024-03-13 (1660 UTC) Recap (10min) NixCon EU Anduril sponsorship announced by marketting team, leading to “bunch of things”/outcry and venue asked NixCon team to provide additional detail prior to the conference. Sponsor was dropped. During and after conference resulted in discussions in Matix and Discourse. [Proposed policy](https://github.com/NixOS/foundation/issues/110) by @tomberek, roughly summarized by requiring legal status. Proposed policy does not limit Anduril sponsorhip via host (SCALE), US (location), and Netherlands. Ni…

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