Unfortunately, there are not many perks involved with being a committer. Recognition as a competent software engineer is probably the only thing that will be of benefit in the long run. However, there are at least some perks:
FreeBSD committers can get a free 4-CD or DVD set at conferences from FreeBSD Mall, Inc.. The sets are no longer available as a subscription due to the high shipment costs to countries outside the USA.
FreeBSD developers may request a cloaked hostmask for
their account on the Freenode IRC network in the form of
freebsd/developer/
freefall
name
or
freebsd/developer/
NickServ
name
. To request a cloak, send an email
to Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
with your requested hostmask and
NickServ account name.
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