I'm not sure what you're asking for re: timeline. Freicoin was released in Dec 2012, and so it's been live for about 18 months now. You can download the latest official version from the website:

http://freico.in/

There isn't a whitepaper because the concept is quite simple. You can read about it in the OP or the official website. There is a whitepaper describing future additions that will hopefully be included within a year:

http://freico.in/docs/freimarkets.pdf