https://www.youtube.com/live/f2wDfw2nPN0
You can also view Youtube in free software like VLC, mpv, etc.
Come see Tracy and our incredible volunteers for registration. Opening remarks are at 13:45 and our social is at 19:00 tonight at Punchbowl Social. Happy FOSSY!
Can't wait to see you all there, be sure and register before tomorrow night so you can join us for our social. It's like the hallway track, but with food!
👀 … *huge* opportunity for travel to a key #FOSS event! Don't miss it…
https://fedi.copyleft.org/@conservancy@sfconservancy.org/114909678896224276
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/
… #SFC'll cover travel expenses for select qualified individuals who produce blogs, “toots”, articles, videos, podcasts, etc. during the historic trial in the #SoftwareFreedom #Conservancy v. Vizio case.
If you're available the week of 2025-09-22, & have a little experience writing/broadcasting about #FreeSoftware online, apply by emailing <travelforvizio@sfconservancy.org>!
SFC welcomes applicants for travel stipends to attend the trial in Santa Ana, Orange County, CA, USA from September 22–30, 2025. The application process is competitive & applications are due by THU 2025-07-31 at 23:59:59 AoE.
Successful applicants should have some experience communicating publicly about FOSS policy.
More details at:
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/
I'll be at all of @conservancy #FOSSY25 next week -- hope to see many of you there!
Let me know if you'll be around.
Pick up your ticket today! https://2025.fossy.us/attend/tickets/
SFC Files Updated Motion for Summary Adjudication in Vizio Case
SFC announced that we recently filed an updated Motion for Summary Adjudication
(similar to a Motion for Partial Summary Judgement in USA federal courts):
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/10/sfc-updates-motion-for-summary-adjudication-vizio/
The motion asks the judge to summarily rule that SFC has a right as a third-party beneficiary under
the popular copyleft licenses — GPLv2 & LGPLv2.1.
A direct link to the filing:
https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2025-05-23_SFC-vs-Vizio_second-SFC-Motion-for-Summary-Adjudication.pdf
Also, please do reply to this thread for discussion all day today and tomorrow (2025-07-1{0,1}) with our Policy Fellow @bkuhn about the filing and more information about the Vizio case!
Keep in mind the trial is *this September* starting on 2025-09-22 in Santa Ana, CA & it's open to the public!
We can't wait to see you there!
@conservancy is announcing today our relaunch of the copyleft-next project! To commemorate the anniversary of other pivotal copyleft endeavors, such as GPLv3 18 years ago and GPLv2 34 (!!) years ago. This is a visionary project to build what copyleft can be now in 2025.
You can read more about the announcement here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/01/copyleft-next-relaunched/
https://2025.fossy.us/schedule/
@sourceware @conservancy - Year Two
https://inbox.sourceware.org/20250527023158.GA11631@gnu.wildebeest.org
- Communications and the Big User Survey
- A Sourceware Forge (an experiment with Forgejo)
- AI/LLM scraperbots attacks and Anubis
- Cyber Security and Regulations
- New and upgraded hardware
- Finances, thanks for the donations
- Next year plans, more, bigger servers
- Conclusion and thank you
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/may/12/looking-at-the-location-of-fossy/
Join us in IRC/ XMPP or send us an email if you have any last minute questions about your talk! conference@sfconservancy.org
https://2025.fossy.us/call-for-proposals/
We have all kinds of tracks like, FOSS in Daily Life, Libre Graphics, Licensing / Legal, P2P LoFi Futures: Peer-to-Peer and Local First, and so many more.
https://2025.fossy.us/call-for-proposals/
Thanks, @downey, for noting the dire need of/for @osuosl. #SoftwareFreedom @conservancy (where I work) helps #FOSS projects w/ nonprofit infrastructure. We don't need to offer server hosting *b/c* OSU OSL exists. SFC projects like @inkscape & others rely *every day* on Lance & his team.
What's more, Lance is training the next generation of FOSS system infrastructure engineers — slowly becoming a lost art to proprietariness since the knowledge is increasingly locked in big hosting companies.
Decided to put a CFP in re:some of my recent research for @conservancy upcoming FOSSY25. CFP has been extended to May 5th, so get those proposals in! https://2025.fossy.us/call-for-proposals/
The Call for Proposals for @conservancy's #FOSSY Conference, held at Portland State University from Jul 31 to Aug 3, 2025, is open thru May 5.
The conference has a "FOSS for Education" track covering #OpenSource software and broader open initiatives, such as #OER, #OpenScience, etc.
Even if you can't make it, please share. The organizers are working hard to grow the event and provide a forum for open developers to meet peers and collaborate.
