Software Freedom Conservancy

Congratulations to Mark J. Wielaard who received SFC's Distinguished Award in Software Freedom. A @sourceware volunteer with an extensive history in free software, we are so appreciative for his work and dedication to working on software freedom for all.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/aug/12/mark-j-wielaard-receives-2-annual-award/

@django @simondueckert Yes, over the next few weeks we'll get the videos processed and published. Will keep you updated!

The closing tracks for #FOSSY today are Science of Community, AI, and our Wild Card track.

Conference schedule: https://2026.fossy.ca/schedule/#sunday

Stream: https://2026.fossy.ca/livestream/

Keynote for the last day of #FOSSY is about to start!

https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=d4fcbbf7-9a0d-4ff1-9032-b49c0179e18e

Streams are live! You can watch #Fedicon, AI and Camp KDE tracks all day! Thanks for tuning into #FOSSY

https://2026.fossy.ca/livestream/

#FOSSY day 3 keynote is about to begin!

https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1ada75ec-87f4-47ff-b811-b49c0179b1ee

Afternoon #FOSSY stream is live!

https://2026.fossy.ca/livestream/

Catch the end of the "Open Source Governance and Community Stability" track and the end of the first day of #Fedicon (continuing tomorrow!).

#FOSSY talks begin in 30 minutes (17:45 UTC) after we present the "Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom"!

You can watch the #Fedicon and "Open Source Governance and Community Stability" tracks today: https://2026.fossy.ca/livestream/

Day two of #FOSSY is starting now! You can watch the keynote this morning here: https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ec95160f-c048-42d3-974b-b49c01797b1c

Streaming is live 🎆 https://2026.fossy.ca/livestream/

You can watch Open Source Governance and Community Stability, FOSS and Research Computing, and Right to Repair tracks on the link above.

We'll have a coffee break from 15:45-16:30 and then be back for 2 more rounds of talks. Stay tuned each day for the rotating list of #FOSSY tracks!

Registration for #FOSSY is open 🥳 Join us in the Fred Kaiser building to grab your badge before the opening remarks at 13:30 in the Earth Sciences Building.

Later today you can live stream the opening remarks and a select number of tracks via the UBC live streaming service: https://2026.fossy.ca/livestream/

👀🥳 … SFC has exceeded its goal of raising US$250,007 (with 3 days to spare!) to support our work using copyleft to defend the right to repair. Thanks so much to all the donors, and particularly the anonymous $100k donor who gave the last 30% to push us over the top, and the many small donors who brought us well over halfway there!

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/jul/16/software-right-to-repair-baltobu-fundraiser-succes/

We'll now begin our baltobu project in earnest! Please join the mailing list if you'd like to participate: https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/baltobu

After getting an extension, you have 2 days left to book a room for #FOSSY! To save yourself time getting to the venue, and getting a deal on lodging, be sure to go through our block to stay on campus.

There is both (cheaper) dorm style rooming, or suites available!

https://2026.fossy.ca/travel/

We were able to get our room block extended until tomorrow, so everyone planning to go to #FOSSY, book your room *now* if you haven't already! (there's a 72 hour cancellation policy, and a wide range of rooms at different prices).

After tomorrow, our discounts will be gone and we won't know if there will be rooms at the university, which is way more convenient than staying downtown.

https://reserve.suitesatubc.com/vancouver/availability.asp?hotelCode=%2A&startDate=08%2F06%2F2026&endDate=08%2F09%2F2026&adults=1&children=&rooms=1&requesttype=invBlockCode&code=G260802B%20

#FOSSY26 #FOSSY2026

Great work, @fsfe!

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260708-01.en.html

Today's the deadline on our #FOSSY26 room block! Book now if you haven't already - there are a wide range of rooms at various prices and they look like they'll be nice from our walk through. They're right by the conference too, which will be way more fun than trying to commute from downtown. This will be much much harder (and more expensive) to organize last minute.

https://2026.fossy.ca/travel/

Also #FOSSY2026 is going to be great, we can't wait to see you there!

Today is a good day to finally #GiveUpGitHub!

& now there's YA reason: last week, #GitHub urged the FOSS community to *oppose* important #California legislation that places transparency and consumer rights requirements on deployment of LLM-gen-AI!

GitHub's tactic? Disinformation claiming #FOSS licenses are incompatible with Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §22757 and California #SB1000 (which seeks to amend §22757).

Read the analysis: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jul/03/github-gen-ai-california-22757-ok-for-foss-license/

#LLM #AI #copyleft #GPL #Microsoft #law

Lodging at #FOSSY is most convenient at the university (the nearest hotel is nearly an hour away by transit!), so be sure to book through our block so you can walk to the conference! If you book now, you can always cancel up to 72 hours before your reservation begins, so better safe than sorry ;)

https://2026.fossy.ca/travel/