Software Freedom Conservancy

Last call for #FOSSY CFP submissions!

You can submit your talks by making an account on the conference website: https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/

We'll be accepting proposals until end of day Anywhere on Earth. Please email us conference@sfconservancy.org if you need an extension.

Thanks to everyone who submitted already and we're so excited to review all the great talks!

More details here: https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2026/000146.html

Get your #FOSSY tickets now - early bird pricing ends on Saturday!

https://2026.fossy.ca/attend/tickets/

And don't forget that the CfP closes on Monday

#FOSSY2026 #FOSSY26

Great to open up @lwn today and see us defending the AGPL 💪

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074286/

Don't forget we are raising funds to continue this kind of copyleft compliance work! You can donate here: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

@arstechnica has a great write up about our Vizio case. They interviewed SFC's Director of Compliance Denver Gingerich:

“Personally, I’m excited to see [more] people interested in improving the devices they have, whether that be to extend their support lifetime for 10-plus years… so they can keep getting security updates after the manufacturer stops updating them, add new features like ad-blocking, or diagnose and fix hardware issues that require software changes,”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/inside-the-fight-to-force-vizio-to-share-linux-based-source-code-for-its-tvs-os/

@geerlingguy Appreciate the support! We're doing our best to stand up for users and make sure that people who bought hardware because of the free software on it, can keep all the promises that the free software guarantees them.

SFC announced today a multi-pronged, comprehensive initiative to deal with Bambu Lab's AGPLv3 copyleft violations, and with software right to repair for 3D printer users generally.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/may/18/bambu-studio-3d-printer-agpl-violation-response/

The initial plan includes forks, reverse engineering, and further investigation. As always, litigation remains a last resort.

Donate now to help SFC continue this work: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer

#SFC #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #Bambu #BambuLab #BambuStudio #AGPLv3 #AGPL #copyleft

SFC's policy fellow, @bkuhn, just posted a relevant-to-current-events article entitled “Dealing with Incomplete Copyleft Source That Doesn't Correspond”.

With the recent news about Bambu Studio's AGPL violations, this advice on how to handle a protracted period of “incomplete-ccs” from a vendor is very much needed.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/may/17/incomplete-corresponding-source-code-copyleft-agpl/

#AGPLv3 #copyleft #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #BambuStudio #Bambu3d #GPLv3 #AGPL #GPL #SFC #Bambu #FOSS #licensing #copyright #DMCA

One of the fantastic tracks we're hosting at #FOSSY this year is the "Toolchain and Other Developer Tools". If you have used any of the incredible projects hosted at @sourceware or myriad other #FOSS compilers, debuggers, or editors then you should think about giving a talk in Vancouver this August!

We want to hear from you whether you are a first time speaker, veteran of the circuit, or someone who isn't even a professional software developer. Software being made by everyone is one of the best things about #FOSS :)

Submit to the CFP by May 22: https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/

Join #SFC in 10 minutes for a 1-hour video chat discussion about how the #FOSS community should respond to the ever-rising popularity of #LLM-backed generative #AI code assistant systems.

https://bbb-new.sfconservancy.org/rooms/welcome-llm-gen-ai-users-to-foss/join

#FOSSY26 CFP is open!! We're accepting submissions until May 22 EOD anywhere on Earth.

Submit to tracks like Camp KDE, Fedicon, Right to Repair, Toolchain and Other Developer Tools, as well as many others!

You can find all the details here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/apr/23/fossy26-cfp/

The FCC effectively banned all new routers from being sold in the U.S. last week. We've analyzed the situation and have some good news for #OpenWrt, and the #OpenWrtOne! We also discuss how security actually works, and what we're doing to make sure that OpenWrt continues to lead on that front. Check it out at https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/02/fcc-router-ban/

If you are in the Vancouver, BC area this Sunday the 22nd, be sure to join our Director of Compliance Denver Gingerich who is hosting a #FOSSY pre-event!

You can RSVP here: https://events.sfconservancy.org/1ukbcQFkKAEr0OrZ7PDgq

We're extending our call for Community run Tracks until Wednesday March 25th! We want to encourage folks to submit and let us know if you have any questions!

https://sfconservancy.org/fossy/community-tracks/

Be sure to submit your track to #FOSSY! FOSSY is powered by the community FOR the community. You can find all the incredible tracks from last year here: https://2025.fossy.us/pages/tracks/index.html

Submit your track proposals here!

https://sfconservancy.org/fossy/community-tracks/

Day 3 of @socallinuxexpo !!

Come visit out booth right up front of the expo hall.

Our Policy Fellow @bkuhn is speaking at 11:00 (20 minutes) in Ballroom H about the Vizio Trial. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/understanding-vizio-case-linux-freedom

And our Director of Compliance Denver Gingerich is speaking in Room 211 at 15:45 on the OpenWrt Build System. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/openwrt-one-build-system-lessons-all-compliance-and-how-broadly-apply-them

If you are in Vancouver, BC, please join us on March 22nd for a #FOSSY pre-event (the conference is not until August 6-9th).

You can learn more and RSVP on Fediverse here:

https://events.sfconservancy.org/1ukbcQFkKAEr0OrZ7PDgq

Very excited to be the Network Sponsor for @socallinuxexpo this week! We'll be setting up our booth today so come see us tomorrow when the expo hall opens!

We've just heard from the court, the #Vizio trial is scheduled for August 10th! You can join us at #FOSSY in Vancouver, BC and then head down the coast to California for the trial.

Thanks for all your support during this process and while we hope it doesn't get rescheduled again, we're ready to work to #DefendTheGPL as always!