Software Freedom Conservancy

Software Freedom Conservancy | @conservancy@social.sfconservancy.org

Software Freedom Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) public charity that acts as a non-profit home for Free, Libre, and Open Source Software projects.

https://sfconservancy.org

Thanks to everyone for a successful fundraiser!! We can't believe we made our largest match yet for a total of $503,878!

We're so grateful for all the support and incredible contributions you all made this year. Can't wait for what's the come in the rest of 2026!!

Wowowow, only $1,405 remaining. Help us cross that line and power a great year of software freedom for all!!

Bit by bit, folks are kicking in for ! Just $2273 left to go!

Small donations in many ways are our most important. They show that people really care about free software and that the work we do speaks to the public interest at large.

Can you help us spread the word? You can check out our Year in Review here below the donation box:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer#yearinreview

The high profile that @conservancy brings are last resort - they are only the most visible part of our enforcement efforts.

We work hard to respond the violation reports we receive, and work with companies to get them into compliance.

We launched Use the Source to do more of our work in a way that people can see, and participate too, working towards using the source code we receive to do cool things with our own devices :)

Only $2401 left to our match goal!

https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/

Can't believe we're so close, only $2,401 left to go!!

We're also proud of our member projects (we're picky about adding new member projects, so ones we add are very important for )! We have too many to mention them all heew, so I'll focus on our most recent ones (though perhaps you use ?)!

Did you know that U-boot is a part of ?

And X.org (no, not the .com one)!

And @sourceware!

And Liblouis!

There's less than $3k left to meet our match and just hours to do it! Can you help?

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

Only $2,797 to go! Help us close out this years #SFC fundraiser, every little bit counts!

Everyone it's time! Today is the last day of @conservancy's fundraiser! We have about 20 hours to raise just $7,377! I think we can do this!

Help us spread the word! I'll be here talking about SFC's work until we get there! Ask any questions you'd like!

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

Right on the heels of FOSDEM our team is back at work responding to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems. Our comment joins many others in underlining the role FOSS plays in digital sovereignty. Specifically calling our the critical importance of copyleft in this discussion. You can find our comment linked in our news item: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/04/eu-submission-digital-ecosystems/

SFC team is back at work after FOSDEM! Just submitted to the European Commission's Request for Feedback on European Digital Ecosystems. Our submission joins many others (specifically the @fsfe advocating for the important of free software and in particular how critical the role of copyleft is in this venture. You can read more and get a link to our submission here:

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/feb/04/eu-submission-digital-ecosystems/

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

I know it's been a long fundraising season given 's stretch match, but we are getting close to the end and we are just about to be ≤ $10k to raise to take advantage of all our generous match donations this season.

We'd really appreciate all who have donated, and hope that you can give a little bit more now.

Or, if you forgot to give last year, now is your change to double your donation.

Hello from !!!

We are getting very close to making our match challenge!!!! We have just $13,368 left to go!

Can we get there today? The in person number is updating faster than we can do the site but we'll be checking periodically to update before the end of the day!

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

a pink post it hanging on a window, it has $13,380 crossed off and $13,368 written underneath. In the background you can see an academic building, with a staircase and grass of the campus in the midground

Hello from #FOSDEM26!

We're excited to share that we have just $$26,594 left to raise in our match challenge!

We're in the stand at FOSDEM today, keeping track of the number, so you can give online or even just give some cash in person and we'll keep updating the number throughout the day!

Donations made to lower that number will be doubled!! Can we get to our goal here at #FOSDEM?


https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
Karen Sandler and Tracy Homer standing at the FOSDEM stand. The table has a green tablecloth and you can see an OpenWrt One and various stickers and informational materials on the table. Tracy and Karen are pointing towards a sign that says "Your donation matched! Left to go: $26,594, with a higher number crossed out.

For those of you following along at home, we learned on our way to the courthouse today that due to the court's busy schedule, our pre-trial conference was again delayed. We'll keep you all posted as we know more.

We expect the new trial date to be set at that hearing and the judge may also hear some of the motions that the parties are allowed to make right before trial (called "motions in limine"). We're disappointed that trial hasn't already begun and that today's hearing was canceled, but we understand a busy schedule!

@muelli asked re: hearing tomorrow. The trial is *not* tomorrow (see https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jan/09/delay-in-start-of-vizio-trial/ & https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2026-01-08-12-02-PST_ROA-706_30-2021-01226723-CU-BC-CJC_Leal-Minute-Order_certified-by-clerk.pdf ).
There *is* a hearing on motions in limine & scheduling conference though.

The hearing is open to the public. Anyone in Orange County, CA area can come to 700 W Civic Center Dr. Read up on what's allowed in court, but laptops & mobile devices are ok.

Hearing starts 9AM in Room C33, on Floor 9.

There will also likely be remote access; we'll post details in morning.

Our new Sustainer tshirt design was created by the amazing https://www.instagram.com/artericafort/

You can see her prototyping the design in these videos!

Be sure to become a Sustainer before Feburary 5th so your donation is doubled and you can get one of the swanky new designs ;)

We've successfully completed our original match 🥳 And thanks to two anonymous donors, we're extending the match by $40,012 and going until February 5th.

Thank you to everyone who helped us meet our original goal, and we're so thrilled to be able to stretch and raise even more for software freedom!

Any Sustainership or donation made by February 5th will be doubled:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

@cymplecy Thank you so much, that's so generous! You can use this page to donate via Paypal for whatever amount you can:

https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

Please reach out if you have any problems there.

Please help us out in the last few days of our fundraiser! We have to raise just another $52k to meet our generous matches to reach our target to keep this organization going. Please help: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

If you want to read more about the details of the delay, you can find that on our blog: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/jan/09/delay-in-start-of-vizio-trial/

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