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

So excited to be at @SeaGL this weekend! Such an incredible community oriented event (always with a great selection of teas as well).

Come find us to learn about all our new activities and see the OpenWrt One!

SFC's DMCA exemptions granted in triennial Library of Congress hearing! Continuing exemptions for jailbreaking routers + smart TVs, FOSS license investigation, and medical devices. We are so proud to stand up for digital rights. To read more about our advocacy for digital freedom, read here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/31/success-in-2024-dmca-exemptions/

Our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn, fears the newly published Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) 1.0 erodes the meaning of “open source”. OSAID serves well as initial recommendations, but it was just too soon to publish a definitive definition. Read more at: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/oct/31/open-source-ai-definition-osaid-erodes-foss/

SFC releases an aspirational statement on generative AI for programming. We highlight the need for respecting user freedom, for reproducibility, and guaranteeing that such systems are truly Free and Open Source Software (FOSS):

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/25/aspirational-on-llm-generative-ai-programming/

FOSSY 2025 dates are out! Join us again in Portland, Oregon for the first weekend in August (July 31st-August 3rd) at Portland State University for 4 days of excellent community driven tracks.

Can't wait to see you again!

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/17/FOSSY-2025-announcement/

Don't let big companies chip away at software freedom! Vizio isn't respecting the GPL, but @conservancy is fighting back, protecting our rights. Help them win: https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

Conservancy staff had a great time at Linux Plumbers! You can read our Director of Compliance's report highlighting some great conversations and thoughts about the future of GPL enforcement here: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/oct/03/linux-plumbers-and-gpl-enforcement/

The last talk of the conference is starting: Watson and Brandon Smith presenting on "Case Studies of Exploitation in Open Source". Two brilliant presenters closing us out! #FOSSY24

https://restreamer.opensignalpdx.org/

The last keynote of #FOSSY24 is start in 10 minutes: https://restreamer.opensignalpdx.org/playersite_47e6209d-3ae3-4c24-ae4b-d9b3a74630ff.html

Starting off the last day is a discussion about "FOSS Outside of Corporations" led by our Executive Director @karen featuring John Sullivan, Kate Chapman, Rosy Schechter, Sriram Ramkrishna.

We are sharing a booth with the Open Source Foundation at in . If you are around, we would love to talk to you and discuss the newest movements!

Big thanks to @novacustom for donating a notebook running to us and thanks to @conservancy for organizing this conference!

AI Keynote by Denver Gingerich, Allison Randal, Joey Hess, julia ferraioli, Kat Walsh is live! https://restreamer.opensignalpdx.org/

Our incredible AV Team Open Signal PDX has started streaming our tracks! Bear with us while we continue testing and debugging, but join us at 16:30 and 17:30 tonight for a few more talks, and Saturday and Sunday we'll continue our best to stream all the tracks!

https://restreamer.opensignalpdx.org/

Good morning for day 2 of #FOSSY24! We'll be live streaming the keynote at 9:45 PT so if you can't join us in person, please join us there!

https://videos.trom.tf/w/284BmuwWaNHUku5GkSGpEe

We're off! After a fantastic opening keynote from @karen and Bradley M. Kuhn, talks have started and #FOSSY24 is officially underway 🥳

And we have live streaming for the opening remarks!

https://videos.trom.tf/w/pi2wdQYLLjJaRLoX8BkZwH

Registration for #FOSSY24 is open! We can't wait to see you all for the opening remarks at 13:45 PT.

Got friends in Portland, OR? There's still time to register for which starts on Thursday! It's actually an amazing deal - the lowest ticket price is just $35 and includes dinner and a party on Thursday night, breakfast at the conference, plus great content and networking!

https://2024.fossy.us/

In a couple of day I'm heading to for , the 2nd free/ software yearly conference run by @conservancy https://2024.fossy.us/ . I'm looking forward to meet loads of activists there!

#FOSSY24 is next week! Can't wait to see you all in Portland for a 4 days of community, software freedom and collectively building our digital future!

You can volunteer for a free ticket if you are in Portland, OR or buy a ticket here: https://2024.fossy.us/attend/tickets/

9 days until #FOSSY24 we can't believe we're almost there! If you are local and looking to attend, we still have plenty of volunteer spots left for a free ticket! https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/ZmRYXAoN9f3G4L6cDLdgcdNL

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