Join us to ask questions and learn what SFC is up to on BigBlueButton: https://bbb.sfconservancy.org/b/pon-nxm-psh-pek
Can't wait to see you there!
I'm making my end of year donations today! Please please please include @conservancy in yours this year. I feel so lucky to work on this important cause with such an incredible team and your donation will make a world of difference as to whether we can keep doing it.
https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#annual
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Read more about our Director of Compliance's thoughts on how the Tesla efforts don't meet compliance standards and how that's harming consumers and endangering people. GPL compliance is not just a theoretical issue!
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/dec/21/tesla-no-source-code-no-safety/
You can read more about the report and ongoing work of the FTC here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2023/12/elevating-voices-creative-professionals-report-quote-book
We're hard at work ensuring your software freedom and digital rights. Just in the past week and a half, we've had major accomplishments:
* We joined an amicus curiae brief in Green v. Department of Justice along with other organizations. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/dec/06/sfc-amicus-curiae-in-dmca-suit/
* We started the December Outreachy round! 59 interns in eleven different countries will start work this week in 21 different FOSS communities. We canāt wait to see all that the interns learn and accomplish.
* Since we first filed comments in the U.S. Copyright Officeās so-called āArtificial Intelligence Studyā, we've responded to Microsoft's comments to make sure we stay engaged and represent community over corporate interests. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/dec/11/response-to-bigtech-arguments-copyright-office/
* In our lawsuit against Vizio, we've filed a we submitted our āMotion for Summary Adjudicationā, seeking a pre-trial ruling on two key arguments in the case. First, the motion seeks to establish that distributors of GPLād and LGPLād software (such as Vizio) have a legal duty to the recipients of the software to provide the complete, corresponding source code (CCS) upon request. Second, we counter Vizioās claims that the contractual rights under the GPL Agreements are preempted by copyright law. in our view, third parties (i.e., consumers and users of the devices) do have a right to CCS ā even if they are not a copyright holder. A blog post about this is soon to follow!
You can read our rebuttal here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/dec/11/response-to-bigtech-arguments-copyright-office/
Friends, if you follow me you probably understand why #softwarefreedom is important and maybe also are a @conservancy Sustainer. Part of the reason we are able to do so much (GPL enforcement! @outreachy FOSS advocacy! Fiscal sponsorship!) is because we spend our time actually doing the work, and little time on fundraising and marketing. If you're not a Sustainer, would you become one now? If you are, can you ask a friend to sign up? <3
* Our ongoing case against Vizio to protect your rights as third-party beneficiaries of the GPL.
* The 1000th intern to go through the incredible @Outreachy program!
* Ran our first full 4 day conference, with another in the works for July 2024. #FOSSY
* Spoke with policy makers and governments about the importance of FOSS in AI regulation, proprietary software mergers and submitted comments to NIST and the FTC.
* Got involved with the Right to Repair movement, specifically so we can highlight the needs of Software Right to Repair.
You can read more and donate here: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#YearInReview
Sourceware thanks @conservancy for their support and urges the community to support Conservancy
#Sourceware has only been a Software Freedom Conservancy member project for just 6 months. But the story started a long time ago and a lot has happened in that time:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/nov/27/sourceware-thanks-conservancy/
We hope the community will support the Software Freedom Conservancy 2023 Fundraiser and become a Conservancy Sustainer https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer
Their piece talks about the 6 month anniversary of joining SFC, their roadmap for the future and why you should support our fundraiser. Thanks to them for the incredible efforts they've made over 25 years of hosting free software infrastructure, and being an incredible example of a community lead project.
Cyber Monday š„ļøšø
On this Cyber Monday consider renewing your sustainership to encourage others to get involved with the free software movement:
https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/