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

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We've only got $15,000 left to get matched in our fundraiser. Now is the time to squeeze your last minute donations in to have them doubled!

You can follow our microblogging drive and contribute your own memories and aspirations for @conservancy using #SFCdrive

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Thanks to @sjvn for highlighting our Executive Director @karen's story. It's important to remember how technology policy directly affects our lives and why free software is an important right for everyone!
https://theregister.com/2024/01/12/column/

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There's $18,000 left of match funds, be sure to donate before January 15th to get your donation doubled! We rely on individuals like you to hold corporations accountable to our digital rights and freedoms. You can sign up to sustain our work all year here: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#annual

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@outreachy 2023 was an incredible year; from celebrating the 1000th intern, to hiring a new staff member, attending so many meetups and conferences, see how they are leading by example:
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/jan/11/outreachy-2023-year-in-review/

Outreachy Internships outreachy@hachyderm.io

@outreachy is a core part of @conservancy.

Kindly donate to @conservancy 's yearly fundraiser by January 15, 2023, to help us continue impacting and supporting .

We have a few days left!

Read our 2023-year review here 👇
https://hachyderm.io/@outreachy/111742456637596037

Godot Engine godot godotengine@mastodon.gamedev.place

Our friends @conservancy 🌳 are in the last stretch of their annual fundraiser!

They've been a great partner, both in helping us grow the project sustainability and being our legal home until we created @godotfoundation

You can support their work here: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

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5 days left to get your donation doubled! If you become a Sustainer you can help us meet our match goal with just $22,000 left and get a super cool tshirt designed by @niktrip

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

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You've got a little more than a week to get your donation doubled during our fundraiser. Help us close the last gap $30,000 gap so we can meet our goal!

Become a Sustainer to support our critical copyleft compliance and enforcement efforts: https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#annual

elly le@tldr.nettime.org

the Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) has 10 days left to reach a matching goal. they do great work! they established a legal right to request source code on copylefted code. They give paid internships to folks that need them most. They educate students & support free software developers. Consider pitching in:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

(via @karen)

Karen Sandler karen@floss.social

Big news on the Vizio case - the court rejected Vizio's arguments in their summary judgment motion. The decision cuts to the core of the case, with clear and conclusive language. Now on to *our* motion for summary adjudication...

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/jan/03/vizio-sj-rejected/

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Good news in the Vizio case! Last Friday Judge Sandy Leal rejected Vizio's Motion for Summary Judgment, allowing our full arguments to be presented and heard. Judge Leal's decision is clear: “Allowing third parties such as SFC to enforce their rights to receive source code is not only consistent with the GPLs’ objectives; it is both essential and necessary to achieve these objectives. Recipients of GPL-licensed software will be assured of their right to receive source code only if they have standing to enforce that right.”

You can read more about the decision and our own Motion for Summary Adjudication here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/jan/03/vizio-sj-rejected/

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Hope everyone has a wonderful last day of 2023. Here's to much more #softwarefreedom in 2024!

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Our last (and year end!) chat with SFC leadership is at the top of the hour: `date -d 'Dec 29 21:00 UTC`
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!

Karen Sandler karen@floss.social

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/

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Thank you so much for helping us cross the 50% threshold of our fundraiser! As the year ends, it's a great time to make a donation to double your contribution and make sure you squeeze in (US) tax deductible donations:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#annual

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SFC leadership is hosting another Q&A at 00:00 UTC (in a little over 5 hours). Come learn directly from our Executive Director @karen and Policy Fellow, Hacker-in-Residence, and Treasurer Bradley M. Kuhn about what @conservancy has been up to and how you can get involved!

https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2023/000118.html

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We're getting close to halfway on our fundraiser! Please help us meet out match goal, every dollar counts double until January 15th! Now is the time to give the gift 🎁 of Software Freedom For All by powering our mission for the next year. https://sfconservancy.org/donate

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Join the Q&A coming up in an hour and 10 minutes, where you can talk to some of SFC's leadership and ask them whatever you want about our work!

https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2023/000118.html

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Join the Q&A coming up in an hour and 10 minutes, where you can talk to some of SFC's leadership and ask them whatever you want about our work!

https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2023/000118.html

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Join the Q&A coming up in an hour and 10 minutes, where you can talk to soem of SFC's leadership and ask them whatever you want about our work!

https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2023/000118.html

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