Software Freedom Conservancy

Less than $5,000 to go, we're so close to completing our match. Just a few hours left to get your donation doubled 🤩 to support software freedom. Any amount helps, so if it's within your means, please consider donating today!

https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

$5,883 left to match! All donations for the rest of the day are doubled. And if you become a Sustainer, you'll receive our limited edition 2024 tshirt designed by @niktrip

You can proudly represent your support for software freedom for all of 2024!!

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

We've got just $6,759 left to go! Time to dig into the couch cushions, cup holders and CD-ROM drives for change. Every dollar helps immensely and we're so close to our goal!

https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

#SFCdrive

You can read an interview with one of our matching funders here, Eli (and Oliver the baby born during FOSSY!) Voigt: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/jan/15/supporter-interview-with-elij-and-oliver/

The real perk is the cute picture of Oliver 🥰

#SFCdrive https://sfconservancy.org/donate/

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

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/

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

@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/

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/

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

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/

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is Tesla open source? Roadster certainly isn't...
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/