financial interest in, or fiduciary duty to an entity Conservancy

has engaged in a free software license compliance effort, enforcement

effort, or related litigation on behalf of a Conservancy project. 

* A Conservancy Person (or his or her family member) has a material

financial interest in or fiduciary duty to the competitor of an entity

Conservancy has engaged in a free software license compliance effort,

enforcement effort, or related litigation on behalf of a Conservancy

project. 

Conservancy acknowledges that other situations may create the appearance

of a conflict, or present a duality of interests. All such circumstances

should be disclosed to the Board, as appropriate, and the Board shall make

a decision as to what (if any) course of action Conservancy or relevant

Conservancy Persons should take so that Conservancy's best interests are

not compromised by personal interests.

=== General Policies for Conservancy Persons

* *No Personal Profit or Gain.* No Conservancy Person (or family

member) shall derive any personal profit or gain, directly or indirectly,

by reason of his or her participation with Conservancy. Personal profit

or gain does not include compensation approved by the Board for paid

* *Disclosure and Abstention when Conflicted.* Each Conservancy

Person shall disclose to Conservancy's Board any conflict of interest

which he or she may have in any matter pending before Conservancy

and shall refrain from participation in any decision on such matter. 

* *Conservancy Conflict Disclosure Form.* Every six months, each

Conservancy Person shall complete a Conservancy Conflict Disclosure

form <<Exhibit-A,attached as Exhibit A>> and submit it to the Board and to

Conservancy's General Counsel. 

=== Conflict Resolution Procedures for Conservancy Persons

* *Disclosure of Conflict When Present.* Prior to any Board or

Board Committee action on a matter or transaction involving a conflict

of interest, a Conservancy Person having a conflict of interest and

who is in attendance at the meeting shall disclose all facts material

to the conflict. Such disclosure shall be reflected in the minutes

of the meeting. If board members are aware that Staff or other volunteers

have a conflict of interest, relevant facts should be disclosed by

the board member or by the interested person him/herself if invited

to the Board meeting as a guest for purposes of disclosure. 

has a material financial interest in or fiduciary duty to an entity

adverse to this effort. 

Conservancy further notes that a scenario may arise where a PLC Person

(or his or her family member) works for, owns, or otherwise has a

financial interest in an entity that competes with a second entity

involved in a transaction with Conservancy regarding the Project in

question. This may or may not result in a conflict of interest, depending

on the specific facts. Should this scenario arise, Conservancy requests

that the circumstances be disclosed to Conservancy's Executive Director

and to the PLC. 

Conservancy acknowledges that other situations may create the appearance

of a conflict, or present a duality of interests. All such circumstances

should be disclosed to Conservancy's Executive Director and to the

PLC, as appropriate, and the PLC shall make a decision as to what

(if any) course of action the PLC or relevant PLC Persons should take

so that the Project's best interests are not compromised by personal

interests.

=== General Policies for PLC Persons

* *Disclosure and Abstention when Conflicted.* Each PLC Person

shall disclose to his or her PLC and to Conservancy's Executive Director

any conflict of interest which he or she may have in any matter pending

before the PLC and shall refrain from participation in any decision

on such matter. 

* *Multiple Employees from the same Employer on a PLC.* Conservancy

discourages the practice of having multiple employees of the same

employer serve on the same PLC. This practice increases the impact

of any prospective conflict of interest with the employer on the PLC,

and PLCs will have to exercise greater care to avoid the influence

of the employer's interests. If this situation is unavoidable, PLCs

are encouraged to err on the side of caution in identifying all potential

conflicts of interest relating to the employer. 

* *Conservancy is Final Arbiter.* Each PLC Person acknowledges

that Conservancy is the final arbiter of any issue relating to potential

conflict. 

* *Project Conflict Disclosure Form.* Each PLC Person shall complete

a Project Conflict Disclosure form <<Exhibit-B,Attached as Exhibit B>> and

submit it to the PLC and to Conservancy's Executive Director on an

annual basis.