This year, we filed more DMCA exemption requests than any organization in +
This year, we filed more DMCA exemption requests than any organization in the country — and we won on every single one. We clarified the right to jailbreak of routers (an @@ -108,16 +108,65 @@
Software Freedom Conservancy have helped our projects engage in critical work this year. Overall, we funded $1.7 million in work to improve software freedom, this year alone!
-We helped Outreachy expand to its largest cohorts ever. Our last round accepted 71 interns, and we announced this week that the current round will have 62! (that's 133 interns, an 27% growth from the previous two rounds!) We're grateful to be able support Outreachy to serve more communities who are committed to helping to push back against systemic underrepresentation in technology and software.
-Godot has continued to push the boundary of what we thought was possible with an open source game engine, with an impressive team contracted by Software Freedom Conservancy. The team is building their community and we are so proud to see how their focus on community has been to their benefit. To see the cutting edge of what creators are making, see their newest showreel.
- -Software Freedom Conservancy is also proud to support the Reproducible Builds team as they ensure the security of computer systems of all shapes and sizes around the world. We know that as time goes on we'll see how necessary and vital this project is. The tools they've made are freely available to help others increase reproducibility in their own projects.
- -OpenWrt had their OpenWrt 21.02 release which increases the default security options including optional SELinux and ASLR. This project empowers users to run a free operating system on their routers, and combined with our DMCA exemption, makes the landscape of free firmware much easier to explore and deploy. Another member project, coreboot, has further grown the supported hardware list for freeing your bootloader. These two projects are at the core of our firmware liberation initiation. As more and more companies find out, consumers are drawn to hardware that can run copyleft software and contrary to popular belief, are willing to pay for it!
- -The Institute for Computing in Research has furthered it's mission by expanding it's intern cohort to include a selection of six high school students in Portland, Oregon. This unique paid internship introduces high school students to software freedom as part of a summer research position that focuses on introducing young scholars to computing in areas of physical science, life science, social science, arts, and humanities. Supported by academics at Portland State University, Reed College, and Oregon State University, the cohort in Portland has projects in computational biology, natural language processing, pure math, and AI and game theory.
+Software Freedom Conservancy helped our projects engage in critical work + this year. Overall, we funded $1.7 million in work to + improve software freedom &mdash: this year alone! Those funds + go directly to fund FOSS + contributors. We do the arduous work to sustain these FOSS communities:
+ +We helped Outreachy expand to its largest cohorts ever. Our last +round accepted 71 interns, and we announced this week that the current round + will have 62! (That's 133 interns — an 27% growth from the previous two +rounds!) We're grateful to be able support Outreachy to serve more +communities who are committed to helping to push back against systemic +underrepresentation in technology and software.
+ +Godot has continued to push the boundary of what anyone thought was + possible with an open source game engine. Godot's impressive team, funded + through contracts with Software Freedom Conservancy, continues to building + their community and their excellent codebase. We are so proud of their beneficial + focus on community. Watch + their fun, exciting, + and brand + new showreel to see what these cutting edge creators are making.
+ +Software Freedom Conservancy also proudly supports, with direct funding of + contributors, the Reproducible Builds team. They ensure the + security of computer systems of all shapes and sizes around the world. + This necessary and vital project becomes even more essential in the age of + direct attacks on technological + infrastructure. The tools + they've made are freely available to help others increase + reproducibility in their own projects.
+ +OpenWrt recently had their OpenWrt 21.02 release — which + increases the default security options including optional SELinux + and ASLR. + OpenWrt empowers users to run a free + operating system on their routers. Combined with our DMCA exemption, + the landscape of free firmware is now much easier to explore and + deploy. Meanwhile, another of our projects, coreboot, has further grown the supported hardware + list for freeing your bootloader. These two projects are at the core of + our firmware + liberation initiative. As our work continues, more companies will learn + what most router companies already know: consumers + prefer hardware that can run copylefted software and — contrary to + popular belief — will gladly pay more for hardware that + respects their rights and freedoms!
+ +The Institute for Computing in Research has furthered its mission. + After two successful rounds of interns in Santa Fe, New Mexico, + ICR + expanded its intern cohort to include a selection of six high school + students in Portland, Oregon. These unique paid internships introduce high + school students to software freedom as part of a summer research position + that focuses on introducing young scholars to computing in areas of + physical science, life science, social science, arts, and + humanities. Supported by academics at Portland State University, Reed + College, and Oregon State University, the cohort in Portland has projects + in computational biology, natural language processing, pure math, and AI + and game theory.