From d623a9b5c4a6fe7e8f669b42bc52aa141aa8f7ce 2020-10-01 17:52:25
From: Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@sfconservancy.org>
Date: 2020-10-01 17:52:25
Subject: [PATCH] Copyleft Compliance: rewrite about page in light of  strategic plan

The copyleft-compliance/about.html page doubles as the introduction
page to our compliance work.  This is a start at the rewrite of that
page to link off to the new items and have new text to inspire
interest in the project.

---

diff --git a/www/conservancy/static/copyleft-compliance/about.html b/www/conservancy/static/copyleft-compliance/about.html
index 83fadc8983f3ece055b5597a5dd109b0b9cbcbbb..ef1946f4df248fdc5d7f15bd9dbd59f2b98c7bd5 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/static/copyleft-compliance/about.html
+++ b/www/conservancy/static/copyleft-compliance/about.html
@@ -4,41 +4,56 @@
 {% block content %}
 <h1 id="ourwork">Conservancy's Copyleft Compliance Projects</h1>
 
-<p>Free and open source software is
-        everywhere and in everything; yet our software freedom is constantly
-        eroded.  With the help of its volunteers, <a href="/members/current/">member projects</a>, and <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>,
-  Conservancy stands up for users' software freedom via its copyleft compliance work.</p>
-
-<p>Conservancy engages in copyleft compliance work in two different ways: by acting directly
-on behalf of <a href="/projects/">Conservancy's Member Projects</a> who request
-Free and Open Source License compliance efforts, and for
-specific, targeted member projects for communities of developers.</p>
-
-<p>Conservancy's Copyleft Compliance Projects are run in a collaborative manner with
-the project developers.  All copyright holders involved have the opportunity
-to give input and guidance on Conservancy's strategy in dealing with
-compliance issues.  Thus, all Conservancy's compliance matter have full
-  support of relevant copyright holders.</p>
-
-<p>In addition to taking feedback internally from those who participate as
-  part of the coalitions described below, Conservancy also welcomes feedback
-  and discussion with the general public about our copyleft compliance
-  efforts.  This discussion happens on
-  Conservancy's <a href="https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/principles-discuss">principles-discuss</a>
-  mailing list, which is named
-  for <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of
-  Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a> which Conservancy follows in all our
-  copyleft compliance.</p>
-
-<h2 id="projects">Compliance Project For Our Fiscally Sponsored Projects</h2>
+<p>As existing donors and supporters know, the Software Freedom Conservancy
+  is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity registered in New York, and Conservancy
+  helps people take control of their computing by growing the software
+  freedom movement, supporting community-driven alternatives to proprietary
+  software, and defending free software with practical initiatives.
+  Conservancy accomplishes these goals with various initiatives, including
+  defending and upholding the rights of software users and consumers under
+  copyleft licenses, such as the GPL.</p>
+
+<p>Free and open source software (FOSS) is everywhere and in everything; yet
+our software freedom is constantly eroded.  With the help of its
+volunteers, <a href="/members/current/">member projects</a>,
+and <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>, Conservancy stands up for users'
+software freedom via its copyleft compliance work.</p>
+
+<p>Conservancy's primary work in copyleft compliance currently focuses on
+our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-strategy.html">Strategic GPL
+Enforcement Initiative</a>.  This initiative, launched in August 2020,
+represents the culmination of nearly 15 years of compliance work of
+Conservancy spanning ten different fiscally sponsored projects, past lawsuits
+against more than a dozen defendants, and hundreds of non-litigation
+compliance actions.</p>
+
+<p>For these many years, Conservancy has always given the benefit of the
+  doubt to companies who exploited our good nature and ultimately simply
+  ignore the rights of users and consumers.  In that time, the compliance
+  industrial complex has risen to a multi-million-dollar industry &mdash;
+  selling (mostly proprietary) products, services, and consulting to
+  companies.  Yet, these compliance efforts ignore consistently the most
+  essential promise of copyleft &mdash; the complete, Corresponding Source
+  and "the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the
+  executable".</p>
+
+<p>We encourage our supporters and software freedom enthusiasts everywhere to
+  <a href="/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-strategy.html">read our detailed
+  strategic plan for GPL enforcement</a> and its companion
+  project, <a href="/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liberation.html">Our
+    Firmware Liberation Project</a>.</p>
+
+<h2 id="projects">Compliance Relationship to Fiscally Sponsored Projects</h2>
 
 <p>Historically, Conservancy was well-known for its ongoing license
-compliance efforts on behalf of its BusyBox member project.  Today, Conservancy
-does semi-regular compliance work for its BusyBox, Evergreen, Git, Inkscape, Mercurial,
-Samba, Sugar Labs, QEMU and Wine member projects.  If you are a copyright holder
-in any member project of Conservancy, please contact the project's leadership committtee,
+compliance efforts on behalf of its BusyBox member project.  Today,
+Conservancy does semi-regular compliance work for its BusyBox, Git, Inkscape,
+Mercurial, Samba, QEMU and Wine member projects.  If you are a copyright
+holder in any member project of Conservancy, please contact the project's
+leadership committtee,
 via <a href="mailto:PROJECTNAME@sfconservancy.org">&lt;PROJECTNAME@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>
-for more information on getting involved in compliance efforts in that project.
+for more information on getting involved in compliance efforts in that
+project.
 </p>
 
 <h2 id="linux">GPL Compliance Project For Linux Developers</h2>
@@ -71,7 +86,6 @@ Conservancy should
   with <a href="mailto:linux-services@sfconservancy.org">&lt;linux-services@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>
   first.</p>
 
-
 <h2 id="debian">The Debian Copyright Aggregation Project</h2>
 
 <p>In August 2015, <a href="/news/2015/aug/17/debian/">Conservancy announced the Debian Copyright Aggregation
@@ -106,24 +120,27 @@ Conservancy should contact <a href="mailto:debian-services@sfconservancy.org">&l
 <p>However, the Guide is admittedly a large document, so for those who are
   interested in a short summary of describing how Conservancy handles GPL
   enforcement and compliance
-  work, <a href="/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">this
-  blog post outlining the compliance process</a> is likely the best source.</p>
+  work, <a href="/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">this blog post outlining
+  the compliance process</a> is likely the best source.</p>
 
 <h2 id="reporting">Reporting GPL Violations To Us</h2>
 
 <p>If you are aware of a license violation or compliance issue regarding
-  Debian, Linux, or
-  any <a href="/members/current/">Conservancy member
-  project</a> (&mdash; in particular BusyBox, Evergreen, Inkscape, Mercurial,
+  Debian, Linux, or any <a href="/members/current/">Conservancy member
+  project</a> (&mdash; in particular BusyBox, Git, Inkscape, Mercurial,
   Samba, Sugar Labs, or Wine),
   please <a href="mailto:compliance@sfconservancy.org">contact us by email at
-    &lt;compliance@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>.</p>
+  &lt;compliance@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>.</p>
+
+<!--- FIXME: bkuhn is rewriting this blog post fresh the weekend of --
+      2020-07-18 so we need not link to ebb.org anymore when we roll out
+      these changes --> 
 
 <p>If you think you've found a GPL violation, we encourage you to
    read <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2009/11/08/gpl-enforcement.html">this
-   personal blog post by our Distinguished Technologist, Bradley M. Kuhn</a>,
-   about good practices in discovering and reporting GPL violations.  (We'd
-   also like someone to convert the text of that blog post into a patch for
+   personal blog post by our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn</a>, about good
+   practices in discovering and reporting GPL violations.  (We'd also like
+   someone to convert the text of that blog post into a patch for
    <a href="http://compliance.guide">The Compliance Guide on
    copyleft.org</a>; submit it
    via <a href="https://k.copyleft.org/guide/">k.copyleft.org</a>.)</p>