attrs = super(OmnibusFeedType, self).root_attributes()

        attrs['xmlns:itunes'] = 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'

        attrs['xmlns:atom'] = 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'

        attrs['xmlns:media'] = 'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/'

        attrs['xmlns:dc'] = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"

        return attrs

    def add_root_elements(self, handler):

        super(OmnibusFeedType, self).add_root_elements(handler)

    def add_item_elements(self, handler, item):

        super(OmnibusFeedType, self).add_item_elements(handler, item)

        # Block things that don't have an enclosure from iTunes in

        # case someone uploads this feed there.

        handler.addQuickElement("itunes:block", 'Yes')

class OmnibusFeed(ConservancyFeedBase):

    feed_type = OmnibusFeedType

    link ="/news/"

    title = "The Software Freedom Conservancy"

    description = "An aggregated feed of all RSS content available from the Software Freedom Conservancy, including both news items and blogs."

    title_template = "feeds/omnibus_title.html"

    description_template = "feeds/omnibus_description.html"

    author_email = "info@sfconservancy.org"

    author_name = "Software Freedom Conservancy"

    def item_enclosure_mime_type(self): return "audio/mpeg"

    def item_enclosure_url(self, item):

        if hasattr(item, 'mp3_path'):

    def item_enclosure_length(self, item):

        if hasattr(item, 'mp3_path'):

            return item.mp3_length

    def item_pubdate(self, item):

        return item.pub_date

    def item_author_name(self, item):

        if item.omnibus_type == "blog":

            return item.author.formal_name

        else:

            return "Software Freedom Conservancy"

    def item_author_link(self, obj):

    def item_author_email(self, item):

        if item.omnibus_type == "news":

            return "info@sfconservancy.org"

        elif hasattr(item, 'author'):

            return "%s@sfconservancy.org" % item.author

        else:

            return "info@sfconservancy.org"

    def item_pubdate(self, item):

        if item.omnibus_type == "event":

            return item.date_created

        else:

            return item.pub_date

    def item_link(self, item):

        return item.get_absolute_url()

# http://groups.google.ca/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/d22e8a8f378cf0e2

    def items(self):

        blogs = BlogEntry.objects.filter(pub_date__lte=datetime.now()).order_by('-pub_date')[:25]

        for bb in blogs:

            bb.omnibus_type = "blog"

{% extends "base_about.html" %}

{% block subtitle %}Evaluation Committee - {% endblock %}

{% block submenuselection %}Eval{% endblock %}

{% block content %}

<h1>Evaluation Committee</h1>

<p>The Evaluation Committee evaluates projects that have applied to become

members of Conservancy.

    for membership in Conservancy.</p>

<h2>Jeremy Allison</h2>

<p>Jeremy Allison is one of the lead developers on the Samba Team, a group

of programmers developing an Open Source Windows compatible file and print

server product for UNIX systems. Developed over the Internet in a

distributed manner similar to the Linux system, Samba is used by all Linux

distributions as well as many thousands of corporations and products

worldwide. Jeremy handles the co-ordination of Samba development efforts

and acts as a corporate liaison to companies using the Samba code

commercially.</p>

<p>He works for Google, Inc. who fund him to work on improving Samba and

solving the problems of  Windows and Linux interoperability.</p>

<h2>Tom Callaway</h2>

<p>Tom Callaway has been working for Red Hat since 2001. He started in

Sales Engineering and has been the Fedora Engineering Manager since 2008.

He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to

2011. Tom also maintains or co-maintains a large number of Packages in

Fedora (currently 390) and is leading the Fedora Packaging Committee,

responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.  Additionally, he is

{% extends "base_about.html" %}

{% block subtitle %}License and Sources - {% endblock %}

{% block submenuselection %}License{% endblock %}

{% block content %}

<h1>License and Source For This Website</h1>

<p>The software running this website is licensed under

  the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html">AGPLv3</a>-or-later.

  You can find a <a href="/source/">full copy of the sources hosted on

  this site</a>, but it may be more interesting to know that the site is

  running on stock Debian squeeze with Apache, Django, mod_python, and

  sqlite installed, and that the main sources for the site's code itself

  is <a href="http://gitorious.org/conservancy/website">hosted on

  gitorious</a>.</p>

<p>The documents on this website are

  Unported</a>.  In some cases, the documents are dual-licensed

  (AGPLv3-or-later|CC-By-SA-3.0-Unported-or-later), to make it more

  convenient to intermix the document with code.</p>

<p>Conservancy's Logo is also licensed

  USA</a>.  A <a href="/img/conservancy-logo_package.zip">Conservancy

  logo package in ZIP format is available, which includes high quality SVG,

  PNG and other formats</a>.</p>

{% endblock %}

}

</script>

<form action="https://checkout.google.com/cws/v2/Donations/622836985124940/checkoutForm" id="BB_BuyButtonForm" method="post" name="BB_BuyButtonForm" onSubmit="return validateAmount(this.item_price_1)" target="_top">

    <input name="item_name_1" type="hidden" value="Donation supporting the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc."/>

    <input name="item_description_1" type="hidden" value="This donation is to the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated in New York."/>

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                <input alt="Donate" src="https://checkout.google.com/buttons/donateNow.gif?merchant_id=622836985124940&amp;w=115&amp;h=50&amp;style=white&amp;variant=text&amp;loc=en_US" type="image"/>

            </td>

        </tr>

    </table>

</form>

<h3>Donate via Flattr</h3>

<p>

</p>

<h3>Donate by paper check</h3>

<p>Send paper check donations, drawn in USD, to:</p>

<p>Software Freedom Conservancy<br />

137 MONTAGUE ST  STE 380<br/>

Brooklyn, NY 11201-3548<br/>

USA

</p>

<h3>Donate via Paypal (including Visa, Mastercard, AMEX or ACH)</h3>

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">

<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="ZMQKSPUYQLWZW">

<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">

<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">

</form>

<h3>Donate by wire transfer</h3>

  various stages of the application process.</p>

<p>The application process is somewhat informal.  New applicants should

  write an initial inquiry email

  to <a href="mailto:apply@sfconservancy.org">&lt;apply@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>

  with a very brief description of their project and a URL to their

  project's website.  We'll send back initial questions (if any), and

  after those questions are answered, we'll send the full application

  materials.  Applications should be submitted in plain ASCII text via

  email.</p>

<p>Projects are reviewed by Conservancy's Evaluation Committee, which is

  chartered by Conservancy's <a href="/about/board/">Board of

  Directors</a>.</p>

<h1>Project Membership Application FAQs</h1>

<p>The following are various questions that we typically get from project

  leaders that wish to apply to Conservancy.</p>

<h2>I sent in my inquiry letter and/or application a long time ago.  Why haven't you replied?</h2>

<p>Conservancy receives an overwhelming level of interest and we have very few

  meet the interest and demand

  services</a> to its member projects.  Meanwhile, Conservancy always

  prioritizes needs of

  projects</a> over new inquiries and applications.  Therefore, it

  sometimes can take quite a while to finish the application process and

  be offered membership, but please note that such delays mean that should

  your project ultimately become a member project, your project will then

  be a beneficiary of this policy.</p>

<h2>What are the key criteria our project must meet to join?</h2>

<p>In order to join, projects need to meet certain criteria.  A rough

  outline of those criteria are as follows:</p>

<p>

<ul><li>The project must be a software development or documentation

    project.  Non-software projects to advance the cause of software

    freedom, while important and useful, are beyond the scope of

    Conservancy.</li>

    <li>The project must be exclusively devoted to the development and

    documentation of FLOSS.  The project's goals must be consistent with

    Conservancy's tax-exempt purposes, and other requirements imposed

    on Conservancy by the IRS' 501(c)(3) rules.  Namely, the goal of the

    project must to develop and document the software in a not-for-profit

    way to advance the public good, and must develop the software in

    public.</li>

    <li>The project must be licensed in a way fitting with software

      freedom principles.  Specifically, all software of the project

      should be licensed under a license that is listed both as

      a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html">Free

      Software license by the Free Software Foundation</a> and as

      an <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical">Open

      Source license by the Open Source Initiative</a>.  All software

      documentation for the project should be licensed under a license on

      the preceding lists, or under Creative

      or

   <li>The project should have an existing, vibrant, diverse community

      that develops and documents the software.  For example, projects

      that have been under development for less than a year or only a

      “proof of concept” implementation are generally not

      eligible.</li>

</ul>

</p>

<p>While any project meeting the criteria above can apply, meeting these

  criteria doesn't guarantee acceptance of your project.  Conservancy

  favors projects that are well-established and have some track record of

  substantial contributions from a community of volunteer developers.

  Furthermore, Conservancy does give higher priority to projects that

  have an established userbase and interest, but also tries to accept some

  smaller projects with strong potential.</p>

<h2>Is our project required to accept membership if offered?</h2>

<p>Not at all.  Many projects apply and subsequently decide not to join a

  non-profit, or decide to join a different non-profit entity.  Don't

  worry about “wasting our time” if your project's developers

  aren't completely sure yet if they want to join Conservancy.  If

  membership in Conservancy is currently a legitimate consideration for

  Often, as projects grow, leaders get interested in the non-profit

  management and organizational side of the activities and are then

  prepared to take on the additional work themselves.</p>

<h2>How are &ldquo;project leaders&rdquo; defined with respect to Conservancy?</h2>

<p>How leaders are chosen for projects varies greatly from project to

  project.  Our goal is to do our best to embody the “natural”

  leadership structure that evolved in your project into the formal

  agreement with Conservancy.  As part of the agreement drafting, we work

  carefully with you to understand your project's governance and write up

  formally with you the decision-making process you use. Most project

  contributors find this process of formalizing the leadership structure

  helps them clarify in their own minds the governance of their project,

  even though the process can be difficult.  Since it can be a complicated

  process, we suggest that you prepare your project community for this

  discussion once your project is accepted.</p>

<h2>How much does it cost us financially to join Conservancy?</h2>

<p>New Conservancy members are required to pay 10% of their revenue that

  Conservancy processes to Conservancy's general fund, which primarily is

  used to pay staff.  (Details on how Conservancy spends its funds,

  including salaries of key employees, can be found

  annual filings</a>.)</p>

<p>Historically, Conservancy allowed projects to give less or nothing at

  all to the general fund, but we unfortunately discovered that without

  this requirement, Conservancy was not able to offer the myriad of

  services to all its projects, particularly to larger projects that

  have more income and therefore need more attention from staff.</p>

<p>We do understand that, particularly for small projects that only

  receive a few small donations, that donating a percentage of your income

  back to Conservancy can be a high burden.  Therefore, Conservancy

  remains open to discussion on a case-by-case basis for smaller projects

  about how to handle this requirement, and applicants should feel free to

  raise any concerns about this issue during the application process.</p>

{% endblock %}

corporate records and without having to do any of the other things

required of incorporated entities.  Conservancy handles all of that

burden on behalf of its projects.</p>

<h2>Leadership Mentoring, Advice and Guidance</h2>

<p>Many of Conservancy's <a href="/about/board">directors</a> are

  experienced FLOSS project leaders.  They offer themselves as a resource

  to member project leaders who need assistance or face challenges in

  their work leading their projects.</p>

<h2>Some Personal Liability Protection</h2>

<p>When a project joins Conservancy, it formally becomes part of the

  Conservancy. (The project is thus somewhat analogous to a division of a

  company or a department in a large agency.)  As such, project leaders

  benefit from some amount of protection from personal liability for their

  work on the project.</p>

<hr/>

<p>Those familiar with non-profit terminology will recognize most of these

  services

  sponsorship services</a>.  This term is not particularly well

  known in the FLOSS community, and many are confused by that term.

  However, if you are familiar with what a fiscal sponsor typically does

  in the non-profit sector, the term does fit many of services that

  Conservancy offers its member projects.</p>

<p>Project

leaders that believe their project might benefit from these services can

<a href="/members/apply/">apply to become a member project</a>.</p>

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  </head>

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      <h1><span id="logobutton"><a href="/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a></span></h1>

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{% endifequal %}

{% ifequal obj.omnibus_type "event" %}

{% endifequal %}

{% ifequal obj.omnibus_type "blog" %}

{% endifequal %}

{% include obj.omnibus_feed_description_template  %}

  helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source

  Software (FLOSS) projects.  Conservancy provides a non-profit home and

  infrastructure for FLOSS projects.  This allows FLOSS developers to

  focus on what they do best — writing and improving FLOSS for the

  general public — while Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that

  do not relate directly to software development and documentation.</p>

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<span class="continued"><a href="/overview/">An Overview of Conservancy&hellip;</a></span>

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<span class="continued"><a href="/members/services/">Services that Conservancy provides to its member projects&hellip;</a></span>

</p>

<h2>Follow Conservancy RSS Feeds, Microblogs, and mailing list</h2>

<p>There is a <a href="/feeds/omnibus/">full site feed available</a>, as

  well as separate feeds for the <a href="/feeds/news/">news items</a> and

  <a href="/feeds/blog/">blog posts</a>.</p>

<p>You can also follow Conservancy

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<p>As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Conservancy relies on

  charitable donations for its operations.

  Please <a href="/donate/">donate generously</a> to help our work!

</p>

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