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           <h1>What We Do</h1>

           <p>Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization

           centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the

           right to repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and

           defend these rights through fostering free and open source

           software (FOSS) projects, driving initiatives that actively make

           technology more inclusive, and advancing policy strategies that

             defend FOSS (such as copyleft).</p>

           <p>Our work on <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft

           compliance</a>, including enforcement of the General Public

           License (GPL), is world-renowned.  We believe fundamentally that

           copyleft licenses are the best tool available today to empower

           users and consumers to take control of their electronic devices,

           liberate themselves from planned obsolesce, and join a free market

           where they choose who provides their software.</p>

           <p>We also believe that FOSS functions best when built by a

           egalitarian community in which hobbyists, volunteers, and

           individuals stand on equal footing with companies and large

           organizations.  Vendor neutrality is simply not enough — as

           that merely makes companies equal to each other and leaves

           hobbyists and volunteers out in the cold.  To foster FOSS creation

           in this manner, we are the <a href="/projects/">non-profit home to

           dozens of member projects and initiatives</a> whom we assist to

           remain transparent and prioritize the public good in their

           development of FOSS.</p>

           <p>Furthermore, diversity and inclusion is a critical component to

           egalitarian FOSS communities.  We acknowledge that FOSS

           communities historically have struggled on these fronts and the

           myth of “pure meritocracy” so popular in FOSS circles

           willfully ignores the systemic biases in our societies and

           cultures.  We are thus the proud home of

           the <a href="https://outreachy.org/">Outreachy initiative</a> that

           offers paid internships in FOSS for contributors who have faced

           systemic bias in their efforts to join the FOSS community.</p>

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            <h2>What We Do</h2>

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            <h2>Vizio Lawsuit</h2>

            <ul>

            <li class="VizioMain"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html">About the Lawsuit</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPressRelease"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vizio-filing-press-release.html">Press Release</a></li>

            <li class="VizioComplaint"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-complaint-2021-10-19.pdf">Complaint</a></li>

            <li class="VizioQandA"><a href="/press/qanda.html">Q&amp;A</a></li>

            </ul>

            <h2>Resources for Journalists on Vizio</h2>

            <ul>

            <li class="VizioPressKit"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-announce-press-kit.pdf">Press Kit</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPhotoAssets"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-photo-assets.zip">Photo Assets</a></li>

            <li class="Glossary"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html">Glossary</a></li>

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{% block subtitle %}Attend Supporter Night - {% endblock %}

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  <h1>Conservancy Supporter Night 2015</h1>

  <p>

  <dl>

    <dt>Who</dt> <dd><strong>Everyone</strong>: just show up at 6:30PM with &euro;50!

    &mdash;  <a href="/supporter#annual">Conservancy Annual Supporters</a> attend <em>gratis</em>.</dd>

    <dt>When</dt> <dd>Friday 30 January 2015 at 18:30 (6:30PM)</dd>

    <dt>Where</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.drugopera.be/">Drug Opera</a>

    Restaurant at Rue Grétry 51, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

    (<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2698048172#map=18/50.84898/4.35214">map</a>)</dd>

    <dt>What</dt> <dd>Full prix fixe dinner (one drink included)</dd>

    <dt>Why</dt> <dd>Enjoy a meal while meeting and discussing Free Software

    with fellow Conservancy enthusiasts

    and <a href="/about/staff/#bkuhn">Bradley</a> and

    <a href="/about/staff/#karen">Karen</a> from

    Conservancy's executive team (and the <a href="http://faif.us"><cite>Free

        as in Freedom</cite> audcast</a>).</dd>

    </dl>

    </p>

  <p>Conservancy's Annual Supporter Night will be held this year on the

  evening of Friday 30 January 2015 in Brussels, Belgium (which is the night

    before <a href="https://fosdem.org/2015/">FOSDEM 2015</a> begins).</p>

<p>Space for this exclusive dinner <em>is limited</em> so if you haven't

    already received an email confirming your pre-purchased ticket, <em>you should

    arrive promptly at 6:30PM tonight and have &euro;50 ready.</em>

</p>

  <p>The Supporter Night dinner includes a three-course meal and one drink.

       Attendees will be able to choose from beef or vegetarian entrees.  We

       have discussed other dietary needs with the venue, and they have

       committed to do their best to accommodate other dietary needs.  If

         you'd like, please contact us at

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

        to discuss

       your dietary needs.</p>

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<div id="donate-box" class="toggle-unit"><h1 class="toggle-content">Support

    Now!</h1></div>

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<h4><a href="#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Annual supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>

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<span class="donate-box-highlight">Other annual supporters methods:</span>

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    data-expanded-text="Wire Transfer:">Wire Transfer</h4>

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       Contact <a href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">Conservancy

            by email</a><br/> for wire transfer instructions.<br/>

            Include  currency &amp; country.<br/>

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    <h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Paper Check"

    data-expanded-text="Paper Check:">Paper Check</h4>

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    Send paper check for $120 to:<br/>

    Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.<br/>

    137 MONTAGUE ST  STE 380<br/>

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<p>Software Freedom Conservancy is an essential organization to free and

open source software. We are the home of over

<a href="/members/current/">30 projects</a> like

<a href="http://git-scm.org">Git</a>,

<a href="http://inkscape.org">Inkscape</a>, <a href="http://samba.org">Samba</a>,

<a href="http://winehq.org">Wine</a>, <a href="http://www.seleniumhq.org/">Selenium</a>, the <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">GPL Compliance Project for Linux

Developers</a>, <a href="http://pypy.org">PyPy</a> and

<a href="http://sugarlabs.org/">Sugar Labs</a> just to name a few. Conservancy is a "fiscal sponsor plus",

providing everything that our projects need in a nonprofit. We help our

projects defend their trademarks, manage their assets, handle donations,

improve their community management, manage risk and assist them with all

legal needs they may have. While we do receive a portion of the revenue

donated to our projects, we keep that number low enough that it doesn't

even pay for a single staff member. <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">Help us</a> show that you care about

community-focused free software and help us be able to continue our

charitable work. Donating to Conservancy is a great non-technical way to

contribute to the cause.</p>

<img alt="*** The Conservancy T-Shirt that Supporters Receive ***" class="appeal" src="/img/conservancy-t-shirt.jpg"/>

<p>For the first time, we're launching a Supporter

program. For <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">an annual donation of $120</a>, you can

download an official Supporter card and receive a Conservancy t-shirt<a id="return-footnote-shirts-when"></a>. If

this is out of reach, please donate at whatever level you can - it makes a

big difference to us to know that you <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">support us</a>, and a little goes a long

way.</p>

<p>In addition to supporting our projects,

<ul>

<li>we share our expertise across communities. We speak at many

conferences, and publish materials to increase understanding about the

organizational, community and legal issues around free and open source

software. We advocate for free and open source software and provide

education around that mission.  We form partnerships across our

communities to work more effectively.  Check out <a

href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a>

or sign up to join the <a

href="/news/2014/aug/12/tax-exempt-working-group/">

tax exempt working group</a>.</li>

<li>we seek to solve problems for the public through free and open

source

software.  We've launched a <a href="https://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/">

nonprofits accounting project</a> to help all

nonprofits (in free software and in other fields) avoid paying millions

of dollars in licensing fees for subpar accounting software.</li>

<li>as part of Conservancy's partnership in the program, we support Karen as

  a co-organizer of the Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program.</li>

<li>we encourage and support our employees to do volunteer work in the

    community.  For example, Bradley and Karen together host an oggcast

    called <cite><a href="http://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a></cite> which

    discusses important legal and policy issues in open source and free

    software.</li></ul>

<img class="appeal-footer" alt="*" src="/img/conservancy-supporter-heart.png"/>

<p>As an organization, we try to do everything transparently; even

our

<a

href="https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies/source/master:">

internal policies</a> are published and available for scrutiny.</p>

<p>Please <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join our Supporter program</a> and spread software freedom!</p>

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<h3>Join as an Annual Supporter</h3>

<a id="annual"></a>

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<div class="supporter-form-inputs">

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            <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" />

            <input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" />

            <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Annual" />

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  <label for="amount"><strong>Amount:</strong> $</label>

  <input id="amount" type="text" name="amount" size="7" minimum="120" value="120" />

  <span id="error" class="form-error-show">$120 is a minimum for Conservancy

  Supporters.  <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/>

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                      <input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes

                      <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No

                      <br />

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                      <label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label>

                      <select name="os0" id="os0">

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="LadiesS">Ladies' S</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="LadiesM">Ladies' M</option>

                        <option name="os0" id="os0" value="LadiesL">Ladies' L</option>

                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="LadiesXL">Ladies' XL</option>

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                      <label for="publicAck"><strong>

                          Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label>

                      <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes

                      <input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/>

                      <label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's

                      Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label>

                      <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes

                      <input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/>

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

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<div id="monthly" class="supporter-type-selection">

<h3>Join as an Monthly Supporter</h3>

<a id="monthly"></a>

<p>Monthly supporters will not receive any supporter benefits (including the t-shirt) until they've been

  monthly supporters for 12 months.</p>

<form id="monthly" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">

<div class="supporter-form-inputs">

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            <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Monthly" />

            <input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/thank-you.html" />

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            <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">

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            <li class="VizioMain"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html">About the Lawsuit</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPressRelease"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vizio-filing-press-release.html">Press Release</a></li>

            <li class="VizioComplaint"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-complaint-2021-10-19.pdf">Complaint</a></li>

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            </ul>

            <h2>Resources for Journalists on Vizio</h2>

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            <li class="VizioPressKit"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-announce-press-kit.pdf">Press Kit</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPhotoAssets"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-photo-assets.zip">Photo Assets</a></li>

            <li class="Glossary"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html">Glossary</a></li>

            </ul>

            <h2>More About Copyleft Compliance</h2>

            <ul>

            <li class="HelpComply"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/help.html">How To Help</a></li>

            <li class="EnforcementStrategy"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-strategy.html">Strategic GPL Enforcement Initiative</a></li>

            <li class="CopyleftPrinciples"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a></li>

            <li class="LiberateFirmware"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liberation.html">Liberate IoT Firmware via GPL Enforcement</a></li>

            <li class="PastLawsuits"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/past-lawsuits.html">Previous Copyleft Litigation</a></li>

            <li class="CopyleftOrg"><a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a></li>

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    <h3>Support Copyleft Enforcement Now!</h3>

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      To support our copyleft compliance & enforcement work,

      please <a href="/sustainer/#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">become a Conservancy

      Sustainer <strong>right now</strong></span></a>.  We can't sustain

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            {% include 'submenus/what_we_do_partial.html' %}

            <h2>Resources for Journalists</h2>

            <ul>

            <li class="News"><a href="/news/">News</a></li>

            <li class="PressKit"><a href="/press/">Vizio Press Kit</a></li>

            <li class="IssuesInTheNews"><a href="/press/inthenews.html">Our Issues In The News</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPress"><a href="/press/vizio-coverage.html">Our Vizio Lawsuit In The News</a></li>

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<div class="donate-sidebar">

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    <h3>Support Copyleft Enforcement Now!</h3>

    <p>

      To support our copyleft compliance & enforcement work,

      please <a href="/sustainer/#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">become a Conservancy

      Sustainer <strong>right now</strong></span></a>.  We can't sustain

      this work without ongoing support from donors like you!</p>

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{% extends "base_conservancy.html" %}

{% load cache %}

{% load humanize %}

{% block category %}Vizio{% endblock %}

{% block head %}

{% endblock %}

{% block outercontent %}

<div class="content-with-donate-sidebar mw8 center ph2 ph3">

    <div id="container">

         <div id="mainContent">{% block content %}{% endblock %}</div>

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            <h2>What We Do</h2>

            {% include 'submenus/what_we_do_partial.html' %}

            <h2>Vizio Lawsuit</h2>

            <ul>

            <li class="VizioMain"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html">About the Lawsuit</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPressRelease"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vizio-filing-press-release.html">Press Release</a></li>

            <li class="VizioComplaint"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-complaint-2021-10-19.pdf">Complaint</a></li>

            <li class="VizioQandA"><a href="/press/qanda.html">Q&amp;A</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPress"><a href="/press/vizio-coverage.html">Vizio Press Coverage</a></li>

            </ul>

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            <li class="VizioPressKit"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-announce-press-kit.pdf">Press Kit</a></li>

            <li class="VizioPhotoAssets"><a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-photo-assets.zip">Photo Assets</a></li>

            <li class="Glossary"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html">Glossary</a></li>

            </ul>

            <h2><ul><li class="ComplianceMain"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/index.html">More About Copyleft Compliance</a></li></ul></h2>

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    </div>

    <div class="donate-sidebar">

  <details>

    <summary>Support Now!</summary>

    <h3>Support Copyleft Enforcement Now!</h3>

    <p>

      To support our copyleft compliance & enforcement work,

      please <a href="/sustainer/#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">become a Conservancy

      Sustainer <strong>right now</strong></span></a>.  We can't sustain

      this work without ongoing support from donors like you!</p>

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{% extends "base_conservancy.html" %}

{% load static %}

{% block subtitle %}Support Conservancy - {% endblock %}

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{% block head %}

<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'js/supporter-page.js' %}"></script>

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<br>

<p>Sustainers help us do our work in a strategic, long-term way. We could not

  do this without the support and financial contributions of individuals like

  you. <a href="/sponsors/#sustainers">We list our Sustainers here</a>.</p>

<div class="expandable-section" id="2021-summary">

  <br>

  Please watch this video to learn about what we do and why we need your support as

  a Sustainer:

<p style="text-align:center;">

<video style="width: 50%; height: auto;" controls="" poster="/videos/sfc-introduction-video_poster.jpg">

<source src="/videos/sfc-introduction_1080p.mp4" />

<track src="/docs/sfc-introduction-vtt-captions.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English" />

<a href="/videos/sfc-introduction_1080p.mp4"><img src="/videos/sfc-introduction-video_poster.jpg"

                                                  alt="Software Freedom Conservancy introduction video"></a><br/>

<a href="https://youtu.be/yCCxMfW0LTM">(watch on Youtube)</a>

</video></p>

  <br>

<p><h3>The wide range of work we engage in is supported by people like you. </h3></p>

<p>We are so proud that we're funded by individuals and stay unbeholden to corporate interests and pressures. We stand up for developers, consumers and those who have been historically excluded. We work to make technology truly fair for all. </p>

<p>Thank you for helping making this work possible:</p>

<ul>

  <li>Standing up for consumer rights in <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a></li>

  <li>Supporting <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy</a> with its increasing number of interns</li>

  <li>Bringing <a href="/vizio">legal action against prolific license violators</a></li>

  <li>Hiring team members to get projects <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/news/">like Reproducible Builds</a> to continue pushing the forefront of software reproducibility</li>

</ul>

<a class="expander" data-expand-link-text="(Expand All Sections)"></a>

<h3 id="YearInReview">Our Year in Review</h3>

<div data-read-more="Summary of our year&hellip;">

<p>This has been a big year for Software Freedom Conservancy in our tireless

efforts to promote ethical technology, increase diversity and inclusion in

FOSS, continuing to fight for your rights with <a

href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a>,

and support our incredible <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">member projects</a>.

Our staff engaged in many invited speaking opportunities, we grew our staff,

and we continue to build community around important issues like the software

Right to Repair movement. We hosted our first large conference, <a href="https://fossy.us">FOSSY</a>,

and while we finalize details for next year, we hope to see you there to join

us in community!</p>

<div class="picture-small right">  <img src="https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/files_sharing/publicpreview/pnZYsi2CkjscLwc?file=/&fileId=24825&x=1366&y=768&a=true&etag=f4341a40f90786b0356201c21278ee23" alt="SFC lawyers posing outside at the courthouse“ " /></a>

<p>SFC lawyers after recent Vizio case- CC BY-SA 4.0</div>

<p>Our <a href="https://vizio.sfconservancy.org">lawsuit against Vizio</a>— the first

lawsuit of its kind to seek <b>third party beneficiary rights to the

complete, corresponding source code under the GPL</b> is progressing!

World-changing, public policy litigation requires resources and time, but

it's worth every penny so we can build a future where <b>every consumer</b> has

access to the source code they need to modify and repair their devices.  At a

<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/oct/12/how-i-watched-motion-summary-judgment-hearing/">recent hearing in the case</a>,

we presented

<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/12/transcript-msj-hearing/">our opposition to Vizio's Summary Judgement Motion</a>,

our lawyers

<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/Transcript_Full_Vizios_MSJ_HearingDeptC-33.231005.pdf">presented the eloquent case</a>

that recipients of software under the GPL Agreements <b>can</b> enforce their

rights to the corresponding source code themselves, and that right should not

be preempted by copyright law. We are the only organization currently taking

legal action to protect the GPL Agreements in the USA; your support is

critical for us to continue these kinds of efforts.</p>

<p>We have also <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jul/30/refile2020/">once again</a>

filed key DMCA exemptions for the following categories:</p>

<ul>

  <li>Computer programs for purposes of good-faith security research</li>

  <li>"jailbreaking" smart TVs</li>

  <li>"jailbreaking" routers</li>

  <li>Literary works consisting of compilations of data generated by medical devices or their personal corresponding monitoring systems, to access personal data</li>

</ul>

<p>These allow people access (that should be granted in the first place!) to

investigate their own devices for issues of license compliance, security,

and replacing the firmware on their TVs and routers. It's a key ability to

vet and replace software on devices we own and operate, so renewing this

exemption each time it comes up is very important for us all. The medical

device exemption was submitted by our Executive Director Karen Sandler in

partnership with others who are personally affected by proprietary medical

technology.</p>

<p>As software based technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, it's vital

that we communicate the importance of software freedom to the wider population.

In that vein <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/12/introduction/">we've created a video</a>

(narrated by our Executive Director Karen Sandler) that introduces

the ideas of software freedom, and specifically what Software Freedom

Conservancy does. We also did a lot of public writings about some of the

important issues this year. From <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/feb/09/kuhn-neo4j-purethink-expert-report/">our perspective on the Neo4j suit</a>

to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/aug/15/exit-zoom/">highlighting problematic behavior from proprietary software companies</a> and calling for folks to Exit Zoom. We'd also like to

remind you that as a Sustainer, we will provide you with your own <a href="https://bbb.sfconservancy.org">BigBlueButton</a> account so that you can host your own video calls on a FOSS platform. Once

you have donated to us, you can fill our the new account signup and your

account will be approved.</p>

<div class="picture-small right">

  <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/videos/sfc-introduction_1080p.mp4"><img src="https://sfconservancy.org/videos/sfc-introduction-video_poster.jpg" alt="Thumbnail of video showing a tree and Software Freedom" /></a>

</div>

</div>

<h3 id="NewStaff">New staff!</h3>

<div data-read-more="Click more for on our new staff&hellip;">

<p>SFC hired two additional employees this year! General Counsel Rick Sanders

joins the team to help with our continued legal needs. Rick has over 20 years

experience as a intellectual-property litigator. His expertise has been

critical in helping our license compliance efforts and helping our organization

take on the increasing needs from projects and new initiatives. SFC's new

systems administrator is Paul Visscher. With over 20 years experience with

Linux and free software, Paul's belief in the power of free software to help

people engage with technology in non-exploitative ways fits in perfectly to

support our growing organizational needs and mission. Helping make sure we

can provide solid FOSS replacements to proprietary technologies for all of us.</p>

</div>

<h3 id="WritingAndSpeaking">Writing and Speaking</h3>

<div data-read-more="Find out about our writing and speaking engagements&hellip;">

<p>Our staff has been presenting and speaking about software freedom all year.

Our Executive Director Karen Sandler received an honorary doctorate from

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for her incredible work in FOSS leadership, and

her advocacy and pursuit of software freedom and rights for all.

In November she spoke at <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/talks/the-history-of-and-path-forward-for-copyleft-and-the-gpl/">SFSCON about "The History of, and Path forward for, Copyleft and the GPL"</a>.</p>

<div class="picture-small right">

<video class="small-right" controls="" poster="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate_still.png" id="doctorate_vid">

  <source src="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">

  <track src="/docs/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.en.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English" />

  <track src="/docs/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.nl.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="nl" label="Dutch (NL)" />

</video>

<p><a href="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">Download Karen's talk</a>

  or <a href="https://youtu.be/zca7dOU7jfs">watch on YouTube</a></p>

</div>

<p>Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kuhn gave many conference talks and also represented SFC at many

government hearings and inquiries. Beginning the year at <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/speaker/bradley_m_kuhn/">FOSDEM</a>,

Bradley (and Karen) led the Legal and Policy DevRoom. He then spoke at SCaLE

20x giving a talk titled <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/learning-big-failures-improve-foss-advocacy-and-adoption">Learning From the Big Failures To Improve FOSS Advocacy and Adoption</a>.

As the host of a keynote discussion at FOSSY, Bradley facilitated a

<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jul/19/rhel-panel-fossy-2023/">

community discussion about the RHEL policy change</a>.

As a panel member, he was the only representative for the FOSS community on

the FTC's discussion <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/04/ftc-ai-panel/">“Creative Economy and Generative AI“</a></p>

# Copyright 2005-2008, James Garrison

# Copyright 2010, 2012 Bradley M. Kuhn

# This software's license gives you freedom; you can copy, convey,

# propagate, redistribute, modify and/or redistribute modified versions of

# this program under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License

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from django.conf.urls import url

from django.urls import include, path

from django.contrib import admin

from . import feeds, frontpage, sponsors

from .fundgoal import views as fundgoal_views

from .static import views as static_views

admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = [

    # Uncomment these 3 lines when testing locally to get static content

    url(r'^img', static_views.index),

    url(r'^$', frontpage.view),

    url(r'^sponsors$', frontpage.view),

    url(r'^sponsors/$', sponsors.view),

    url(r'^sponsors/index.html$', sponsors.view),

    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),

    url(r'^feeds/blog/?$', feeds.BlogFeed()),

    url(r'^feeds/news/?$', feeds.PressReleaseFeed()),

    url(r'^feeds/omnibus/?$', feeds.OmnibusFeed()),

    url(r'^feeds/?$', feeds.view),

    url(r'^news/', include('conservancy.news.urls')),

    url(r'^blog/', include('conservancy.blog.urls')),

    # formerly static templated things... (dirs with templates)

    url(r'^error/(40[134]|500)(?:/index\.html|/|)$', static_views.handler),

    url(r'^error', static_views.index),

    url(r'^about', static_views.index),

    url(r'^activities', static_views.index),

    url(r'^donate', static_views.index),

    url(r'^copyleft-compliance', static_views.index, {'fundraiser_sought': 'vmware-match-0'}),

    url(r'^learn', static_views.index),

    url(r'^press', static_views.index),

    url(r'^projects', static_views.index),