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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 7 years ago 2016-11-22 18:00:34
bkuhn@ebb.org
Add additional space.

I'm quite sure reimbursementrequests, despite how often we do them,
cannot be turned into one word just yet -- at least in English anyway.
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@@ -296,49 +296,49 @@ first case on derivative works and the GPL. Christoph's case <a href="/news/2016
 
the GPL, seeking non-litigious resolutions in accordance with our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles</a>. We <a href="/news/2016/nov/03/linux-compliance-agreements/">published our template agreements</a> and held two <a href="https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/706361/a9ca4ee12c04d5d7/">feedback</a> <a href="/blog/2016/oct/27/feedback-gpl/"> sessions</a> to evaluate and improve our compliance efforts. We also worked with other community members to <a href="/blog/2016/jul/19/patrick-mchardy-gpl-enforcement/">bring clarity to international activities around GPL compliance</a> and help make the ecosystem safer for free software adoption. We stayed committed to providing <a href="/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/">straightforward analysis about the GPL</a>.</li>
 

	
 
<li>Our Executive Director, Karen Sandler, <a href="/news/2016/feb/23/FOSSA-testimony/">testified to the New York City Council Committee on Contracts in favor of the Free and Open Source Software Act and the Civic Commons Act</a> which would increase the use of free and open source software by New York City departments and agencies. Karen later in the year also <a href="/news/2016/oct/26/karen-sandler-oscon-eu-2016/">taught kids in London about free software</a>.</li>
 

	
 
<li>We <a href="/blog/?tag=ContractPatch">launched a new initiative called ContractPatch</a> to help provide information and understanding about employment agreements.</li>
 

	
 
<li>We <a href="/blog/2016/jun/06/openchain-spec/">commented on the OpenChain specification</a> to help make sure that the initiative by companies to collaboratively come up with standards and shared materials around compliance also meets community expectations about how compliance obligations are satisfied.</li>
 

	
 
<li>We supported, helped coordinate, and financially backed volunteers from 
 
  our member projects to organize seven conferences in three continents, where thousands of
 
  attendees learned about free and open source software.</li>
 

	
 
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<!--<li>We made FIXME contractor payments to developers writing free and open source 
 
  software, which included various different internships and contract
 
  software development work.</li> -->
 

	
 
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<!-- <li>We processed and paid FIXME reimbursement requests to individuals doing work
 
  around the globe advocating for their free and open source software
 
  projects at conferences and other venues.</li> -->
 

	
 
<li>We processed and paid reimbursementrequests to individuals doing work
 
<li>We processed and paid reimbursement requests to individuals doing work
 
  around the globe advocating for their free and open source software
 
  projects at conferences and other venues. We also paid contractors to 
 
improve our projects' software.</li>
 

	
 
<li>We gave keynotes
 
at <a href="/news/2016/oct/26/karen-sandler-oscon-eu-2016/">OSCON EU</a>, <a href="/news/2016/sep/14/brocon-keynote/">BroCon</a>, <a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-conference-keynote-speakers-and-launch-event/">the NextCloud conference</>, <a href="/blog/2016/aug/16/guadec-2016/">GUADEC</a>, <a href="/news/2016/aug/08/guadec-opensym/">OpenSym 2016</a>, <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/talks/57/">Debconf</a>, <a href"/news/2016/may/31/kuhn-sweden-norway/">OSS 2016</a>, <a href="https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/collection/companies-free-software-and-you/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="https://www.openwest.org/keynote/">OpenWest</a>
 
and participated many more conferences all over the world. We also 
 
shared our expertise in initiatives
 
like <a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a>. We gave
 
interviews, published <a href="/blog/">blog posts</a>, and
 
Bradley and Karen released episodes of <a href="http://faif.us/">Free as in
 
Freedom</a>, all dedicated to discussing the important issues in software
 
freedom.</li>
 
 
 
</ul>
 
<p>And we did <strong>all of this</strong> with a tiny staff of only four full time employees.</p>
 

	
 
<p>We are focused on the most important ethical issues in software
 
freedom. We work tirelessly and don't shy away from difficult issues.</p>
 

	
 
<p>We're a unique organization &mdash; a staunch defender of copyleft (for Linux,
 
Debian, and many of our member projects), a source of education and champions
 
of diversity for the community via Outreachy and other programs, and are the
 
legal home to 40 member projects that are essential to developing free
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