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  <p>Conservancy is currently home to <a href="/projects/current/">almost fifty member projects</a>.</p>

    <source src="/videos/2018-11_Molly-de-Blanc-match-announcement.webm">

    <p><a href="/videos/2018-11_Molly-de-Blanc-match-announcement.webm">Download this video</a>

    or <a href="https://youtu.be/3MDsu6iFAD0?t=2595">watch it on YouTube</a></p>

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  <p>Molly de Blanc announced her plans to provide a donation match along with other Supporters at LinuxConfAu 2018.</p>

  <img alt="" src="/img/2018_GSOC-byJoshSimmons_high.JPG">

  <p>Representatives from many different Conservancy member projects gathered at the GSoC mentor summit 2018. Photo by Josh Simmons.</p>

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<p><strong>Software freedom is critical to many of today’s most pressing social issues, but it is only effective when

FOSS is for everyone</strong>—no matter what their background is, what technology they’re using, or whether or not a company funds their project.  Software Freedom Conservancy makes this possible by helping create more free software,

promoting diversity, defending copyleft, and advocating for software freedom.  We’re a creative, responsive, and

resourceful organization. We work with practical and impactful solutions.  We help FOSS projects grow while

maintaining independence from corporate sponsors and business trade associations.  We introduce people to software freedom through the

lens of today’s new technology questions, and we raise and address the newest questions facing the FOSS

community.</p>

<p>This work is too big for any single project to tackle, and we cannot do it without your help. Sign up as a Supporter

today and contribute to these important efforts! </p>

<h3>Helping our member projects grow</h3>

<p>As a charitable home for projects, some people think all we do is manage a bank account for our member

projects.  In fact, the services we provide are much more comprehensive than that, and doing this work for all our

member projects means we serve as a force multiplier for everyone.</p>

<p><strong>We pay people to work on FOSS.</strong> In 2018, our member projects paid 104 different people for FOSS contributions. Collectively, our projects, including Buildbot, Godot, LibreHealth Outreachy, phpMyAdmin, Selenium and Sugar, paid contributors over $557,887 for everything from project organization to software development to translation. In all these cases, Conservancy handles most of the administration, including contract negotiation, legal compliance, work review, payments, and tax reporting.</p>