<p><q>The <a href="https://fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a> is committed to doing all of its work,

both public-facing and internal, using only free software. We are thankful to

the developers of SQL Ledger for providing the accounting software that has

served us well for many years. As we have grown, so have the complexities of

our finances.  Because of our own needs and our mission to help other

organizations — both inside and outside of the technology sphere

— run their operations on exclusively free software, we wholeheartedly

support this Conservancy initiative.</q> &mdash; <a href="view-source:http://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board#johns">John Sullivan</a>, Executive

Director, <a href="https://fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a></p>

<p><q>Open source is a great way to solve new problems and make software that

is more flexible and responsive to the needs of the people who use it. That's

as true for the finance industry as it is on the web.</q>

&mdash; <a href="http://blog.mozilla.org/press/bios/mark-surman/">Mark

Surman</a>, Executive

Director, <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/foundation/">Mozilla

Foundation</a></p>

<p><q>As a young free software non-profit, OpenHatch is thrilled to see this

effort; it would let us spend more of our time on programs and less on

paperwork.  I have already personally donated.</q> &mdash; Asheesh Laroia,

Executive Director, <a href="https://openhatch.org/">OpenHatch</a>.</p>

<h3>Some Important Details for this Fundraiser</h3>

<ul>

<li>Donations made are general donations to the Software Freedom

  Conservancy, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York.

  Conservancy is committed to doing this work described herein, but cannot

  promise to complete the work if the fundraising goal is not reached.  If

  the fundraising goal is not reached, Conservancy will do its best to make

  progress on the plan above with the resources available.  It's expected

  that work will simply proceed, but more slowly and take more time, if the

  fundraising goal is not reached.</li>

<li>The license for the project is not yet chosen, since Phase 0 might

  prescribe contribution to particular upstream projects, and Conservancy is

  committed to contributing to upstream projects under their chosen license,

  where possible.  However, Conservancy promises that all software that is

  written will be released under a license that is both approved by

  the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses">FSF as a Free

  Software license</a> <strong>and</strong> by the OSI as

  an <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses">OSI-approved license</a>.  New

  documentation that is written will be released under some license

  compatible with <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">CC BY-SA 3.0 USA</a>.</li>

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