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            <li class="AboutCompliance"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/about.html">About</a></li>

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

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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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<h1>Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit - Resources</h1>

<p>Christoph Hellwig's case against VMware in Germany has concluded.  You can

  view the relevant announcements and analysis that Conservancy has published

  about the case below, starting with the announcement regarding the conclusion

  of the case:</p>

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    <li><a href="/news/2019/apr/02/vmware-no-appeal/">VMware Suit Concludes in Germany</a></li>

    <li><a href="http://faif.us/cast/2019/apr/22/0x66/"><cite>Free as in

    Freedom</cite> that discusses the conclusion of the lawsuit</a></li>

    <li><a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">Announcement of Appeal</a></li>

    <li><a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">Original Press Release</a></li>

    <li><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-appeal.html">Funding our Compliance Work</a></li>

    <li><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html">

      <abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr> on VMware Lawsuit</a></li>

    <li><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vmware-code-similarity.html">VMware's &amp;

      Christoph's Code Similarity Analysis</a></li>

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