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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2015-03-05 15:53:04
bkuhn@ebb.org
Overview: top level menu -> incorporated in about

The overview is now incorporated into the About section of the website,
primarily to make more space on the toplevel menubar.
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<h1>About Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.</h1>
 

	
 

	
 
<p>Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
 
organization incorporated in New York.  Conservancy is managed by
 
its <a href="/about/board/">board of directors</a>, who appoint
 
its <a href="/about/officers/">officers</a> and hire
 
its <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>.  Conservancy also gets some
 
occasional help from <a href="/about/outside/">outside legal counsel and
 
contractors</a>.</p>
 
organization incorporated in New York.  Software Freedom Conservancy helps
 
promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
 
(FLOSS) projects.  Conservancy provides a non-profit home and infrastructure
 
for FLOSS projects.  This allows FLOSS developers to focus on what they do
 
best &mdash; writing and improving FLOSS for the general public &mdash; while
 
Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that do not relate directly to
 
software development and documentation.</p>
 

	
 
<p>FLOSS projects whose <a href="/members/apply">applications are
 
    accepted</a> become part of the Software Freedom Conservancy
 
    (akin to a separate department of a large agency).  Once joined, the
 
    <a href="/members">&ldquo;member project&rdquo;</a> receives most of
 
    the benefits of existing as a non-profit corporate entity without
 
    engaging in the arduous work of forming a separate, new organization.
 
    Conservancy aggregates the work of running a FLOSS non-profit
 
    for <a href="/members/current/">its many members</a>.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Conservancy provides <a href="/members/services/">many important services</a> for its
 
  member projects.  Member projects can take directed donations, which
 
  allows donors to earmark their donations for the benefit of a specific
 
  FLOSS project.  Conservancy provides fiscal oversight to ensure that
 
  these funds are spent in a manner that advances the project and fits
 
  with Conservancy's 501(c)(3) mission to promote, advance, and defend software freedom.</p>
 

	
 
<p>If the member project's leaders want, Conservancy can also hold other
 
  assets and titles on behalf of the projects, such as copyrights,
 
  trademarks, domain names, online hosting accounts, and title and ownership
 
  of physical hardware.  Also at discretion of the project's leaders,
 
  Conservancy can assist in defending the rights represented in these
 
  assets.  For example, Conservancy is available to assist member projects
 
  in enforcing the terms of the projects' FLOSS license.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Finally, developers of Conservancy's member projects, when operating in
 
  their capacity as project leaders, could receive some protection from personal
 
  liability for their work on the project.</p>
 

	
 
<p>For further reading on the benefits of Conservancy, a full and detailed <a href="/members/services/">list of Conservancy's
 
  services for its member projects</a> and a <a href="/members/current/">a
 
  list of Conservancy's current member projects</a> are available.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Conservancy and
 
  its <a href="/about/board">directors</a>, <a href="/about/officers">officers</a>,
 
  and <a href="/about/staff">staff</a> believe strongly in the principles
 
  of software freedom, and believe that all users should have the right to
 
  study, improve and share their software.  Conservancy helps protect,
 
  enable, coordinate, facilitate and defend the public's right to copy,
 
  share, modify and redistribute FLOSS both non-commercially and
 
  commercially.  Finally, like most organizations devoted to FLOSS,
 
  Conservancy opposes the notion of patents that cover software, and urges
 
  contributors to its member projects not to apply for patents.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Conservancy strives to be as transparent as possible, and makes
 
  its <a href="/about/filings/">public filings available on its
 
  website</a>.  Bradley M. Kuhn, Conservancy's President, <a href="/blog/">blogs regularly</a> about Conservancy's
 
  activities.</p>
 

	
 
<p>A <a href="/overview/">general overview</a> of Conservancy's
 
  work can be found on this site, and <a href="/members/">detailed
 
  information about the work that Conservancy does for its member
 
  projects</a> is also available.</p>
 
  its <a href="/about/filings/">public filings available on its website</a>.
 
  Bradley M. Kuhn, Conservancy's President, <a href="/blog/">blogs
 
  regularly</a> about Conservancy's activities.
 
  Finally, <a href="/members/">detailed information about the work that
 
  Conservancy does for its member projects</a> is also available.</p>
 

	
 
<p>If you have general questions about Conservancy and its
 
  work, <a href="/about/contact/">contact information</a> is available.
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#container #sidebar.Directors ul li.Directors,
 
#container #sidebar.Eval ul li.Eval,
 
#container #sidebar.Overview ul li.Overview,
 
#container #sidebar.Contact ul li.Contact,
 
#container #sidebar.Officers ul li.Officers,
 
#container #sidebar.Staff ul li.Staff,
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span.subsubsectionToc { padding-left: 6em;}
 
.js, .js p, .js p.bibitem, .js p.bibitem-p { background-color: #cde7e9; }
 

	
 
body.conservancy-overview #navbar ul li.overview a,
 
body.conservancy-Members #navbar ul li.Members a,
 
body.conservancy-news #navbar ul li.news a,
 
body.conservancy-blog #navbar ul li.blog a,
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         <div id="sidebar" class="{% block submenuselection %}other{% endblock %}">
 
            <h2>{% block category %}About{% endblock %}</h2>
 
            <ul>
 
            <li class="Overview"><a href="/about/index.html">Overview</a></li>
 
            <li class="Contact"><a href="/about/contact">Contact</a></li>
 
            <li class="Directors"><a href="/about/board/">Directors</a></li>
 
            <li class="Officers"><a href="/about/officers/">Officers</a></li>
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