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  <img src="/img/2020_Sebro-Tony_CopyleftConf.jpg" alt="Tony Sebro speaks on stage in front of a slide comparing 1800&rsquo;s Eschatology and Golden Era Hip Hop">

  <p>Tony Sebro, delivering the keynote address at Copyleft Conf 2020. Photo copyright &copy; by Remy DeCausemaker, licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA</a></p>

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<p>2020 has been a difficult year. We&rsquo;ve all scrambled to keep ourselves

and our loved-ones safe and healthy, coped with the isolation connected

to lockdowns and quarantines, and dealt with the

disconnection from our support networks — including friends, family

and even childcare. We worried about racial equality and hope the fight for

social justice will result in basic rights that everyone deserves.</p>

<p>Throughout all of this, Conservancy remained focused on its mission and on

the free and open source software community. While cheering those working to help prevent the

spread of COVID-19 and those fighting for racial equality, we know our

expertise, skills, and mission can only tangentially improve those situations. While

<a href="/blog/2020/apr/21/workduringcovid/">contributing

where we can</a>, we remain focused on the long-term nature of

software freedom. We keep working to grow and support FOSS

communities to plan for ethical technology down the road, so that software

freedom can be in the service of human freedom.</p>

<p>We&rsquo;re proud of how much we&rsquo;ve been able to accomplish in the last year,

even in the face of so many obstacles.</p>

<h3 id="StayingConnected">Staying Connected</h3>

<div data-read-more="Read more about staying connected&hellip;">

<p>We helped folks stay connected, even when travel

and in-person meetings could not happen. We gathered digitally every

Thursday with all who wanted to join since early March to discuss

important issues or just reach out to other people who care about software freedom. The topics of these chats varied widely from

helping family and friends to use FOSS tools to discussing impactful

presentations concerting copyleft to how to dismantle systemic racism in free software to

important software freedom policy issues like standing up to fight the

DMCA.</p>

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<h3 id="HelpUs">Help Us Continue our Mission</h3>

<p>We know this year brought unforeseen financial challenges.  Some of you have

faced unemployment, and many others are underemployed right now due to the

pandemic.  As you think about where to route your limited charitable

dollars this year, we ask that you think about how far your donation goes with Conservancy.  We’ve remained a small, agile organization (some

even have called us scrappy) precisely because we have the most experienced

non-profit management team in FOSS.  We couldn’t have predicted the

pandemic, but we did plan for the worst.  We’re frugal, careful, and we plan ahead, so you can know that every

dollar you give to Conservancy is used to support critical work.  While companies sell

you products this end of year season, we offer you a chance to donate to something much bigger. By becoming a Conservancy Supporter, you can put

your money to work fighting for the freedom and rights of all software

users.</p>

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