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<h1>Conservancy's Copyleft Compliance Projects</h1>

<p>Free and open source software is

        everywhere and in everything; yet our software freedom is constantly

        eroded.  With the help of its volunteers, <a href="/members/current/">member projects</a>, and <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>,

  Conservancy stands up for users' software freedom via its copyleft compliance work.</p>

<p>Conservancy engages in copyleft compliance work in two different ways: by acting directly

Free and Open Source License compliance efforts, and for

specific, targeted member projects for communities of developers.</p>

<p>Conservancy's Copyleft Compliance Projects are run in a collaborative manner with

the project developers.  All copyright holders involved have the opportunity

to give input and guidance on Conservancy's strategy in dealing with

compliance issues.  Thus, all Conservancy's compliance matter have full

support of relevant copyright holders.</p>

<p>Historically, Conservancy was well-known for its ongoing license

compliance efforts on behalf of its BusyBox member project.  Today, Conservancy

does semi-regular compliance work for its BusyBox, Evergreen, Git, Inkscape, Mercurial,

Samba, Sugar Labs and Wine member projects.  If you are a copyright holder

in any member project of Conservancy, please contact the project's leadership committtee,

via <a href="mailto:PROJECTNAME@sfconservancy.org">&lt;PROJECTNAME@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>

for more information on getting involved in compliance efforts in that project.

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<h2>GPL Compliance Project For Linux Developers</h2>

<p>In May

2012, <a href="/news/2012/may/29/compliance/">Conservancy

launched</a> the <cite>GPL

Compliance Project for Linux Developers</cite>, which handles compliance and

enforcement activities on behalf of more than a dozen Linux copyright

holders.</p>

<p>The GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers is comprised of copyright

holders in the kernel, Linux, who have contributed to Linux under its

license, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">the

GPLv2</a>. These copyright holders have formally asked Conservancy to engage

in compliance efforts for their copyrights in the Linux kernel.  In addition,

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contact <a href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">&lt;accounting@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>

    for wire transfer instructions, and include in your email the following

  information:</p>

<ul>

<li>The country of origin of your wire transfer.</li>

<li>The native currency of your donation.</li>

</ul>

<p>Note that Conservancy can accept donations by wire in USD, CAD, EUR, GBP

  natively.  (We keep them in the native currency and use it for expenses in

  those currencies, so we lose nothing in currency conversion).</p>

<p>Finally, note that while this method is called &ldquo;wire transfer&rdquo;

  in the USA, the method is usually compatible with most online banking forms

  that people use in Europe and elsewhere to send funds.  Please just contact us

  if you need to donate in native currency from your country and we'll

  discuss it!</p>

<br/>

<h3>Donate stock</h3>

<p>Conservancy can accept donation of stocks!   Please

contact <a href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">&lt;accounting@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>

  for details.</p>

<p>Finally, Conservancy also maintains directed donation programs for

for these directed donation programs are typically found on the

individual websites of our members.</p>

<h3>Donations Are Usually Tax-Deductible!</h3>

<p>Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization

  incorporated in New York, and donations made to it are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.</p>

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<h1> Applying to Join Conservancy as a Member Project</h1>

<p>Conservancy's Evaluation Committee considers  applications monthly on a

  rolling basis.  Currently, Conservancy has dozens of projects in

  various stages of the application process.</p>

<p>The application process is somewhat informal.  New applicants should

  write an initial inquiry email

  to <a href="mailto:apply@sfconservancy.org">&lt;apply@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a>

  with a very brief description of their project and a URL to their

  project's website.  We'll send back initial questions (if any), and

  after those questions are answered, we'll send the full application

  materials.  Applications should be submitted in plain ASCII text via

  email.</p>

<p>Projects are reviewed by Conservancy's Evaluation Committee, which is

  chartered by Conservancy's <a href="/about/board/">Board of

  Directors</a>.</p>

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<p>Conservancy is currently home to thirty-nine member projects.</p>

<h2><a href="http://argouml.tigris.org/">ArgoUML</a></h2>

<p>ArgoUML is the leading open source UML modeling tool and includes

support for all standard UML 1.4 diagrams. It runs on any Java platform

and is available in ten languages. See the feature list for more details.</p>

<h2><a href="http://bongo-project.org/">Bongo</a></h2>

<p>The Bongo Project is creating fun and simple mail, calendaring and

contacts software: on top of a standards-based server stack; we're

innovating fresh and interesting web user interfaces for managing

personal communications. Bongo is providing an entirely free software

solution which is less concerned with the corporate mail scenario and

much more focused on how people want to organize their lives.</p>

<h2><a href="http://www.boost.org/">Boost</a></h2>

<p>Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.</p>

<p>Boost emphasizes libraries that work well with the C++ Standard

  Library.  Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable

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<p>A major component of Conservancy's work to advance software freedom is

  through its work to provide

  to

  is to handle all the parts of advocacy, leadership, organization and

  coordination other than actual development of the software and

  documentation.  By handling all these details, Conservancy allows its

  member project developers to focus on what they do best: writing,

  improving and documenting FLOSS.</p>

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<h1>Member Project Services</h1>

<p>Conservancy assists FLOSS project leaders by handling all matters other

  than software development and documentation, so the developers can focus

  on what they do best: improving the software for the public good.  The

  following are the services and options that are available to FLOSS

  projects that have joined Conservancy as a member project.</p>

<h2>Tax-Deductible, Earmarked Donations</h2>

<p>Member projects can receive earmarked donations through Conservancy.

   Since Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) charity incorporated in New York,

   donors can often deduct the donation on their USA taxes.  Additionally,

   the donors can indicate that their donation should be used to advance a

   specific member project, and those funds are kept in a separate account

   for the member project by Conservancy.  This structure prevents

   developers from having to commingle project funds with their own

   personal accounts or having to set up their own project specific

   account.</p>

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