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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 7 years ago 2016-11-22 18:25:30
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 Supporter-driven organization so we can focus on critical free software
 issues.  Stand up for the GPL, support great
 member projects, and make your voice heard in support of free software.
 issues.  Support our great
 member projects, stand up for the GPL, and make your voice heard in support of free software.
 We're counting on you.
@@ ... / @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ We're counting on you. @@
 <p>
-Software is critical to all of our infrastructure and as a society, we are deeply reliant on the software we use. Making sure our software is free and open is essential to knowing we'll be able to use tomorrow the solutions we invest in today. Software freedom is fundamental &mdash; we need it in order to effectively solve our problems in the long term. While the world today is powered increasingly by free software, many
+Software is critical to all of our infrastructure and as a society, we are deeply reliant on the software we use. Making sure our software is free and open assures that tomorrow we can still use those solutions we invest in today. Software freedom is fundamental &mdash; we need it in order to effectively solve our problems in the long term. While the world today is powered increasingly by free software, many
 people don't realize is how much support is needed to keep all of these
 projects free and open. The work that we do every day ensures the success and
 the continued freedom of the projects that the developers of our member
 projects dedicate themselves to. Projects like Git, Samba,
 the continued freedom of the projects.  Our developers dedicate themselves to improving our <a href="/projects/current/">member
 projects</a>, and we enable them to do that. This includes projects like Git, Samba,
 Wine, BusyBox, QEMU, Inkscape, Selenium, and dozens more.</p>
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 <p>We are asking for you
-  to <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join us and become a
+  to <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join us as a
   Conservancy Supporter</a>. Last year, over 1,000 of you became annual
@@ ... / @@ -348,3 +348,3 @@ software.</p> @@
 future of technology. We do them because they are right. <strong>But we cannot do
-them without you.</strong> Last year you helped us to fundraising goals that didn't merely keep us running, but even let us <a href="/news/2016/aug/22/brett-joins/">hire a new employee</a>. Yet even this staffing level isn't enough to handle our existing workload.</p>
+them without you.</strong> Last year you helped us to fundraising goals that didn't merely keep us running, but even funded <a href="/news/2016/aug/22/brett-joins/">hiring of a new employee</a>. Yet even this staffing level isn't enough to handle our existing workload.</p>
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 copyright and licensing advice, and license compliance, we need even more
-resources.  That's why our final target is 2,500 Supporters.  If you use
+resources.  That's why our final target remains 2,500 Supporters.  If you use
 or care about our <a href="/members/current/">member projects</a>, which
@@ ... / @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ of the <a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">suit @@
 against VMware</a>, which is the first lawsuit on derivative works and the
 GPL (Christoph's case <a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">continues on appeal</a>). While this work is extremely important to the continued long-term
 success of software freedom and copyleft, not to mention in the long-term
 interest of the industry as a whole, it makes fundraising from companies
 GPL. (Christoph's case <a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">continues on appeal</a>.) While this work is extremely important to the continued long-term
 success of software freedom and copyleft (not to mention in the long-term
 interest of the industry as a whole) it makes fundraising from companies
 very difficult.  Some companies
-have stopped funding us and some have even successfully pressured
+have ceased funding us and some have even successfully pressured
 conferences to cancel or prevent talks on our compliance work. We do
@@ ... / @@ -404,3 +404,3 @@ society. </p> @@
 solely on grants from companies who may not find our mission to be
 compatible with shifting corporate strategies.  We need you, the public as
+compatible with shifting corporate strategies.  We need you, the public, as
 well.  Simply put, we need 2,500 Supporters in order to maintain our staff,

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