SFC lawyers posing outside the courthouse - CC BY-SA 4.0
SFC lawyers posing outside the courthouse - CC BY-SA 4.0
SFC lawyers after recent Vizio case- CC BY-SA 4.0
We are entering the third year of our lawsuit against Vizio. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure that all recipients -of GPL'd software maintain rights as third-parth beneficiaries, +of GPL'd software maintain rights as third-party beneficiaries, but after a recent argument in the case, -but we are still moving in the right direction. With the rise of the Right to Repair movement, we've seen a -growing desire from "everyday consumers" to have the ability to repair the -software on their phones and other internet connected devices. Our projects -like OpenWrt and OpenWrt and coreboot are integral in giving people the freedom to choose what software runs (and can be repaired) on their own devices. (And speaking of our projects, there's a highlight of what some of -projects did this year below!) We also pursued many other violations (that our -Principles -don't permit us to disclose at the moment) and our self-service -copyright assignment form enables FOSS contributors to, without overly -burdensome paperwork, entrust their copyrights to a nonprofit dedicated to -software freedom and rights of users all over the world.
+projects did this year below!) We also pursued many other violations that are +premature to disclose, as per our Principles +and our self-service copyright assignment form +enables FOSS contributors to, without overly burdensome paperwork, entrust +their copyrights to a nonprofit dedicated to software freedom and rights of +users all over the world.As software based technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, it's vital that we communicate the importance of software freedom to the wider population. @@ -125,8 +124,9 @@ In that vein the ideas of software freedom, and specifically what Software Freedom Conservancy does. We also did a lot of public writings about some of the important issues this year. From our perspective on the Neo4j suit -to highlighting problematic behavior from proprietary software companies, you can find out more about our speaking engagements -below.
+to highlighting problematic behavior from proprietary software companies and calling for folks to Exit Zoom. We'd also like to +remind you that as a Sustainer, we will provide you with your own BigBlueButton account so that you can host your own video calls on a FOSS platform. You +can find out more about our speaking engagements below.Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kuhn gave many conference talks and also represented SFC at many government hearings and inquiries. Beginning the year at FOSDEM, Bradley (and Karen) led the Legal and Policy DevRoom. He then spoke at SCaLE 20x giving a talk titled Learning From the Big Failures To Improve FOSS Advocacy and Adoption. +As the host of a keynote discussion at FOSSY, Bradley facilitated a + +community discussion about the RHEL policy change. As a panel member, he was the only representative for the FOSS community on the FTC's discussion “Creative Economy and Generative AI“
@@ -204,16 +209,16 @@ classroom to educate students about software freedom.
Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria.
+You can view a video of the celebration here.
Outreachy accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64 interns in -the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software communities. -Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian spheres, -Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to historically -excluded and under represented people in technology. Celebrating their 1000th -intern (!!!), there were celebrations all over the world and the participants -from all 17 years of its history came out to be in community with each other. -
+Outreachy accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64 +interns in the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software +communities. Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian +spheres, Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to +people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in +technology. Celebrating our 1000th intern (!!!), there were celebrations +featuring alumni and current interns all over the world.
OpenWrt released version 23.05.0 which continued adding hardware support for myriad devices, now supporting over