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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. 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 — writing and improving FLOSS for the general public — 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">“member project”</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