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<h1>How To Apply to Become a Member Project</h1>
 

	
 
<p>New applications for project membership with Conservancy are considered
 
  twice a year.  The deadlines for submission of application materials are
 
  1 February and 1 September each year.</p>
 

	
 
<p>The application process is somewhat informal.  New applicants should
 
  write
 
  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 we have any,
 
  and after that, 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 Subcommittee (which
 
  is a subcommittee of Conservacy's Directors), and the subcommittee's
 
  recommendations are submitted to
 
  Conservancy's <a href="/about/board/">Board of Directors</a>, who make
 
  the final decision to offer membership.</p>
 

	
 
<h1>Project Membership Application FAQs</h1>
 

	
 
<p><b>What are the key criteria our project must meet to join?</b></p>
 
<p>The following are various questions that we typically get from project
 
  leaders that wish to apply to Conservancy.</p>
 

	
 

	
 
<h2>What are the key criteria our project must meet to join?</h2>
 

	
 
<p>In order to join, projects need to meet certain criteria, including the
 
requirement that the project be exclusively devoted to the development of
 
FLOSS and that it be consistent with the Conservancy's tax-exempt purposes
 
and the financial requirements imposed by the IRS.  Most FLOSS projects
 
will meet these requirements.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Additionally, the project must be licensed in a way fitting with
 
  software freedom principles.  Specifically, all software of the project
 
  should be licensed under a license that is listed both as
 
  a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html">Free Software
 
  license by the Free Software Foundation</a> and as
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<p>After your application is approved, as part of the negotiation of the
 
  formal agreement, we'll discuss this issue.  Typically, we ask that
 
  member projects voluntarily choose to donate some percentage of their
 
  donations received to support Conservancy's general operations servicing
 
  all its member projects (including yours).  We do understand that,
 
  particularly for small projects that only receive a few small donations,
 
  that donating a percentage of your income back to Conservancy can be a
 
  high burden.  Therefore, this is not a mandatory requirement.  We thus
 
  suggest that you be prepared to discuss this issue with us in detail
 
  after your application is approved.</p>
 

	
 
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