<h2>Some Personal Liability Protection</h2>

<p>When a project joins Conservancy, it formally becomes part of the

  Conservancy. (The project is thus somewhat analogous to a division of a

  company or a department in a large agency.)  As such, project leaders

  benefit from some amount of protection from personal liability for their

  work on the project.</p>

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<p>Those familiar with non-profit terminology will recognize most of these

  services

  sponsorship services</a>.  This term is not particularly well

  known in the FLOSS community, and many are confused by that term.

  However, if you are familiar with what a fiscal sponsor typically does

  in the non-profit sector, the term does fit many of services that

  Conservancy offers its member projects.</p>

<p>Project

leaders that believe their project might benefit from these services can

<a href="/members/apply/">apply to become a member project</a>.</p>

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