@@ -122,308 +122,308 @@ enforcing the GPL in the public's interest, which have
already been <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.kr.html">translated
into Korean</a>.</li>
<li>Along with FSF, we
helped <a href="/news/2015/jul/15/ubuntu-ip-policy/">Canonical,
Ltd. achieve compliance in its "Intellectual Property" Policy</a>, while
pointing out that the policy fails to address important software freedom
issues.</li>
<li>We conducted friendly discussions with companies out of compliance with
the GPL, seeking non-litigious resolutions.</li>
<li>We participated in the process
of <a href="/news/2015/oct/14/FCC-comment/">telling
the FCC to fix its proposed rules</a> restricting third-party modification of
firmware in wireless devices.
<li>We helped, coordinated, and financially insured volunteers of three of
our member projects to organize large annual conferences, where thousands of
attendees learned about free and open source software.</li>
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<li>We made 173 contractor payments to developers writing free and open source
software, which included various different internships and contract
software development work.</li>
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<li>We processed and paid 134 reimbursement requests to individuals doing work
around the globe advocating for their free and open source software
projects at conferences and other venues.</li>
<li>We gave keynotes
at <a href="/blog/2015/aug/17/debian/">DebConf</a>, <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/identity_crisis/">FOSDEM</a>, <a href="/blog/2015/jul/14/FISL16/">FISL</>, <a href="/news/2015/mar/31/libreplanet/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="/blog/2015/sep/30/linaro-keynote/">Linaro
Connect</a>,
and <a href="/blog/2015/dec/16/yir-fosdem-2015/">participated</a> <a href="/blog/2015/dec/12/yir-bkuhn-lca/">in</a>
<a href="/blog/2015/dec/11/yir-karen-lca/">many</a> more conferences all over the world; we also
shared our expertise in initiatives
like <a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a>. We participated in
interviews and <a href="/blog/">blogposts</a>, and
Bradley and Karen published episodes of <a href="http://faif.us/">Free as in
Freedom</a>, dedicated to discussing the important issues in software
freedom.</li>
</ul>
<p>And we did <strong>all of this</strong> with <strong>only three full time employees</strong>.</p>
<p>We are focused on the most important ethical issues in software
freedom. We work tirelessly and don't shy away from difficult issues.</p>
<p>We're a unique organization — a staunch defender of copyleft (for Linux,
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of diversity for the community via Outreachy and other programs, and are the
legal home to over 30 member projects that are essential to developing free
software.</p>
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and our member projects. Most recently, that has resulted in our funding
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. 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
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conferences to cancel or prevent talks on our enforcement work. We do
this work because we think that it is good for everyone in the long run,
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enforcement work needs additional support to be able to continue. As we
state in
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of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a>, we cannot prioritize profit in
these actions without compromising on the end goals of that work which is to
help companies become free and open source software users and contributors.
<p>Moreover, we have lost committed general funding from companies explicitly
because of our enforcement work. Continuing this work without individual
support is no longer possible.</p>
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