@@ -84,40 +84,40 @@ Software Freedom Conservancy has had a lot of major successes this year:
<ul>
<li>We brought four new projects under the protection of the
Conservancy: <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/jul/23/qemu-joins/">QEMU</a>,
the generic machine emulator and
virtualizer, <a href="https://www.bro.org/">The Bro Network Security
Monitor</a>, the Godot Game Engine[FIXME]
Monitor</a>, the <a href="http://www.godotengine.org/">Godot Game Engine</a>,
and <a href="http://outreachy.org">Outreachy</a>, a program dedicated to
helping people from underrepresented groups get involved in free and open
source software. We also worked with the Debian community to launch
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/aug/17/debian/">Debian
Copyright Aggregation Project</a> at their request.</li>
<li>We <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">supported
the law suit</a> Christoph Hellwig has brought against VMware in Germany, the
the lawsuit</a> Christoph Hellwig has brought against VMware in Germany, the
first case on derivative works and the GPL.</li>
<li>We fought for
and <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/oct/27/DMCA-win/">successfully
earned an exemption from the Library of Congress in the DMCA review
process</a> to legally permit circumvention of encryption on Smart TVs,
ensuring that you are free to hack on the devices that you legally own. </li>
<li>We collaborated with the <a href="https://fsf.org/">Free Software
Foundation</a> to publish
the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.html">Principles
of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a> , establishing community norms for
of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a>, establishing community norms for
enforcing the GPL in the public's interest, which have
already been <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.kr.html">translated
into Korean</a> [and Chinese].</li>
<li>Along with FSF, we
helped <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/jul/15/ubuntu-ip-policy/">Canonical,
Ltd. achieve compliance in its “Intellectual Property” Policy</a>, while
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>
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ firmware in wireless devices.
<li>We processed and paid 116 reimbursement requests 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="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/aug/17/debian/">DebConf</a>, <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/identity_crisis/">FOSDEM</a>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/jul/14/FISL16/">FISL</>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/31/libreplanet/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/30/linaro-keynote/">Linaro
Connect</> and participated in many conferences more all over the world, and
Connect</a>, and participated in many conferences more 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="https://sfconservancy.org/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>
@@ -167,45 +167,45 @@ software.</p>
<p>We undertake these critical programs because they are essential to the
future of technology. We do them because they are right. <b>But we cannot do
them without you</b>. If we do not meet our fundraising goals, we will be
forced to radically restructure.</p>
<p>Our fiscal sponsorship model is not financially self sustaining. We cannot
<p>Our fiscal sponsorship model is not financially self-sustaining by itself: we cannot
afford even one staff member and basic overhead with the revenue we take in
from our projects. In order to effectively continue to serve our member
projects, we need [750] Supporters. If you use or care about
our <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">member projects</a>,
which include some of the most widely used free software, you can help them
all by <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">signing up as a
Supporter today</a>.</p>
<h4>Fighting for the GPL<h4>
<p>Many consider our GPL compliance and enforcement controversial. We don't
think it is: We stand up for
the GPL at the request of the Linux kernel community, the Debian community
and our member projects. Most recently that has resulted in our funding
think it is: we stand up for
the GPL at the request of the Linux kernel community, the Debian community,
and our member projects. Most recently, that has resulted in our funding
of the <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">suit
against VMware</a>, which is the first law suit on derivative works and the
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, it makes fundraising from companies
very difficult. While enforcement of the protections around free and open source
software is in the long term interest of the industry, many companies are
reluctant to fund organizations that take on this enforcement task. Some companies
have withdrawn from funding us and some have even successfully pressured
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,
because we know it is the right thing to do and because we know that we are
because we know it is the right thing to do, and because we know that we are
in the best position to do it. But that's not enough — you have to think it's
right too and <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">show us by
becoming a Supporter now</a>.</p>
<h4>It's up to you</h4>
<p>We have raised enough money to continue the VMware case but our overall
<p>We have raised enough money to continue the VMware case, but our overall
enforcement work needs additional support to be able to continue. As we
state in
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.