We helped folks stay connected, even when travel and in-person meetings could not happen. We gathered digitally every Thursday with all who wanted to join since early March to discuss @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ DMCA.
Our Outreachy internship program became even more essential during this difficult time. Everyone needs remote work now, and to learn how to effectively work remotely. This year, we achieved the most internships in @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ rights.
This year, we expanded our plans and involvement on key issues of software freedom policy. We are known throughout the FOSS community as the organization that knows the details of FOSS policy — from project governance, to licensing to Codes of @@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ just begun and they need your support and help to succeed.
In 2020, Conservancy welcomed two important new projects. The Institute for Computing in Research runs a mentoring program designed to bridge inequities in tech by training teenage students to do rigorous scientific research using free software. OpenWrt is a critical FOSS wireless router project that demonstrates the long lasting positive results of strategic GPL enforcement. We also recognize that communities change over time. In addition to adding new projects, we took the time this past year to sunset some of our projects that no longer had a charitable focus.
We were also pleased to welcome Allison Randal, a steadfast advocate of software freedom, to our Board of Directors.
FOSS events and conferences have always been an essential component of FOSS, but this year, the pandemic thwarted our usual event system an infrastructure. Conservancy has been at the center of transitioning events to online formats for