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We defend and uphold the rights of software users and consumers under copyleft licenses.
Impact Litigation
We defend the legal rights of software users. Learn the details, status, and stakes of our court cases.
Give Up GitHub
We urge FOSS Developers to Give Up GitHub! Learn why.
Outreachy
We offer internships for anyone who faces underrepresentation, systemic bias, or discrimination in the tech industry.
FOSSY
Our annual community-oriented conference focused on the creation and impact of free and open source software.
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Member Projects
We provide non-profit infrastructure and services to our members creating Free/Libre and Open Source Software.
Use The Source
Our tool for evaluating the source code candidates companies must provide for GPLed software.
OpenWrt One
We designed and built the first ever wireless Internet router designed with software freedom and right to repair in mind.
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The Corresponding Source
A bi-weekly oggcast about legal, policy, and many other issues in the Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) world.
Glossary of Terms
A list of terms you might be unfamiliar with but occur frequently in our work.
FAQ About the Vizio Lawsuit
Your most frequently asked questions about the Vizio lawsuit, answered in one place.
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What We Do
Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization
centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the
right to repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and
defend these rights through fostering free and open source
software (FOSS) projects, driving initiatives that actively make
technology more inclusive, and advancing policy strategies that
defend FOSS (such as copyleft).
Our work on copyleft
compliance, including enforcement of the General Public
License (GPL), is world-renowned. We believe fundamentally that
copyleft licenses are the best tool available today to empower
users and consumers to take control of their electronic devices,
liberate themselves from planned obsolesce, and join a free market
where they choose who provides their software.
We also believe that FOSS functions best when built by a
egalitarian community in which hobbyists, volunteers, and
individuals stand on equal footing with companies and large
organizations. Vendor neutrality is simply not enough — as
that merely makes companies equal to each other and leaves
hobbyists and volunteers out in the cold. To foster FOSS creation
in this manner, we are the non-profit home to
dozens of member projects and initiatives whom we assist to
remain transparent and prioritize the public good in their
development of FOSS.
Furthermore, diversity and inclusion is a critical component to
egalitarian FOSS communities. We acknowledge that FOSS
communities historically have struggled on these fronts and the
myth of “pure meritocracy” so popular in FOSS circles
willfully ignores the systemic biases in our societies and
cultures. We are thus the proud home of
the Outreachy initiative that
offers paid internships in FOSS for contributors who have faced
systemic bias in their efforts to join the FOSS community.
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