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<p>Software Freedom Conservancy is an essential organization to free and
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open source software. We are the home of over
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<a href="http://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">30 projects</a> like
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Git,
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Inkscape, Samba, Wine, Selenium, the Linux Compliance project, PyPy and
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Sugar Labs just to name a few. Conservancy is a "fiscal sponsor plus",
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providing everything that our projects need in a nonprofit. We help our
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projects defend their trademarks, manage their assets, handle donations,
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improve their community management, manage risk and assist them with all
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legal needs they may have. While we do receive a portion of the revenue
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donated to our projects, we keep that number low enough that it doesn't
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even pay for a single staff member. Help us show that you care about
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community-focused free software and help us be able to continue our
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charitable work. Donating to Conservancy is a great non-technical way to
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contribute to the cause.</p>
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<p>For the first time, we're launching a Supporter program. For an
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annual
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donation of $120, you can download an official Supporter card and
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receive a Conservancy t-shirt[1]. If this is out of reach, please donate
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at whatever level you can - it makes a big difference to us to know that
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you support us, and a little goes a long way.</p>
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<p>In addition to supporting our projects,
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<li>we share our expertise across communities. We speak at many
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conferences, and publish materials to increase understanding about the
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organizational, community and legal issues around free and open source
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software. We advocate for free an open source software and provide
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education around that mission. We form partnerships across our
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communities to work more effectively. Check out <a
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href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a>
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or sign up to join the <a
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href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2014/aug/12/tax-exempt-working-group/">
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tax exempt working group</a>.</li>
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<li>we seek to solve problems for the public through free and open
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source
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software. We've launched a <a href="http://npoacct.sfconservancy.org/">
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nonprofits accounting project</a> to help all
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nonprofits (in free software and in other fields) avoid paying millions
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of dollars in licensing fees for subpar accounting software.</li>
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<li>as part of Conservancy's partnership in the program, we support Karen as
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a co-organizer of the Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program.</li>
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<li>we encourage and support our employees to do volunteer work in the
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community. For example, Bradley and Karen together host an oggcast
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called <cite><a href="http://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a></cite> which
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discusses important legal and policy issues in open source and free
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software.</li></ul>
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<p>As an organization, we try to do do everything transparently; even
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our
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<a
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href="https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies/source/master:">
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internal policies</a> are published and available for scrutiny.</p>
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<p>Please join our Supporter program and spread software freedom!</p>
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[1] the shirts will ship First Quarter 2015.
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