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|   | {% extends "base_conservancy.html" %} | ||
|  | {% block subtitle %}Support Conservancy - {% endblock %} | ||
|  | {% block category %}supporter{% endblock %} | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | {% block head %} | ||
|  | <link href="/css/forms.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> | ||
|  | {% endblock %} | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | {% block content %} | ||
|  | <div class="donate-sidebar"> | ||
|  | <table style="background-color:#afe478;width:100%;"> | ||
|  | <tr><td style="text-align:center;padding:10px;padding-bottom:10px;"> | ||
|  | <div id="donate-box" class="toggle-unit"><h1 class="toggle-content">Support | ||
|  |     Now!</h1></div> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <h3 class="donate-box-highlight">Become a Supporter Now:</h3> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>Support us now!</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <h4><a href="#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Annual supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4> | ||
|  | <h4><a href="#monthly"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Monthly supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4> | ||
|  | <h4><a href="#renewal"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Renewing Annual supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4> | ||
|  |     | ||
|  | <span class="donate-box-highlight">Other annual supporters methods:</span> | ||
|  | <div class="toggle-unit"> | ||
|  |     <h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Wire Transfer"  | ||
|  |     data-expanded-text="Wire Transfer:">Wire Transfer</h4> | ||
|  |     <div class="toggle-content"> | ||
|  |        Contact <a href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">Conservancy | ||
|  |             by email</a><br/> for wire transfer instructions.<br/> | ||
|  |             Include  currency & country.<br/> | ||
|  |     </div><!-- /.toggle-content --> | ||
|  | </div><!-- /.toggle.unit --> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <div class="toggle-unit"> | ||
|  |     <h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Paper Check"  | ||
|  |     data-expanded-text="Paper Check:">Paper Check</h4> | ||
|  |     <div class="toggle-content"> | ||
|  |     Send paper check for $120 to:<br/> | ||
|  |     Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.<br/> | ||
|  |     137 MONTAGUE ST  STE 380<br/> | ||
|  |     BROOKLYN, NY 11201-3548   USA<br/> | ||
|  |     Please write <q>SUPPORTER</q>, t-shirt size, if you are renewing, and if | ||
|  |     you want public acknowledgment in memo line.  | ||
|  |     </div><!-- /.toggle-content --> | ||
|  | </div><!-- /.toggle.unit --> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p><a href="/donate">Even More Ways to Donate</a></p> | ||
|  | <!-- Flattr end --> | ||
|  | </td></tr></table> | ||
|  | </div> | ||
|  | <div class="content-with-donate-sidebar"> | ||
|  |   <h1 class="appeal"><img class="appeal-header" alt="Become a Conservancy Supporter!" src="/img/conservancy-supporter-header.png"/></h1> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |    | ||
|  | <div class="supporter-type-selector"> | ||
|  |   <strong>Become a Supporter Now:</strong>   <a id="annualSelector" href="#annual">Annual</a> | <a id="monthlySelector" href="#monthly">Monthly</a> | <a id="renewalSelector" href="#renewal">Annual Renew</a></div> | ||
|  | <div id="annual" class="supporter-type-selection"> | ||
|  | <h3>Join as an Annual Supporter</h3> | ||
|  | <a id="annual"></a> | ||
|  | <p><strong>Note:</strong> annual supporter is not an automatic renewal | ||
|  |   relationship.  If you join today, you'll receive an email in about one year to remind you to | ||
|  |   optionally renew.</p> | ||
|  | <form id="annual" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" name="supporter"> | ||
|  | <div class="supporter-form-inputs"> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/thank-you.html" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Annual" /> | ||
|  |             <input id="no_shipping" type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0" /> | ||
|  |   <label for="amount"><strong>Amount:</strong> $</label> | ||
|  |   <input id="amount" type="text" name="amount" size="7" minimum="120" value="120" /> | ||
|  |   <span id="error" class="form-error-show">$120 is a minimum for Conservancy | ||
|  |   Supporters.  <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |                       <label for="wantGift"><strong>Do you want to receive a t-shirt? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No | ||
|  |                       <br /> | ||
|  |                       <span class="t-shirt-size-selector"> | ||
|  |                       <label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <select name="os0" id="os0"> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesS">Standard Ladies' S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesM">Standard Ladies' M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesL">Standard Ladies' L</option> | ||
|  |                          <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesXL">Standard Ladies' XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesS">Fitted Ladies' S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesM">Fitted Ladies' M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesL">Fitted Ladies' L</option> | ||
|  |                          <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesXL">Fitted Ladies' XL</option> | ||
|  |                       </select><br/></span> | ||
|  |                       <label for="publicAck"><strong> | ||
|  |                           Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/> | ||
|  |              | ||
|  |                       <label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's | ||
|  |                       Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/> | ||
|  |                       <br /> | ||
|  |                       <br /></div> | ||
|  |                       <div id="annual" class="supporter-form-submit"> | ||
|  |                       <input type="image" | ||
|  |                              src="/img/supporter-payment-button-annual.png" | ||
|  |                              height="81" width="188" | ||
|  |                              border="0" name="submit" alt="Become an Annual Supporter Now!"> | ||
|  |                       <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> | ||
|  | <br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit | ||
|  |         card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods.  Select options first.</small> | ||
|  |                       </div> | ||
|  | </form> | ||
|  | </div> | ||
|  | <div id="monthly" class="supporter-type-selection"> | ||
|  | <h3>Join as an Monthly Supporter</h3> | ||
|  | <a id="monthly"></a> | ||
|  | <p>Monthly renewal is automatic.  Also, monthly supporters might not receive tangible Supporter benefits (such as | ||
|  |   the t-shirt) until they've reached at least $60 in monthly supporter | ||
|  |   donations.  However, they will be included immediately | ||
|  |   in the <a href="/sponsors/#supporters">Supporters' list</a>.</p> | ||
|  | <form id="monthly" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"> | ||
|  | <div class="supporter-form-inputs"> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Monthly" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/thank-you.html" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions"> | ||
|  |             <input id="no_shipping" type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US"> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="src" value="1" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="srt" value="0" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Monthly" /> | ||
|  |   <label for="amount"><strong>Monthly Amount:</strong> $</label> | ||
|  |   <input id="amount" type="text" name="a3" size="5" minimum="10" value="10" /> | ||
|  |   <span id="error" class="form-error-show">$10/month is a minimum for Conservancy | ||
|  |   Supporters.  <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/> | ||
|  |                       <label for="wantGift"><strong>Do you want to receive a t-shirt? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No | ||
|  |                       <br /> | ||
|  |                       <span class="t-shirt-size-selector"> | ||
|  |                       <label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <select name="os0" id="os0"> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesS">Standard Ladies' S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesM">Standard Ladies' M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesL">Standard Ladies' L</option> | ||
|  |                          <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesXL">Standard Ladies' XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesS">Fitted Ladies' S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesM">Fitted Ladies' M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesL">Fitted Ladies' L</option> | ||
|  |                          <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesXL">Fitted Ladies' XL</option> | ||
|  |                       </select><br/></span> | ||
|  |                       <label for="publicAck"><strong> | ||
|  |                           Should we  <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/> | ||
|  |                       <label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's | ||
|  |                       Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/> | ||
|  |                       <br /></div> | ||
|  |                       <div id="monthly" class="supporter-form-submit"> | ||
|  |                       <input type="image" | ||
|  |                       src="/img/supporter-payment-button-monthly.png" | ||
|  |                       height="81" width="188" | ||
|  |                       border="0" name="submit" alt="Become a Monthly Supporter Now!"> | ||
|  | <br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit | ||
|  |         card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods.  Select | ||
|  |                       options first.</small> | ||
|  |                       </div> | ||
|  | </form> | ||
|  | </div> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <div id="renewal" class="supporter-type-selection"> | ||
|  | <h3>Renew as an Annual Supporter</h3> | ||
|  | <a id="renewal"></a> | ||
|  | <p><strong>Note:</strong> This option is for existing annual supporters who | ||
|  |   seek to renew for another year.  The annual renewal is not automatic; | ||
|  |   annual supporters are emailed each year to invite them to optionally renew. </p> | ||
|  | <form id="renewal" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" name="supporter"> | ||
|  | <div class="supporter-form-inputs"> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/thank-you.html" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" /> | ||
|  |             <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Annual Renewal" /> | ||
|  |             <input id="no_shipping" type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0" /> | ||
|  |   <label for="amount"><strong>Amount:</strong> $</label> | ||
|  |   <input id="amount" type="text" name="amount" size="7" minimum="120" value="120" /> | ||
|  |   <span id="error" class="form-error-show">$120 is a minimum for Conservancy | ||
|  |   Supporters.  <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  |                       <label for="wantGift"><strong>Do you want to receive (another) t-shirt? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No | ||
|  |                       <br /> | ||
|  |                       <span class="t-shirt-size-selector"> | ||
|  |                       <label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <select name="os0" id="os0"> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesS">Standard Ladies' S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesM">Standard Ladies' M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesL">Standard Ladies' L</option> | ||
|  |                          <option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesXL">Standard Ladies' XL</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesS">Fitted Ladies' S</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesM">Fitted Ladies' M</option> | ||
|  |                         <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesL">Fitted Ladies' L</option> | ||
|  |                          <option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesXL">Fitted Ladies' XL</option> | ||
|  |                       </select><br/></span> | ||
|  |                       <label for="publicAck"><strong> | ||
|  |                           Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/> | ||
|  |              | ||
|  |                       <label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's | ||
|  |                       Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label> | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes | ||
|  |                       <input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/> | ||
|  |                       <br /> | ||
|  |                       <br /></div> | ||
|  |                       <div id="renewal" class="supporter-form-submit"> | ||
|  |                       <input type="image" | ||
|  |                              src="/img/supporter-payment-button-renewal.png" | ||
|  |                              height="81" width="188" | ||
|  |                              border="0" name="submit" alt="Renew as an Annual Supporter Now!"> | ||
|  |                       <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> | ||
|  | <br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit | ||
|  |         card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods.  Select options | ||
|  |   first.  Choosing options here will change any previous settings.</small> | ||
|  | </div></form></div> | ||
|  | <span id="form-correction-needed" class="form-error">Please ensure all form data above is correct.</span> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <br clear="all"/> | ||
|  | <hr/> | ||
|  | <h4>Software Freedom needs your help. </h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p><em>Conservancy must move to a | ||
|  | Supporter-driven organization so we can focus on critical free software  | ||
|  | issues that nobody else is tackling.  Stand up for the GPL, support great  | ||
|  | member projects, and make your voice heard in support of free software.   | ||
|  | <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">Donate today!</a></em></p> | ||
|  | 
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|  | <!--- FIXME scale this properly like on VMware page --> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <a href="/img/member-project-logos.png"><img class="appeal-left" src="/img/member-project-logos.png"/></a> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>The world today is powered more and more by Free Software. But what many | ||
|  | people don't realize is how much support is needed to keep all of these | ||
|  | projects free and open. The work that we do every day ensures the success and | ||
|  | the continued freedom of the projects that the developers of our member | ||
|  | projects dedicate themselves to. Projects like Git, Samba, | ||
|  | Wine, BusyBox, QEMU, Inkscape, Selenium, and dozens more.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>We are asking for you | ||
|  |   to <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join us and become a | ||
|  |     Conservancy Supporter</a> but this is more than our usual annual | ||
|  |   fundraising appeal.  As described in more detail below, after the events  | ||
|  |   of 2015, we must substantially increase our individual support to be able  | ||
|  |   to continue defending software freedom for our member projects and the  | ||
|  |   entire free and open source software community.  We needed at least 750  | ||
|  |   of you to become annual Supporters just to continue our basic community | ||
|  |   services, and we thank you so much that you responded.  But  | ||
|  |   we still need 2,500 (total) of you to become annual Supporters now to continue | ||
|  |   our licensing work, including enforcing copyleft licenses.  If you don't become a Supporter now, | ||
|  |   we will be forced to radically restructure and wind down a substantial portion | ||
|  |   of our operations.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <br clear="left"/> | ||
|  | <h4>2016 successes</h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p> | ||
|  | Software Freedom Conservancy has had a lot of major successes this year: | ||
|  | <ul> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We brought three new projects under the protection of Conservancy: <a href="https://forums.librehealth.io/">LibreHealth</a>, a critical initiative for health in free and open source software; <a href="https://www.spec-ops.io/">Spec-Ops</a>, a project dedicated to creating of open standards in critical areas, including payments and identity; | ||
|  | and <a href="http://brew.sh/">Homebrew</a>, a software package manager for Apple's OS X. </li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We <a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">supported | ||
|  | the lawsuit</a> Christoph Hellwig brought against VMware in Germany, the | ||
|  | first case on derivative works and the GPL. Christoph's case <a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">continues on appeal</a>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We helped Conservancy projects Bro, Buildbot, and Godot receive Mozilla MOSS grants. Another Conservancy project, phpMyAdmin, successfully completed a thorough security audit as part of Mozilla's Secure Open Source Fund (no serious issues were found!).</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We <a href="/news/2016/may/10/yorba-assigns-copyrights/">received an assignment of copyrights from the Yorba Foundation</a>, including Shotwell and Geary, in order to safeguard those copyrights for the future.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We conducted friendly discussions with companies out of compliance with | ||
|  | the GPL, seeking non-litigious resolutions in accordance with our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles</a>. We <a href="/news/2016/nov/03/linux-compliance-agreements/">published our template agreements</a> and held two feedback sessions, at <a href="/blog/2016/oct/27/feedback-gpl/">Embedded Linux Conference EU</a> and <a href="/blog/2016/nov/16/2016-lpc-gpl-compliance-bof/">Linux Plumbers' Conference</a>, to evaluate and improve our compliance efforts. We also worked with other community members to <a href="/blog/2016/jul/19/patrick-mchardy-gpl-enforcement/">bring clarity to international activities around GPL compliance</a> and help make the ecosystem safer for free software adoption. We stayed committed to providing <a href="/blog/2016/feb/25/zfs-and-linux/">straightforward analysis about the GPL</a>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>Our Executive Director, Karen Sandler, <a href="/news/2016/feb/23/FOSSA-testimony/">testified to the New York City Council Committee on Contracts in favor of the Free and Open Source Software Act and the Civic Commons Act</a> which would increase the use of free and open source software by New York City departments and agencies. Karen later in the year also <a href="/news/2016/oct/26/karen-sandler-oscon-eu-2016/">taught kids in London about free software</a>.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We <a href="/blog/?tag=ContractPatch">launched a new initiative called ContractPatch</a> to help provide information and understanding about employment agreements.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We <a href="/blog/2016/jun/06/openchain-spec/">commented on the OpenChain specification</a> to help make sure that the initiative by companies to collaboratively come up with standards and shared materials around compliance also meets community expectations about how compliance obligations are satisfied.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We supported, helped coordinate, and financially backed volunteers from | ||
|  |   our member projects to organize seven conferences in three continents, where thousands of | ||
|  |   attendees learned about free and open source software.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We processed and paid reimbursementrequests to individuals doing work | ||
|  |   around the globe advocating for their free and open source software | ||
|  |   projects at conferences and other venues. We also paid contractors to | ||
|  |   improve our projects' software.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <li>We gave keynotes | ||
|  | at <a href="/news/2016/oct/26/karen-sandler-oscon-eu-2016/">OSCON EU</a>, <a href="/news/2016/sep/14/brocon-keynote/">BroCon</a>, <a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-conference-keynote-speakers-and-launch-event/">the NextCloud conference</>, <a href="/blog/2016/aug/16/guadec-2016/">GUADEC</a>, <a href="/news/2016/aug/08/guadec-opensym/">OpenSym 2016</a>, <a href="https://debconf16.debconf.org/talks/57/">Debconf</a>, <a href"/news/2016/may/31/kuhn-sweden-norway/">OSS 2016</a>, <a href="https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/collection/companies-free-software-and-you/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="https://www.openwest.org/keynote/">OpenWest</a> | ||
|  | and participated many more conferences all over the world. We also | ||
|  | shared our expertise in initiatives | ||
|  | like <a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a>. We gave | ||
|  | interviews, published <a href="/blog/">blog posts</a>, and | ||
|  | Bradley and Karen released episodes of <a href="http://faif.us/">Free as in | ||
|  | Freedom</a>, all dedicated to discussing the important issues in software | ||
|  | freedom.</li> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | </ul> | ||
|  | <p>And we did <strong>all of this</strong> with a tiny staff of only four full time employees.</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, | ||
|  | Debian and many of our member projects), a source of education and champions | ||
|  | of diversity for the community via Outreachy and other programs, and are the | ||
|  | legal home to 40 member projects that are essential to developing free | ||
|  | software.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>We undertake these critical programs because they are essential to the | ||
|  | future of technology. We do them because they are right. <strong>But we cannot do | ||
|  | them without you.</strong> Last year you helped us to fundraising goals that didn't merely keep us running, but even let us <a href="/news/2016/aug/22/brett-joins/">hire a new employee</a>. Yet even this staffing level isn't enough to handle our existing workload.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <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.  With over 1,000 Supporters, we can now sustain the basic | ||
|  | work and we will survive.  But to thrive, and handle the really complex tasks like | ||
|  | copyright and licensing advice, and license compliance, we need even more | ||
|  | resources.  That's why our final target is 2,500 Supporters.  If you use | ||
|  | or care about our <a href="/members/current/">member projects</a>, which | ||
|  | include some of the most widely used free software, you can help them all | ||
|  | by <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">signing up as a Supporter | ||
|  | today</a>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <h4>Fighting for the GPL</h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <a href="/img/gpl-heart.png" alt="We ♥ GPL"><img class="appeal-right"  src="/img/gpl-heart.png"/></a> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <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 our member projects, | ||
|  | the Debian community, and members of the Linux kernel community. | ||
|  | 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 (Christoph's case <a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">continues on appeal</a>). 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 | ||
|  | have stopped funding us and some have even successfully pressured | ||
|  | conferences to cancel or prevent talks on our compliance 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 | ||
|  | in the best position to do it. But that's not enough — you have to think it's | ||
|  | right too and <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">show us by | ||
|  | becoming a Supporter now</a>.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <img alt="Photo of Conservancy t-shirt that Supporters receive" class="appeal-left" src="/img/conservancy-t-shirt.jpg"/> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <h4>It's up to you</h4> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>Conservancy is deeply committed to supporting, promoting, developing, and | ||
|  | defending free and open source software.  We pursue our mission on various | ||
|  | fronts, and we're proud of what we've been able to accomplish in 2016.  To | ||
|  | do even more in 2017 and in the years to come, we need your help.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>We believe 2017 will be a critical year for Conservancy, our member | ||
|  | projects, and our work.  We look forward to making huge strides in providing | ||
|  | software tools for public charities as well as services for developer | ||
|  | communities.  We will continue to champion the rights of the public and the | ||
|  | interests of copyright holders who have licensed their contributions to the | ||
|  | commons for the public's benefit.  We will continue to host and speak at | ||
|  | conferences, create and maintain educational resources, and raise awareness | ||
|  | about how free and open source software is essential to a free and open | ||
|  | source society. </p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>While we appreciate our corporate donors, we simply cannot depend | ||
|  | solely on grants from companies who may not find our mission to be | ||
|  | compatible with shifting corporate strategies.  We need you, the public as | ||
|  | well.  Simply put, we need 2,500 Supporters in order to maintain our staff, | ||
|  | continue to provide a full range of administrative, bookkeeping, and legal | ||
|  | services to our member projects, educate the public, <strong>and</strong> | ||
|  | undertake compliance efforts.  We hope you will <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">sign up as a Supporter</a> to help us achieve this. If we don't reach our goal, we will | ||
|  | have no choice but to hibernate some of our activities — likely | ||
|  | our compliance efforts — until we have the resources to resume them | ||
|  | properly at some point in the future.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>If you care about Conservancy's mission, <a href="#donate-box" | ||
|  | class="donate-now">help us meet our goal</a> so we can stand up for software | ||
|  | freedom together.</p> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <img class="appeal-footer" alt="Supporters ♥ Conservancy" src="/img/conservancy-supporter-heart.png"/> | ||
|  | 
 | ||
|  | <p>Please <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join our Supporter program</a> | ||
|  | and spread the word!</p> | ||
|  | 
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