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{% extends "base_conservancy.html" %}
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{% block subtitle %}Support Conservancy - {% endblock %}
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{% block category %}supporter{% endblock %}
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{% block head %}
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<link href="/css/forms.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
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{% endblock %}
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{% block content %}
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<div class="donate-sidebar">
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<table style="background-color:#afe478;width:100%;">
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<tr><td style="text-align:center;padding:10px;padding-bottom:10px;">
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<div id="donate-box" class="toggle-unit"><h1 class="toggle-content">Support
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Now!</h1></div>
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<h3 class="donate-box-highlight">Become a Supporter Now:</h3>
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<p>Support us now!</p>
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<h4><a href="#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Annual supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>
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<h4><a href="#monthly"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Monthly supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>
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<h4><a href="#renewal"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Renewing Annual supporter</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>
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<span class="donate-box-highlight">Other annual supporters methods:</span>
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<div class="toggle-unit">
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<h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Wire Transfer"
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data-expanded-text="Wire Transfer:">Wire Transfer</h4>
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<div class="toggle-content">
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Contact <a href="mailto:accounting@sfconservancy.org">Conservancy
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by email</a><br/> for wire transfer instructions.<br/>
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Include currency & country.<br/>
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</div><!-- /.toggle-content -->
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</div><!-- /.toggle.unit -->
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<div class="toggle-unit">
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<h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Paper Check"
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data-expanded-text="Paper Check:">Paper Check</h4>
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<div class="toggle-content">
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Send paper check for $120 to:<br/>
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Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.<br/>
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137 MONTAGUE ST STE 380<br/>
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BROOKLYN, NY 11201-3548 USA<br/>
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Please write <q>SUPPORTER</q>, t-shirt size, if you are renewing, and if
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you want public acknowledgment in memo line.
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</div><!-- /.toggle-content -->
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</div><!-- /.toggle.unit -->
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<p><a href="/donate">Even More Ways to Donate</a></p>
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<!-- Flattr end -->
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</td></tr></table>
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</div>
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<div class="content-with-donate-sidebar">
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<h1 class="appeal"><img class="appeal-header" alt="Become a Conservancy Supporter!" src="/img/conservancy-supporter-header.png"/></h1>
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<div class="supporter-type-selector">
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<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>
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<div id="annual" class="supporter-type-selection">
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<h3>Join as an Annual Supporter</h3>
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<a id="annual"></a>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> annual supporter is not an automatic renewal
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relationship. If you join today, you'll receive an email in about one year to remind you to
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optionally renew.</p>
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<form id="annual" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" name="supporter">
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<div class="supporter-form-inputs">
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<input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/thank-you.html" />
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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" />
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<input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" />
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<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Annual" />
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<input id="no_shipping" type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0" />
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<label for="amount"><strong>Amount:</strong> $</label>
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<input id="amount" type="text" name="amount" size="7" minimum="120" value="120" />
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<span id="error" class="form-error-show">$120 is a minimum for Conservancy
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Supporters. <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/>
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<label for="wantGift"><strong>Do you want to receive a t-shirt? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No
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<br />
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<span class="t-shirt-size-selector">
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<label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label>
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<select name="os0" id="os0">
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesS">Standard Ladies' S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesM">Standard Ladies' M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesL">Standard Ladies' L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesXL">Standard Ladies' XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesS">Fitted Ladies' S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesM">Fitted Ladies' M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesL">Fitted Ladies' L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesXL">Fitted Ladies' XL</option>
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</select><br/></span>
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<label for="publicAck"><strong>
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Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/>
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<label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's
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Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/>
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<br />
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<br /></div>
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<div id="annual" class="supporter-form-submit">
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<input type="image"
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src="/img/supporter-payment-button-annual.png"
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height="81" width="188"
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border="0" name="submit" alt="Become an Annual Supporter Now!">
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
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<br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit
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card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods. Select options first.</small>
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</div>
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</form>
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</div>
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<div id="monthly" class="supporter-type-selection">
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<h3>Join as an Monthly Supporter</h3>
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<a id="monthly"></a>
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<p>Monthly renewal is automatic. Also, monthly supporters might not receive tangible Supporter benefits (such as
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the t-shirt) until they've reached at least $60 in monthly supporter
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donations. However, they will be included immediately
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in the <a href="/sponsors/#supporters">Supporters' list</a>.</p>
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<form id="monthly" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
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<div class="supporter-form-inputs">
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<input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" />
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<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Monthly" />
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<input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/thank-you.html" />
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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions">
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<input id="no_shipping" type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0" />
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<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
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<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
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<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M" />
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<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1" />
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<input type="hidden" name="src" value="1" />
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<input type="hidden" name="srt" value="0" />
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<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Monthly" />
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<label for="amount"><strong>Monthly Amount:</strong> $</label>
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<input id="amount" type="text" name="a3" size="5" minimum="10" value="10" />
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<span id="error" class="form-error-show">$10/month is a minimum for Conservancy
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Supporters. <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/>
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<label for="wantGift"><strong>Do you want to receive a t-shirt? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No
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<br />
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<span class="t-shirt-size-selector">
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<label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label>
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<select name="os0" id="os0">
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesS">Standard Ladies' S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesM">Standard Ladies' M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesL">Standard Ladies' L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesXL">Standard Ladies' XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesS">Fitted Ladies' S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesM">Fitted Ladies' M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesL">Fitted Ladies' L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesXL">Fitted Ladies' XL</option>
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</select><br/></span>
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<label for="publicAck"><strong>
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Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/>
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<label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's
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Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/>
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<br /></div>
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<div id="monthly" class="supporter-form-submit">
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<input type="image"
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src="/img/supporter-payment-button-monthly.png"
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height="81" width="188"
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border="0" name="submit" alt="Become a Monthly Supporter Now!">
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<br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit
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card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods. Select
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options first.</small>
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</div>
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</form>
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</div>
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<div id="renewal" class="supporter-type-selection">
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<h3>Renew as an Annual Supporter</h3>
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<a id="renewal"></a>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> This option is for existing annual supporters who
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seek to renew for another year. The annual renewal is not automatic;
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annual supporters are emailed each year to invite them to optionally renew. </p>
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<form id="renewal" class="supporter-form" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" name="supporter">
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<div class="supporter-form-inputs">
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<input type="hidden" name="return" value="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/thank-you.html" />
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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick" />
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<input type="hidden" name="business" value="supporter@sfconservancy.org" />
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<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Conservancy Supporter, Annual Renewal" />
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<input id="no_shipping" type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="0" />
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<label for="amount"><strong>Amount:</strong> $</label>
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<input id="amount" type="text" name="amount" size="7" minimum="120" value="120" />
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<span id="error" class="form-error-show">$120 is a minimum for Conservancy
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Supporters. <a href="/donate">Donate smaller amounts here</a>.</span><br/>
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<label for="wantGift"><strong>Do you want to receive (another) t-shirt? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" name="on0" value="wantGiftYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on0" value="wantGiftNo" />No
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<br />
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<span class="t-shirt-size-selector">
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<label for="tShirtSize"><strong>T-shirt size: </strong></label>
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<select name="os0" id="os0">
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenS">Men's S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenM">Men's M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenL">Men's L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="MenXL">Men's XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="Men2XL">Men's 2XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesS">Standard Ladies' S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesM">Standard Ladies' M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesL">Standard Ladies' L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="StandardLadiesXL">Standard Ladies' XL</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesS">Fitted Ladies' S</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesM">Fitted Ladies' M</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesL">Fitted Ladies' L</option>
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<option name="os0" id="os0" value="FittedLadiesXL">Fitted Ladies' XL</option>
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</select><br/></span>
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<label for="publicAck"><strong>
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Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="on1" value="publicAckYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/>
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<label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's
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Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes
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<input type="radio" name="os1" value="joinListNo" />No<br/>
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<br />
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<br /></div>
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<div id="renewal" class="supporter-form-submit">
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<input type="image"
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src="/img/supporter-payment-button-renewal.png"
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height="81" width="188"
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border="0" name="submit" alt="Renew as an Annual Supporter Now!">
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
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<br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit
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card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods. Select options
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first. Choosing options here will change any previous settings.</small>
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</div></form></div>
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<span id="form-correction-needed" class="form-error">Please ensure all form data above is correct.</span>
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<br clear="all"/>
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<hr/>
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<h4>Software Freedom needs your help. </h4>
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<p><em>Conservancy must move to a
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Supporter-driven organization so we can focus on critical free software
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issues that nobody else is tackling. Stand up for the GPL, support great
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member projects, and make your voice heard in support of free software.
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<a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">Donate today!</a></em></p>
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<!--- FIXME scale this properly like on VMware page -->
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<a href="/img/member-project-logos.png"><img class="appeal-left" src="/img/member-project-logos.png"/></a>
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<p>
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The world today is powered increasingly by Free Software. But what many
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people don't realize is how much support is needed to keep all of these
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projects free and open. The work that we do every day ensures the success and
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the continued freedom of the projects that the developers of our member
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projects dedicate themselves to. Projects like Git, Samba,
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Wine, BusyBox, QEMU, Inkscape, Selenium, and dozens more.</p>
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<p>We are asking for you
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to <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join us and become a
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Conservancy Supporter</a> but this is more than our usual annual
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fundraising appeal. As described in more detail below, after the events
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of 2015, we must substantially increase our individual support to be able
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to continue defending software freedom for our member projects and the
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entire free and open source software community. We needed at least 750
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of you to become annual Supporters just to continue our basic community
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services, and we thank you so much that you responded. But
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we still need 2,500 (total) of you to become annual Supporters now to continue
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our licensing work, including enforcing copyleft licenses. If you don't become a Supporter now,
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we will be forced to radically restructure and wind down a substantial portion
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of our operations.</p>
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<br clear="left"/>
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<h4>2015 successes</h4>
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<a href="/img/conservancy-staff-photo.jpg"><img class="appeal-right" src="/img/conservancy-staff-photo.jpg"/></a>
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<p>
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Software Freedom Conservancy has had a lot of major successes this year:
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<ul>
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<li>We brought four new projects under the protection of
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Conservancy: <a href="/news/2015/jul/23/qemu-joins/">QEMU</a>,
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the generic machine emulator and
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virtualizer, <a href="https://www.bro.org/">The Bro Network Security
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Monitor</a>, the <a href="http://www.godotengine.org/">Godot Game Engine</a>,
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and <a href="http://outreachy.org">Outreachy</a>, a program dedicated to
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helping people from underrepresented groups get involved in free and open
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source software. We also worked with the Debian community to launch
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the <a href="/news/2015/aug/17/debian/">Debian
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Copyright Aggregation Project</a> at their request.</li>
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<li>We <a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">supported
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the lawsuit</a> Christoph Hellwig has brought against VMware in Germany, the
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first case on derivative works and the GPL.</li>
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<li>We fought for
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and <a href="/news/2015/oct/27/DMCA-win/">successfully
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earned an exemption from the Library of Congress in the DMCA review
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process</a> to legally permit circumvention of encryption on Smart TVs,
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ensuring that you are free to hack on the devices that you legally own. </li>
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<li>We collaborated with the <a href="https://fsf.org/">Free Software
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Foundation</a> to publish
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the <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles
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of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a>, establishing community norms for
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enforcing the GPL in the public's interest, which have
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already been <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.kr.html">translated
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into Korean</a>.</li>
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<li>Along with FSF, we
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helped <a href="/news/2015/jul/15/ubuntu-ip-policy/">Canonical,
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Ltd. achieve compliance in its "Intellectual Property" Policy</a>, while
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pointing out that the policy fails to address important software freedom
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issues.</li>
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<li>We conducted friendly discussions with companies out of compliance with
|
||||
the GPL, seeking non-litigious resolutions.</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li>We participated in the process
|
||||
of <a href="/news/2015/oct/14/FCC-comment/">telling
|
||||
the FCC to fix its proposed rules</a> restricting third-party modification of
|
||||
firmware in wireless devices.
|
||||
|
||||
<li>We helped, coordinated, and financially insured volunteers of three of
|
||||
our member projects to organize large annual conferences, where thousands of
|
||||
attendees learned about free and open source software.</li>
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
<li>We made 173 contractor payments to developers writing free and open source
|
||||
software, which included various different internships and contract
|
||||
software development work.</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<!-- conledger -V -b 2015-01-01 --limit 'tag("Approval") =~ /\/2015/ and tag("TaxImplication") =~ /Reimbursement/' reg '/Assets/'|egrep '^2015'|wc -l -->
|
||||
|
||||
<li>We processed and paid 134 reimbursement requests to 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="/blog/2015/aug/17/debian/">DebConf</a>, <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/identity_crisis/">FOSDEM</a>, <a href="/blog/2015/jul/14/FISL16/">FISL</>, <a href="/news/2015/mar/31/libreplanet/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="/blog/2015/sep/30/linaro-keynote/">Linaro
|
||||
Connect</a>,
|
||||
and <a href="/blog/2015/dec/16/yir-fosdem-2015/">participated</a> <a href="/blog/2015/dec/12/yir-bkuhn-lca/">in</a>
|
||||
<a href="/blog/2015/dec/11/yir-karen-lca/">many</a> more conferences 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="/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>
|
||||
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
<p>And we did <strong>all of this</strong> with <strong>only three full time employees</strong>.</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 over 30 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>. 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 by itself:
|
||||
we cannot afford even one staff member and basic overhead with the revenue we
|
||||
take in from our projects. With 750 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"><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 the Linux kernel community, the Debian community,
|
||||
and our member projects. 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. 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 withdrawn from 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="*** The Conservancy T-Shirt that Supporters Receive ***" class="appeal-left" src="/img/conservancy-t-shirt.jpg"/>
|
||||
|
||||
<h4>It's up to you</h4>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>We have raised enough money to continue the VMware case, but our overall
|
||||
compliance work needs additional support to be able to continue. As we
|
||||
state in
|
||||
the <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles
|
||||
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.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Moreover, we have lost committed general funding from companies explicitly
|
||||
because of our compliance work. Continuing this work without individual
|
||||
support is no longer possible.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>As a result, we need 2,500 Supporters in order to maintain the staff and
|
||||
resources in the organization to properly 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 compliance until we have the resources to pick it up
|
||||
properly at some point in the future.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you care about the
|
||||
GPL, <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">help us meet our goal</a>
|
||||
so we can stand up for the GPL together.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<img class="appeal-footer" alt="*" src="/img/conservancy-supporter-heart.png"/>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Please <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join our Supporter program</a> and spread software freedom!</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<br clear="left"/>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
{% endblock %}
|
||||
1
www/conservancy/static/supporter/2015-supporter-appeal.html
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1
www/conservancy/static/supporter/2015-supporter-appeal.html
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|
|
@ -0,0 +1 @@
|
|||
2016-supporter-appeal.html
|
||||
419
www/conservancy/static/supporter/2016-supporter-appeal.html
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419
www/conservancy/static/supporter/2016-supporter-appeal.html
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|
|
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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
|
||||
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Should we <a href="/sponsors#supporters">list you publicly</a> as a Conservancy Supporter? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" name="on1" value="publicAckNo" />No<br/>
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<label for="joinList"><strong>Join Conservancy's
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Low-Traffic Announcement Email List? </strong></label>
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<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="os1" value="joinListYes" />Yes
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<input type="image"
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src="/img/supporter-payment-button-renewal.png"
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height="81" width="188"
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border="0" name="submit" alt="Renew as an Annual Supporter Now!">
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<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
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<br/><br/><small>Button above redirects to PayPal's site for credit
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card, bank account or PayPal balance payment methods. Select options
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first. Choosing options here will change any previous settings.</small>
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</div></form></div>
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<span id="form-correction-needed" class="form-error">Please ensure all form data above is correct.</span>
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<hr/>
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<h4>Software Freedom needs your help. </h4>
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<p><em>Conservancy must move to a
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Supporter-driven organization so we can focus on critical free software
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issues that nobody else is tackling. Stand up for the GPL, support great
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member projects, and make your voice heard in support of free software.
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<a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">Donate today!</a></em></p>
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<a href="/img/member-project-logos.png"><img class="appeal-left" src="/img/member-project-logos.png"/></a>
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<p>The world today is powered more and more by Free Software. But what many
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people don't realize is how much support is needed to keep all of these
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projects free and open. The work that we do every day ensures the success and
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the continued freedom of the projects that the developers of our member
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projects dedicate themselves to. Projects like Git, Samba,
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Wine, BusyBox, QEMU, Inkscape, Selenium, and dozens more.</p>
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<p>We are asking for you
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to <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">join us and become a
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Conservancy Supporter</a> but this is more than our usual annual
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fundraising appeal. As described in more detail below, after the events
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of 2015, we must substantially increase our individual support to be able
|
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to continue defending software freedom for our member projects and the
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entire free and open source software community. We needed at least 750
|
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of you to become annual Supporters just to continue our basic community
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services, and we thank you so much that you responded. But
|
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we still need 2,500 (total) of you to become annual Supporters now to continue
|
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our licensing work, including enforcing copyleft licenses. If you don't become a Supporter now,
|
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we will be forced to radically restructure and wind down a substantial portion
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of our operations.</p>
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<h4>2016 successes</h4>
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<p>
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Software Freedom Conservancy has had a lot of major successes this year:
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<ul>
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<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;
|
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and <a href="http://brew.sh/">Homebrew</a>, a software package manager for Apple's OS X. </li>
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|
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<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>
|
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|
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<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>
|
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|
||||
<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>
|
||||
|
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<li>We conducted friendly discussions with companies out of compliance with
|
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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>
|
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|
||||
<li>We supported, helped coordinate, and financially backed volunteers from
|
||||
our member projects to organize seven conferences in three continents, where thousands of
|
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attendees learned about free and open source software.</li>
|
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|
||||
<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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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
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||||
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|
||||
|
|
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|
|||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
<em>Conservancy will continue our basic community services, thanks to our
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
compliance efforts in 2017.
|
||||
<em>Let's stand up for software freedom together!
|
||||
We still need
|
||||
{{ sitefundgoal.fundraiser_goal_amount|subtract:sitefundgoal.fundraiser_donation_count_disclose_threshold|subtract:sitefundgoal.fundraiser_so_far_amount|intcomma }} more Supporters to maintain our full range of activities in 2017.
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
|
|
|
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