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<h1>About Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.</h1>
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					<h1>About Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.</h1>
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<p>Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
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					<p>Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
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organization incorporated in New York.  Conservancy is managed by
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					organization incorporated in New York.  Software Freedom Conservancy helps
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its <a href="/about/board/">board of directors</a>, who appoint
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					promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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its <a href="/about/officers/">officers</a> and hire
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					(FLOSS) projects.  Conservancy provides a non-profit home and infrastructure
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its <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>.  Conservancy also gets some
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					for FLOSS projects.  This allows FLOSS developers to focus on what they do
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occasional help from <a href="/about/outside/">outside legal counsel and
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					best — writing and improving FLOSS for the general public — while
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contractors</a>.</p>
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					Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that do not relate directly to
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					software development and documentation.</p>
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					<p>FLOSS projects whose <a href="/members/apply">applications are
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					    accepted</a> become part of the Software Freedom Conservancy
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					    (akin to a separate department of a large agency).  Once joined, the
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					    <a href="/members">“member project”</a> receives most of
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					    the benefits of existing as a non-profit corporate entity without
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					    engaging in the arduous work of forming a separate, new organization.
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					    Conservancy aggregates the work of running a FLOSS non-profit
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					    for <a href="/members/current/">its many members</a>.</p>
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					<p>Conservancy provides <a href="/members/services/">many important services</a> for its
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					  member projects.  Member projects can take directed donations, which
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					  allows donors to earmark their donations for the benefit of a specific
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					  FLOSS project.  Conservancy provides fiscal oversight to ensure that
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					  these funds are spent in a manner that advances the project and fits
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					  with Conservancy's 501(c)(3) mission to promote, advance, and defend software freedom.</p>
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					<p>If the member project's leaders want, Conservancy can also hold other
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					  assets and titles on behalf of the projects, such as copyrights,
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					  trademarks, domain names, online hosting accounts, and title and ownership
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					  of physical hardware.  Also at discretion of the project's leaders,
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					  Conservancy can assist in defending the rights represented in these
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					  assets.  For example, Conservancy is available to assist member projects
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					  in enforcing the terms of the projects' FLOSS license.</p>
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					<p>Finally, developers of Conservancy's member projects, when operating in
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					  their capacity as project leaders, could receive some protection from personal
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					  liability for their work on the project.</p>
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					<p>For further reading on the benefits of Conservancy, a full and detailed <a href="/members/services/">list of Conservancy's
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					  services for its member projects</a> and a <a href="/members/current/">a
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					  list of Conservancy's current member projects</a> are available.</p>
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					<p>Conservancy and
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					  its <a href="/about/board">directors</a>, <a href="/about/officers">officers</a>,
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					  and <a href="/about/staff">staff</a> believe strongly in the principles
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					  of software freedom, and believe that all users should have the right to
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					  study, improve and share their software.  Conservancy helps protect,
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					  enable, coordinate, facilitate and defend the public's right to copy,
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					  share, modify and redistribute FLOSS both non-commercially and
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					  commercially.  Finally, like most organizations devoted to FLOSS,
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					  Conservancy opposes the notion of patents that cover software, and urges
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					  contributors to its member projects not to apply for patents.</p>
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<p>Conservancy strives to be as transparent as possible, and makes
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					<p>Conservancy strives to be as transparent as possible, and makes
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  its <a href="/about/filings/">public filings available on its
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					  its <a href="/about/filings/">public filings available on its website</a>.
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  website</a>.  Bradley M. Kuhn, Conservancy's President, <a href="/blog/">blogs regularly</a> about Conservancy's
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					  Bradley M. Kuhn, Conservancy's President, <a href="/blog/">blogs
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  activities.</p>
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					  regularly</a> about Conservancy's activities.
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					  Finally, <a href="/members/">detailed information about the work that
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<p>A <a href="/overview/">general overview</a> of Conservancy's
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					  Conservancy does for its member projects</a> is also available.</p>
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  work can be found on this site, and <a href="/members/">detailed
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  information about the work that Conservancy does for its member
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  projects</a> is also available.</p>
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<p>If you have general questions about Conservancy and its
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					<p>If you have general questions about Conservancy and its
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  work, <a href="/about/contact/">contact information</a> is available.
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					  work, <a href="/about/contact/">contact information</a> is available.
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{% extends "base_conservancy.html" %}
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{% block subtitle %}Overview - {% endblock %}
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<h1>Overview</h1>
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<p>Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that
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  helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source
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  Software (FLOSS) projects.  Conservancy provides a non-profit home and
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  infrastructure for FLOSS projects.  This allows FLOSS developers to
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  focus on what they do best — writing and improving FLOSS for the
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  general public — while Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that
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  do not relate directly to software development and documentation.</p>
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<p>FLOSS projects whose <a href="/members/apply">applications are
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    accepted</a> become part of the Software Freedom Conservancy
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    (akin to a separate department of a large agency).  Once joined, the
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    <a href="/members">“member project”</a> receives most of
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    the benefits of existing as a non-profit corporate entity without
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    engaging in the arduous work of forming a separate, new organization.
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    Conservancy aggregates the work of running a FLOSS non-profit
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    for <a href="/members/current/">its many members</a>.</p>
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<p>Conservancy provides <a href="/members/services/">many important services</a> for its
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  member projects.  Member projects can take directed donations, which
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  allows donors to earmark their donations for the benefit of a specific
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  FLOSS project.  Conservancy provides fiscal oversight to ensure that
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  these funds are spent in a manner that advances the project and fits
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  with Conservancy's 501(c)(3) mission to promote, advance, and defend software freedom.</p>
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<p>If the member project's leaders want, Conservancy can also hold other
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  trademarks, domain names, online hosting accounts, and title and ownership
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  of physical hardware.  Also at discretion of the project's leaders,
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  Conservancy can assist in defending the rights represented in these
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  assets.  For example, Conservancy is available to assist member projects
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  in enforcing the terms of the projects' FLOSS license.</p>
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<p>Finally, developers of Conservancy's member projects, when operating in
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  their capacity as project leaders, could receive some protection from personal
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  liability for their work on the project.</p>
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<p>For further reading on the benefits of Conservancy, a full and detailed <a href="/members/services/">list of Conservancy's
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  services for its member projects</a> and a <a href="/members/current/">a
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  list of Conservancy's current member projects</a> are available.</p>
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<p>Conservancy and
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  its <a href="/about/board">directors</a>, <a href="/about/officers">officers</a>,
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  and <a href="/about/staff">staff</a> believe strongly in the principles
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  of software freedom, and believe that all users should have the right to
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  enable, coordinate, facilitate and defend the public's right to copy,
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  share, modify and redistribute FLOSS both non-commercially and
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  commercially.  Finally, like most organizations devoted to FLOSS,
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  Conservancy opposes the notion of patents that cover software, and urges
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					            <li class="Overview"><a href="/about/index.html">Overview</a></li>
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            <li class="Contact"><a href="/about/contact">Contact</a></li>
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					            <li class="Contact"><a href="/about/contact">Contact</a></li>
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            <li class="Directors"><a href="/about/board/">Directors</a></li>
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