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<h2>What are the key criteria our project must meet to join?</h2>
<p>In order to join, projects need to meet certain criteria, including the
requirement that the project be exclusively devoted to the development of
FLOSS and that it be consistent with the Conservancy's tax-exempt purposes
and the financial requirements imposed by the IRS. Most FLOSS projects
will meet these requirements.</p>
<p>In order to join, projects need to meet certain criteria. A rough
outline of those criteria are as follows:</p>
<p>
<ul><li>The project must be a software development or documentation
project. Non-software projects to advance the cause of software
freedom, while important and useful, are beyond the scope of
Conservancy.</li>
<p>Additionally, the project must be licensed in a way fitting with
software freedom principles. Specifically, all software of the project
should be licensed under a license that is listed both as
a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html">Free Software
license by the Free Software Foundation</a> and as
an <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical">Open Source
license by the Open Source Initiative</a>. All software documentation
for the project should be licensed under a license on the preceding
lists, or under Creative
Commons' <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-By-SA</a>
or <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC-By</a> or
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/">CC-0</a>.</p>
<li>The project must be exclusively devoted to the development and
documentation of FLOSS. The project's goals must be consistent with
the Conservancy's tax-exempt purposes, and other requirements imposed
on Conservancy by the IRS' 501(c)(3) rules. Namely, the goal of the
project must to develop and document the software in a not-for-profit
way to advance the public good, and must develop the software in
public.</li>
<p>While any project licensed under FLOSS licenses can apply, the
Conservancy seeks in particular projects that are well-established and
have some track record of substantial contributions from a community of
volunteer developers. The Conservancy does gives higher priority to
projects that have an established userbase and interest, but also tries
to accept some smaller projects with strong potential.</p>
<li>The project must be licensed in a way fitting with software
freedom principles. Specifically, all software of the project
should be licensed under a license that is listed both as
a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html">Free
Software license by the Free Software Foundation</a> and as
an <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical">Open
Source license by the Open Source Initiative</a>. All software
documentation for the project should be licensed under a license on
the preceding lists, or under Creative
Commons' <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-By-SA</a>
or <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">CC-By</a>
or
<a href="http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/">CC-0</a>.</li>
<li>The project should have an existing, vibrant, diverse community
that develops and documents the software. For example, projects
that have been under development for less than a year or only a
&ldquo;proof of concept&rdquo; implementation are generally not
eligible.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<p>While any project meeting the criteria above can apply, meeting these
criteria don't guarantee acceptance of your project. The Conservancy
favors projects that are well-established and have some track record of
substantial contributions from a community of volunteer developers.
Furthermore, the Conservancy does gives higher priority to projects that
have an established userbase and interest, but also tries to accept some
smaller projects with strong potential.</p>
<h2>Is our project required to accept membership if offered?</h2>