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and while we finalize details for next year, we hope to see you there to join
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us in community!</p>
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<div class="picture-small right"> <img src="https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/files_sharing/publicpreview/pnZYsi2CkjscLwc?file=/&fileId=24825&x=1366&y=768&a=true&etag=f4341a40f90786b0356201c21278ee23" alt="SFC lawyers posing outside at the courthouse“ " /></a>
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<p>SFC lawyers posing outside the courthouse - CC BY-SA 4.0</div>
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<p>We are entering the third year of our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html">lawsuit against Vizio</a>.
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There is still a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure that all recipients
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of GPL'd software maintain rights as <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#third-party-beneficiary">third-parth beneficiaries</a>,
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<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/videos/sfc-introduction_1080p.mp4"><img src="https://sfconservancy.org/videos/sfc-introduction-video_poster.jpg" alt="Thumbnail of video showing a tree and Software Freedom" /></a>
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</div>
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</div>
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<h3 id="Highlights">Highlights from some of our projects</h3>
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<div data-read-more="Read more about our projects…">
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<p>For the third year in a row, we've raised, administered and/or
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facilitated $1.7 million to improve software freedom directly! This
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includes contractors, interns and students, administrators, and grants
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for creation, distribution and maintenance of free software projects.
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Part of the unique position of our organization is the expertise
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necessary to do this kind of work.</p>
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<p><b>Outreachy</b> accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64 interns in
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the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software communities.
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Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian spheres,
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Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to historically
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excluded and under represented people in technology. Celebrating their 1000th
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intern (!!!), there were celebrations all over the world and the participants
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from all 17 years of it's history came out to be in community with each other.
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</p>
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<p><b>OpenWrt</b> released <a href="https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0">version 23.05.0</a>
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which continued adding hardware support for myriad devices, now supporting over
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1790 devices, over 200 of which were added since last year! There is also now
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support for various Rust packages, and major improvements to the core
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components. OpenWrt remains one of the most important alternative firmware
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projects, ensuring user rights in the ability to install (free) software on
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your own devices.</p>
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<p><a href="https://computinginresearch.org/">The Institute for Computing in
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Research</a> completed it's fifth year, supporting 32 students in 3 cities this
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summer. Now providing training, education and real world software experience to
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high school students in 3 cities and exploring additional cities that may join
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next summer. These research internships are a great way for high school
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students to get involved in real academic research while also being exposed to
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the ideas and principles of software freedom.</p>
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<p><a href="https://inkscape.org">Inkscape</a> just celebrated their 20th
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anniversary! Coinciding with their new <a href="https://inkscape.org/news/2023/11/18/big-small-release-inkscape-131-is-out/">1.3.1 release</a>, Inkscape is as active as ever and proving itself one
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of the most vital free software projects, full of longevity and an ever
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growing community. This year has been a big year of development, marking some
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very exciting developments for the project. Creation of a new <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/october-bug-accelerator-2023/">bug accelerator program</a>, a migration to <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/august-gtk4-migration-tavmjong/">GTK4</a>, another year of <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/customizable-canvas-controls/">GSOC participation</a> and new support for <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/may-ai-extension-2023/">Adobe Illustrator import</a>!</p>
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<p>Our member projects had a range of in person and online events this year.
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<b>Inkscape</b> hosted an in-person meeting in Bensberg, Germany. A great meeting
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for the PLC and contributors to get together to plan and work on technical
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challenges. The first back in-person <b>Selenium</b> <a
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href="https://seleniumconf.com/">conference</a> was in Chicago this past
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may</a>. Attendence from over 10 countries, it was an incredible reunion for
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the project contributors and users to get together. The <b>Git</b>
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contributor summit was held online this year in September. Topics ranged from
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ideas of new library support to how to better support for scaling with large
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code forges and what the new contributor experience is like. A great mix of
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code related and process related talks. The <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">Reproducible Builds</a>
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annual summit was hosted in Hamburg featuring incredible
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technical talks, project planning and continues to build the momentum and
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reach for reproducibility. </p>
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</div>
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<h3 id="NewStaff">New staff!</h3>
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<div data-read-more="Click more for on our new staff…">
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<p>SFC hired two additional employees this year! General Counsel Rick Sanders
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joins the team to help with our continued legal needs. Rick has over 20 years'
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joins the team to help with our continued legal needs. Rick has over 20 years
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experience as a intellectual-property litigator. His expertise has been
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critical in helping our license compliance efforts and helping our organization
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take on the increasing needs from projects and new initiatives. SFC's new
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</div>
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<h3 id="Highlights">Highlights from some of our projects</h3>
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<div data-read-more="Read more about our projects…">
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<p>For the third year in a row, we've raised, administered and/or
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facilitated $1.7 million to improve software freedom directly! This
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includes contractors, interns and students, administrators, and grants
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for creation, distribution and maintenance of free software projects.
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Part of the unique position of our organization is the expertise
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necessary to do this kind of work.</p>
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<div class="picture-small right">
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<img class="small-right" src="/img/outreachy-nigeria-1000-celebration.png"
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alt="Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria." />
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<p>Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria.</p>
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</div>
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<p><b>Outreachy</b> accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64 interns in
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the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software communities.
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Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian spheres,
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Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to historically
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excluded and under represented people in technology. Celebrating their 1000th
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intern (!!!), there were celebrations all over the world and the participants
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from all 17 years of its history came out to be in community with each other.
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</p>
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<p><b>OpenWrt</b> released <a href="https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0">version 23.05.0</a>
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which continued adding hardware support for myriad devices, now supporting over
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1790 devices, over 200 of which were added since last year! There is also now
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support for various Rust packages, and major improvements to the core
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components. OpenWrt remains one of the most important alternative firmware
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projects, ensuring user rights in the ability to install (free) software on
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your own devices.</p>
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<p><a href="https://computinginresearch.org/">The Institute for Computing in
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Research</a> completed it's fifth year, supporting 32 students in 3 cities this
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summer. Now providing training, education and real world software experience to
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high school students in 3 cities and exploring additional cities that may join
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next summer. These research internships are a great way for high school
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students to get involved in real academic research while also being exposed to
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the ideas and principles of software freedom.</p>
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<p><a href="https://inkscape.org">Inkscape</a> just celebrated their 20th
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anniversary! Coinciding with their new <a href="https://inkscape.org/news/2023/11/18/big-small-release-inkscape-131-is-out/">1.3.1 release</a>, Inkscape is as active as ever and proving itself one
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of the most vital free software projects, full of longevity and an ever
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growing community. This year has been a big year of development, marking some
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very exciting developments for the project. Creation of a new <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/october-bug-accelerator-2023/">bug accelerator program</a>, a migration to <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/august-gtk4-migration-tavmjong/">GTK4</a>, another year of <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/customizable-canvas-controls/">GSOC participation</a> and new support for <a href="https://inkscape.org/*membership/blog/may-ai-extension-2023/">Adobe Illustrator import</a>!</p>
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<p>Our member projects had a range of in person and online events this year.
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<b>Inkscape</b> hosted an in-person meeting in Bensberg, Germany. A great meeting
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for the PLC and contributors to get together to plan and work on technical
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challenges. The first back in-person <b>Selenium</b> <a
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href="https://seleniumconf.com/">conference</a> was in Chicago this past
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may</a>. Attendance from over 10 countries, it was an incredible reunion for
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the project contributors and users to get together. The <b>Git</b>
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contributor summit was held online this year in September. Topics ranged from
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ideas of new library support to how to better support for scaling with large
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code forges and what the new contributor experience is like. A great mix of
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code related and process related talks. The <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">Reproducible Builds</a>
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annual summit was hosted in Hamburg featuring incredible
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technical talks, project planning and continues to build the momentum and
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reach for reproducibility. </p>
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</div>
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<h3 id="HelpUs">Help us Continue this Work</h3>
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