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<h3>The wide range of work we engage in is supported by people like you.</h3>
Year In Review 2024
<p>We are so proud that we're funded by individuals and stay unbeholden to corporate interests and pressures. We stand up for developers, consumers and those who have been historically excluded. We work to make technology truly fair for all. </p>
<p>Thank you for helping making this work possible:</p>
<h3>The wide range of work we engage in is supported by people like you.</h3>
<p>We are so proud that we're funded by individuals and stay unbeholden to corporate interests and pressures. We stand up for developers, consumers and those who have been historically excluded. We work to make technology truly fair for all. </p>
<p>Thank you for helping making this work possible:</p>
<ul>
<li>Standing up for consumer rights in <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a> and the software right to repair</li>
<li>Supporting <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy</a> and expanding the reach of the program with new communities</li>
<li>Bringing <a href="/vizio">legal action against prolific license violators</a></li>
<li>OpenWrt releases their first hardware project the <a href="https://one.openwrt.org/">OpenWrt One</a> (which will be generally available by the end of the year)</li>
<li>Hiring team members to get projects <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/news/">like Reproducible Builds</a> to continue pushing the forefront of software reproducibility</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Standing up for consumer rights in <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a></li>
<li>Supporting <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy</a> with its increasing number of interns</li>
<li>Bringing <a href="/vizio">legal action against prolific license violators</a></li>
<li>Hiring team members to get projects <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/news/">like Reproducible Builds</a> to continue pushing the forefront of software reproducibility</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="HelpUs">Help us Continue this Work</h3>
<p>We are beyond thankful for the ability to continue our work &mdash; which
only continues due to <strong>your financial contributions</strong>. We
recognize that not everyone has the same financial leeway to donate as they
have in the past. But please consider giving what you can so that our
organization can continue to advocate and support the rights of all
software users. We work hard and efficiently, and accomplish so much with
our small staff. We hope &mdash; through our hard work, creativity, and
passionate dedication &mdash; that we've demonstrated over the years how
Software Freedom Conservancy continues to be the beacon of change for
software freedom that the world needs. <a href="/donate/">Please consider
donating now!</a></p>
<h2 class="">2023 in Review</h2>
<p>We are beyond thankful for the ability to continue our work &mdash; which only continues due to <strong>your financial contributions</strong>. We recognize that not everyone has the same financial leeway to donate as they have in the past. But please consider giving what you can so that our organization can continue to advocate and support the rights of all software users. We work hard and efficiently, and accomplish so much with our small staff. We hope &mdash; through our hard work, creativity, and passionate dedication &mdash; that we've demonstrated over the years how Software Freedom Conservancy continues to be the beacon of change for software freedom that the world needs. <a href="/donate/">Please consider donating now!</a></p>
<h2 class="">2024 in Review</h2>
<details id="YearInReview">
<summary>Overview</summary>
<p>This has been a big year for Software Freedom Conservancy in our tireless
efforts to promote ethical technology, increase diversity and inclusion in
FOSS, continuing to fight for your rights with <a
href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a>,
and support our incredible <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">member projects</a>.
Our staff engaged in many invited speaking opportunities, we grew our staff,
and we continue to build community around important issues like the software
Right to Repair movement. We hosted our first large conference, <a href="https://fossy.us">FOSSY</a>,
and while we finalize details for next year, we hope to see you there to join
us in community!</p>
<summary>Overview</summary>
<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“ " />
<p>SFC lawyers after recent Vizio case- CC BY-SA 4.0</p></div>
<p>Our <a href="https://vizio.sfconservancy.org">lawsuit against Vizio</a>— the first
lawsuit of its kind to seek <b>third party beneficiary rights to the
complete, corresponding source code under the GPL</b> is progressing!
World-changing, public policy litigation requires resources and time, but
it's worth every penny so we can build a future where <b>every consumer</b> has
access to the source code they need to modify and repair their devices. At a
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/oct/12/how-i-watched-motion-summary-judgment-hearing/">recent hearing in the case</a>,
we presented
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/12/transcript-msj-hearing/">our opposition to Vizio's Summary Judgement Motion</a>,
our lawyers
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/Transcript_Full_Vizios_MSJ_HearingDeptC-33.231005.pdf">presented the eloquent case</a>
that recipients of software under the GPL Agreements <b>can</b> enforce their
rights to the corresponding source code themselves, and that right should not
be preempted by copyright law. We are the only organization currently taking
legal action to protect the GPL Agreements in the USA; your support is
critical for us to continue these kinds of efforts.</p>
<p>2024 has been a jam packed year at Software Freedom Conservancy; from the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/feb/03/use-the-source-launched/">new copyleft compliance efforts</a>, <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2024-07-19/outreachy-impact-ahmed-rafiat/">continued community building at Outreachy</a> and new venues of outreach and advocacy in the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/feb/03/ccirt-security-and-software-right-to-repair/">software right to repair</a> world. There is growing interest in why software freedom is important for us all, and as we learn from and work with all of you about how to affect the change needed, we strive for making the world a more technologically inclusive and human centered place.</p>
<p>We have also <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jul/30/refile2020/">once again</a>
filed key DMCA exemptions for the following categories:</p>
<p><b>Outreachy</b> accepted 58 interns in the December 2023 cohort, and 35 interns in the May 2024 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software communities. Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian spheres, Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in technology. Last year celebrated our 1000th intern (!!!), and we've continued to provide these critical opportunities to people who need them most.</p>
<ul>
<li>Computer programs for purposes of good-faith security research</li>
<li>"jailbreaking" smart TVs</li>
<li>"jailbreaking" routers</li>
<li>Literary works consisting of compilations of data generated by medical devices or their personal corresponding monitoring systems, to access personal data</li>
</ul>
<p>Since last year at this time, we spent over <b>$1.4 million</b> that we raised, administered and/or facilitated to improve software freedom directly! This includes contractors, interns and students, administrators, and grants for creation, distribution and maintenance of free software projects. Part of the unique position of our organization is the expertise necessary to do this kind of work.</p>
<p>These allow people access (that should be granted in the first place!) to
investigate their own devices for issues of license compliance, security,
and replacing the firmware on their TVs and routers. It's a key ability to
vet and replace software on devices we own and operate, so renewing this
exemption each time it comes up is very important for us all. The medical
device exemption was submitted by our Executive Director Karen Sandler in
partnership with others who are personally affected by proprietary medical
technology.</p>
<p>As software based technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, it's vital
that we communicate the importance of software freedom to the wider population.
In that vein <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/12/introduction/">we've created a video</a>
(narrated by our Executive Director Karen Sandler) that introduces
the ideas of software freedom, and specifically what Software Freedom
Conservancy does. We also did a lot of public writings about some of the
important issues this year. From <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/feb/09/kuhn-neo4j-purethink-expert-report/">our perspective on the Neo4j suit</a>
to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/aug/15/exit-zoom/">highlighting problematic behavior from proprietary software companies</a> and calling for folks to Exit Zoom. We'd also like to
remind you that as a Sustainer, we will provide you with your own <a href="https://bbb.sfconservancy.org">BigBlueButton</a> account so that you can host your own video calls on a FOSS platform. Once
you have donated to us, you can fill our the new account signup and your
account will be approved.</p>
<p>Among our many avenues for making change, SFC works with our projects to host conferences, <a href="https://one.openwrt.org/">release hardware</a> (which will be generally available by the end of the year) and <a href="https://inbox.sourceware.org/overseers/20240529190215.GA26515@gnu.wildebeest.org/">continue providing important hosting and infrastructure services</a> to the free software world. Our member projects provide ways to assert our freedom over our technology and pursue important work in expanding the ways that we make free software available for everyone. Through <a href="https://coreboot.org/">liberating firmware</a>, <a href="http://microblocks.fun/">educational software</a>, creating <a href="https://backdropcms.org/">freedom respecting content hosting software</a>, and leading development in <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">supply chain security</a>.</p>
<div class="picture-small right">
<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>
</div>
</details>
<details id="NewStaff">
<summary>New Staff!</summary>
<p>SFC hired two additional employees this year! General Counsel Rick Sanders
joins the team to help with our continued legal needs. Rick has over 20 years
experience as a intellectual-property litigator. His expertise has been
critical in helping our license compliance efforts and helping our organization
take on the increasing needs from projects and new initiatives. SFC's new
systems administrator is Paul Visscher. With over 20 years experience with
Linux and free software, Paul's belief in the power of free software to help
people engage with technology in non-exploitative ways fits in perfectly to
support our growing organizational needs and mission. Helping make sure we
can provide solid FOSS replacements to proprietary technologies for all of us.</p>
<img class="small-right" src="/static/img/fossy-osl-panel.jpg" alt="Picture of AV team with panel sitting on stage at FOSSY" /> <p><a href="https://osuosl.org">OSUOSL</a> alumni panel with director Lance Albertson</p> <p>CC BY-SA 4.0 Samhir Vasdev</p></div>
<p>This year we hosted the second annual <a href="https://fossy.us">FOSSY</a> in Portland, Oregon. Over 15 tracks and speakers from over 10 countries, our event continues to grow and expand. Help us build the next big North American free software event by <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/fossy/community-tracks/">submitting track ideas<a/> or <a href="xmpp:fossy@chat.sfconservancy.org?join">joining our XMPP room</a>. Next year we'll be having it again <b>July 31st - August 3rd</b>, so mark your calendars!</p>
<p>All year long, we've worked tirelessly on our monumental and ground-breaking software Right to Repair litigation, which will establish a third-party right to enforce copyleft licenses (such as the GPL and LGPL). Throughout our fundraiser this year, we'll release various interesting items from this litigation against Vizio &mdash; so those of you who are litigation geeks will have lots of interesting reading this season!</p>
<p>In this years DMCA triennial we once again <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/31/success-in-2024-dmca-exemptions/">won exemptions for all four of the categories that we applied for</a>! Thanks to our Director of Compliance, Denver Gingerich for participating and providing expert testimony to the Library of Congress in the hearing.</p>
<ul>
<li>Computer programs for purposes of good-faith security research</li>
<li>"jailbreaking" smart TVs</li>
<li>"jailbreaking" routers</li>
<li>Literary works consisting of compilations of data generated by medical devices or their personal corresponding monitoring systems, to access personal data</li>
</ul>
<p>These allow people access (that should be granted in the first place!) to investigate their own devices for issues of license compliance, security,and replacing the firmware on their TVs and routers. It's a key ability to vet and replace software on devices we own and operate, so renewing this exemption each time it comes up is very important for us all. The medical device exemption was submitted by our Executive Director Karen Sandler in partnership with others who are personally affected by proprietary medical technology.</p>
<div class="picture-small right">
<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></div>
<p>As software based technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, it's vital that we communicate the importance of software freedom to the wider population. <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/12/introduction/">We have a video</a>(narrated by our Executive Director Karen Sandler) that introduces the ideas of software freedom, and specifically what Software Freedom Conservancy does. Continuing to advocate against corporate controlled software, we'd also like to remind you that as a <b>Sustainer</b>, we will provide you with your own <a href="https://bbb.sfconservancy.org">BigBlueButton</a> account so that you can host your own video calls on a FOSS platform. Once you have donated to us, you can fill our the new account signup and your account will be approved.</p>
</details>
<details id="WritingAndSpeaking">
<summary>Writing and Speaking</summary>
<p>Our staff has been presenting and speaking about software freedom all year.
Our Executive Director Karen Sandler received an honorary doctorate from
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for her incredible work in FOSS leadership, and
her advocacy and pursuit of software freedom and rights for all.
In November she spoke at <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/talks/the-history-of-and-path-forward-for-copyleft-and-the-gpl/">SFSCON about "The History of, and Path forward for, Copyleft and the GPL"</a>.</p>
<div class="picture-small right">
<video class="small-right" controls="" poster="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate_still.png" id="doctorate_vid">
<source src="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">
<track src="/docs/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.en.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English" />
<track src="/docs/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.nl.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="nl" label="Dutch (NL)" />
</video>
<p><a href="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">Download Karen's talk</a>
or <a href="https://youtu.be/zca7dOU7jfs">watch on YouTube</a></p>
</div>
<summary>Writing and Speaking</summary>
<p>Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kuhn gave many conference talks and also represented SFC at many
government hearings and inquiries. Beginning the year at <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/speaker/bradley_m_kuhn/">FOSDEM</a>,
Bradley (and Karen) led the Legal and Policy DevRoom. He then spoke at SCaLE
20x giving a talk titled <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/learning-big-failures-improve-foss-advocacy-and-adoption">Learning From the Big Failures To Improve FOSS Advocacy and Adoption</a>.
As the host of a keynote discussion at FOSSY, Bradley facilitated a
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jul/19/rhel-panel-fossy-2023/">
community discussion about the RHEL policy change</a>.
As a panel member, he was the only representative for the FOSS community on
the FTC's discussion <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/04/ftc-ai-panel/">“Creative Economy and Generative AI“</a></p>
<p>Our Director of Compliance, Denver Gingerich, spoke at SFSCON talking about what it's really like to <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/talks/how-do-you-really-do-gpl-enforcement/">enforce the GPL</a>. His talk at FOSSY titled <a href="https://2023.fossy.us/schedule/presentation/84/">You don't carry a phone?! Improving societal acceptance of abnormal people</a>
was one of the most talked about from our own conference.
Pono represented SFC at <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/19x">SCaLE
19x</a> and <a href="https://seagl.org">SeaGL</a>, which was great to be back
at community centered conferences.
SFC staffers also participate in key meetings to represent community interests
in a variety of FOSS related discussions concerning security, governmental use
of FOSS and in critical infrastructure discussions and also presented in
classroom to educate students about software freedom.</p>
<p>This year our staff attended and spoke at many conferences, including <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2522-outreachy-1000-interns/">keynoting FOSDEM!</a>, speaking to both current issues by hosting <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3668-hot-topics-organizers-of-the-legal-policy-devroom-discuss-the-issues-of-the-day/">a panel discussion at FOSDEM</a> and speaking about the <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/talks/25-years-of-copyleft-enforcement-the-road-ahead-for-defending-software-rights/">25 year history of copyleft compliance</a>. You probably also saw us at <a href="https://osseu2024.sched.com/event/1ej2W/panel-discussion-creating-your-community-mentorship-program-stephanie-taylor-google-abigail-cabunoc-mayes-github-and-hong-phuc-dang-fossasia?iframe=no&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no">OSSEU</a>, <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/running-open-source-hackerspace">SCaLE</a>, <a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ln/llw-conf.en.html">LLW</a> and many more. Our Executive Director Karen Sandler spoke at <a href="https://www.navapbc.com/events/open-source-summit-federal-health">NAVA Open Source Summit: Advancing IT Solutions in Federal Health and Beyond</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGEKHXqaz9E">Apereo microconf</a>, participating in the <a href="https://www.un.org/techenvoy/content/ospos-good-2024">UN OSPOs for Good event</a> being a content partner at <b>What's Next 4 OSS</b>, as well as other diversity and public health events. As we move into a new era of computing, we also want to make sure that our values are present in discussions of emerging technologies, that's why we released our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/25/aspirational-on-llm-generative-ai-programming/">aspirational statement on generative AI</a>. SFC's advocacy for software freedom and digital rights is widening and spreading to more regional policy; our Director of Compliance recently spoke at <a href="https://www.canrepair.ca/convention">CanRepair</a>, the Canadian Repair Convention. Coalition building and community hosting is something we take so much pride in, and by hosting <a href="https://fossy.us">FOSSY</a> our own community focused conference. Hosting tracks, keynotes and giving talks, our staff was so excited to be back in Portland to celebrate software freedom with our attendees. <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/17/FOSSY-2025-announcement/">We want to hear from you</a> about what kind of tracks, talks and events you'd like to participate in. As we continue to ramp back into more face to face events, we're so excited for safe and inclusive events; you just can't beat being in community!</p>
</details>
<details id="Highlights">
<summary>Highlights From Our Member Projects</summary>
<p>We've raised, administered and/or facilitated $1.8 million to improve
software freedom directly! This includes contractors, interns and students,
administrators, and grants for creation, distribution and maintenance of free
software projects. Part of the unique position of our organization is the
expertise necessary to do this kind of work.</p>
<summary>Highlights From Our Member Projects</summary>
<p>As a fiscal host, our member projects are all our children and it's hard to pick a favorite :) Here are some highlights from the incredible member projects (members as we consider our relationship collaborative). Ranging from education software, to content management systems, copyright aggregation, free firmware and open compatibility software, SFC is home to an amazing gamut of incredibly important infrastructural and user facing free software projects.</p>
<p><b>The Institute for Computing in Research</b> completed it's sixth year, providing training, education and real world software experience to high school students in 3 cities and exploring additional cities that may join next summer. These research internships are a great and unique way for high school students to get involved in real academic research while also being exposed to the ideas and principles of software freedom.</p>
<div class="picture-small right">
<img class="small-right" src="{% static 'img/outreachy-nigeria-1000-celebration.png' %}"
alt="Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria." />
<p>Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria.</p>
<p>You can view a <a href="https://diode.zone/w/p/25ifUPw9Lx42nrb14h41Ru">video of the celebration here.</a></p>
<img src="https://sfconservancy.org/static/img/one-PCB-small.jpg" alt="Picture of OpenWrt One PCB showing Software Freedom Conservancy logo and offer for source" /><p>Picture of OpenWrt One PCB showing Software Freedom Conservancy logo and offer for source CC-BY-SA 4.0 Denver Gingerich</p></a>
</div>
<p><b>Outreachy</b> accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64
interns in the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software
communities. Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian
spheres, Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to
people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in
technology. Celebrating our 1000th intern (!!!), there were celebrations
featuring alumni and current interns all over the world. </p>
<p><b>OpenWrt</b> had both a <a href="https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.5">major release</a> and with support from SFC, launched their first official hardware project called the <a href="https://one.openwrt.org/">OpenWrt One</a> (which will be generally available by the end of the year)! Being both reference hardware for the project as well as a shining example of providing making the <a href="https://one.openwrt.org/sources/">Complete Corresponding Source available</a>. We're so excited for the OpenWrt team for making this happen and increasing the amount of open source first products in the world.</p>
<p><b>OpenWrt</b> released <a href="https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0">version 23.05.0</a>
which continued adding hardware support for myriad devices, now supporting over
1790 devices, over 200 of which were added since last year! There is also now
support for various Rust packages, and major improvements to the core
components. OpenWrt remains one of the most important alternative firmware
projects, ensuring user rights in the ability to install (free) software on
your own devices.</p>
<p><b>qemu</b> hosted <a href="https://kvm-forum.qemu.org/">KVM Forum</a> in Brno this year. Featuring talks from over 50 speakers which you can view <a href="https://kvm-forum.qemu.org/2024/">on the conference website</a>. qemu remains a hallmark project that is the industry standard for emulation and virtualization, on which so much of our technology relies.</p>
<p><b>git</b> participated in <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2024/organizations/git">GSoC</a> with three students and hosted their <a href="https://git-merge.com">Git Merge conference</a> in Berlin this fall. Coming up on their 20th year, the project stands as a standard for free software development and just as importantly, using free software to develop itself.</p>
<p><a href="https://computinginresearch.org/">The Institute for Computing in
Research</a> completed it's fifth year, supporting 32 students in 3 cities this
summer. Now providing training, education and real world software experience to
high school students in 3 cities and exploring additional cities that may join
next summer. These research internships are a great way for high school
students to get involved in real academic research while also being exposed to
the ideas and principles of software freedom.</p>
<p><b>Inkscape</b> had their huge <a href="https://inkscape.org/news/2024/10/13/inkscape-launches-version-14-powerful-new-accessib/">1.4 release!</a> A landmark project that celebrated their 21st year in 2024. Inkscape is <a href=" https://inkscape.org/news/2024/11/06/inkscape-21-growing-and-getting-organized/">looking toward a bright future</a> with plenty of community support and a growing user base.</p>
<p><a href="https://inkscape.org">Inkscape</a> just celebrated their 20th
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
of the most vital free software projects, full of longevity and an ever
growing community. This year has been a big year of development, marking some
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>
<p>Our member projects had a range of in person and online events this year.
<b>Inkscape</b> hosted an in-person meeting in Bensberg, Germany. A great meeting
for the PLC and contributors to get together to plan and work on technical
challenges. The first back in-person <b>Selenium</b> <a
href="https://seleniumconf.com/">conference</a> was in Chicago this past
may. Attendance from over 10 countries, it was an incredible reunion for
the project contributors and users to get together. The <b>Git</b>
contributor summit was held online this year in September. Topics ranged from
ideas of new library support to how to better support for scaling with large
code forges and what the new contributor experience is like. A great mix of
code related and process related talks. The <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/">Reproducible Builds</a>
annual summit was hosted in Hamburg featuring incredible
technical talks, project planning and continues to build the momentum and
reach for reproducibility. </p>
<p><b>Reproducible Builds</b> continued their incredible work with <a href="https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/reproducible-builds">The Sovereign Tech Fund</a> to lead by example the practicality and importance of supply chain security. Giving <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/resources/">talks in over 5 countries</a>, influencing <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2024-09/#two-new-reproducibility-related-academic-papers">academic papers</a>, and hosting their <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/events/hamburg2024/">annual summit</a>, it's been an incredibly busy year for the team!</p>
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