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people don't realize is how much support is needed to keep all of these
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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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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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the continued freedom of the projects that the developers of our member
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projects so tirelessly dedicate themselves to. Projects like Git, Samba,
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projects dedicate themselves to. Projects like Git, Samba,
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Wine, BusyBox, QEMU, Inkscape, Selenium, and dozens more
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Wine, BusyBox, QEMU, Inkscape, Selenium, and dozens more
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[FIXME Link to nascar pic]
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[FIXME Link to nascar pic]
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<p>Below, we ask for you
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<p>We are asking for you
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to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">join us and become a
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to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/">join us and become a
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Conservancy Support now</a>. However, this is more than our usual annual
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Conservancy Supporter</a> but this is more than our usual annual
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fundraising appeal. After the events of 2015, we must substantially
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fundraising appeal. As described in more detail below, after the events
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increase our support now to continue the excellent work defending software
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of 2015, we must substantially increase our individual support to be able
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freedom for our member projects and the entire Open Source and Free
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to continue defending software freedom for our member projects and the
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Software community. We need at least [750] of you to become regular,
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entire free and open source software community. We need at least [750]
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annual Supporters just to continue our most basic of community services.
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of you to become annual Supporters just to continue our basic community services.
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We need [2500] of you to become regular, annual Supporters now to continue
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We need [2500] of you to become annual Supporters now to continue
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our work enforcing copyleft licenses. If you don't become a Supporter now,
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our work enforcing copyleft licenses. If you don't become a Supporter now,
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we began plans to wind down Conservancy's operations.</p>
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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>2015 successes</h4>
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<h4>2015 successes</h4>
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This year has brought a myriad of major successes for Software Freedom
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Software Freedom Conservancy has had a lot of major successes this year:
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Conservancy:
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Foundation</a> to publish
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Foundation</a> to publish
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the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.html">Principles
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the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.html">Principles
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of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a> , establishing community norms for
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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[, and
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enforcing the GPL in the public's interest, which have
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already <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.kr.html">translated
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already been <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/linux-compliance/principles.kr.html">translated
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into Korean</a> [and Chinese].</li>
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into Korean</a> [and Chinese].</li>
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<li>Along with FSF, we
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<li>Along with FSF, we
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the FCC to fix its proposed rules</a> restricting third-party modification of
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the FCC to fix its proposed rules</a> restricting third-party modification of
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firmware in wireless devices.
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firmware in wireless devices.
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<li>We processed and paid 116 reimbursement requests individuals doing tireless work
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around the globe advocating for their Open Source and Free Software
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projects at conferences and other venues.</li>
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<li>We made 172 contractor payments to developers writing Open Source and
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<li>We made 172 contractor payments to developers writing free and open source
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Free Software, which included various different internships and contract
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software, which included various different internships and contract
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software development work.</li>
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software development work.</li>
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<li>We helped, coordinated, and financially insured volunteers our three of
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<li>We helped, coordinated, and financially insured volunteers of three of
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our member projects organize large annual conferences, where thousands of
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our member projects to organize large annual conferences, where thousands of
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attendees learned about Open Source and Free Software projects of their
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attendees learned about free and open source software.</li>
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interest.</li>
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<li>We processed and paid 116 reimbursement requests individuals doing work
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around the globe advocating for their free and open source software
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projects at conferences and other venues.</li>
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<li>We gave keynotes
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<li>We gave keynotes
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at <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/aug/17/debian/">DebConf</a>, <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/identity_crisis/">FOSDEM</a>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/jul/14/FISL16/">FISL</>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/31/libreplanet/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/30/linaro-keynote/">Linaro
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at <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/aug/17/debian/">DebConf</a>, <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/identity_crisis/">FOSDEM</a>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/jul/14/FISL16/">FISL</>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/31/libreplanet/">LibrePlanet</a>, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/30/linaro-keynote/">Linaro
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against VMware</a>, which is the first law suit on derivative works and the
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against VMware</a>, which is the first law suit on derivative works and the
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GPL. While this work is extremely important to the continued long-term
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GPL. While this work is extremely important to the continued long-term
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success of software freedom and copyleft, it makes fundraising from companies
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success of software freedom and copyleft, it makes fundraising from companies
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almost impossible. While enforcement of the protections around free and open source
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very difficult. While enforcement of the protections around free and open source
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software is in the long term interest of the industry, many companies are
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software is in the long term interest of the industry, many companies are
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reluctant to fund organizations that take on this enforcement task. We do
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reluctant to fund organizations that take on this enforcement task. Some companies
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have withdrawn from funding us and some have even successfully pressured
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conferences to cancel or prevent talks on our enforcement work. We do
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this work because we think that it is good for everyone in the long run,
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this work because we think that it is good for everyone in the long run,
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because we know it is the right thing to do and because we know that we are
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because we know it is the right thing to do and because we know that we are
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in the best position to do it. But that's not enough — you have to think it's
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in the best position to do it. But that's not enough — you have to think it's
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