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<h1>Give Up GitHub!</h1>
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<p>Since June 2022,
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we <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jun/30/give-up-github-launch/">have been
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encouraging and help FOSS developers</a> to <strong>give up on
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GitHub</strong>! </p>
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<p>On Wednesday 29 June 2022, we <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jun/30/give-up-github-launch/">began
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calling on all FOSS developers</a> to <strong>give up on
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GitHub</strong>. </p>
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<div class="picture-small right">
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<img src="{% static 'img/GiveUpGitHub.svg' %}" alt="GitHub so-called “Octocat” logo/mascot in one tentacle holds 💰. Six other tentacles form a cage for the words “USER RIGHTS” — which are set in blue stone but are crumbling under the force of the tentacles. The final tentacle reaches out with an open palm — presuambly to collect even more rights & money from its users."/>
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<img src="{% static 'img/GiveUpGitHub.svg' %}" alt="A parody of the GitHub logo, walling off user rights and demanding payment"/>
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</div>
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<p>We realize this is not an easy task; GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their
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effective marketing, GitHub has convinced Free and Open Source Software
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that
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Microsoft <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/github-will-join-microsofts-coreai-group-with-departure-of-ceo-thomas-dohmke/">fully
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incorporated GitHub to be a mere division of its “CoreAI”
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division</a>. GitHub users and their work are (sadly) willingly-offered input
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division. GitHub users and their work are merely willingly offered input
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to that division's work!</li>
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<li id="ICE-contract-details"><p>In 2020, the community discovered that
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://forgejo.org">Forgejo</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://gitea.io">Gitea</a></li>
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<li> <a href="https://gitlab.com/rluna-gitlab/gitlab-ce">GitLab
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Community Edition</a> (note, the GitLab Enterprise Edition, which is
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provided to the public on gitlab.com, is (like GitHub) trade-secret,
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@ -85,46 +85,45 @@ affiliates and the developer community. Bdale currently serves on the
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boards of the Freedombox Foundation, Linux Professional Institute, and
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Aleph Objects.</p>
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<h2 id="bkuhn">Bradley M. Kühn</h2>
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<h2 id="bkuhn">Bradley Kuhn – Treasurer</h2>
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<p>In addition to being a Director-at-large of SFC,
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Bradley Kühn is also on staff as
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<p>In addition to being a Director-at-large of SFC and its Treasurer,
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Bradley Kuhn is also on staff as
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<acronym title="Software Freedom Conservancy">SFC</acronym>'s
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<a href="/about/staff/#bkuhn">Policy Fellow and
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Hacker-in-Residence</a>.</p>
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<p>Kühn began his work in the software freedom movement
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<p>Kuhn began his work in the software freedom movement
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as a volunteer in 1992 — as an early adopter of Linux-based systems and
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contributor to various
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<acronym title="Free and Open Source Software">FOSS</acronym> projects,
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including Perl. Kühn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer
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including Perl. Kuhn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer
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for various companies, and also spent one year teaching high school Advanced Placement Computer
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Science. As FSF’s Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kühn led
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<acronym title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</acronym>’s <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym>
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Science. As FSF’s Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF’s GPL
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enforcement, launched its Associate Member program, and invented the copyleft
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network services clause found in the Affero General Public License (<abbr>AGPL</abbr>).</p>
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network services clause found in the Affero General Public License (<abbr>AGPL</abbr>.</p>
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<p>Kühn was SFC’s primary
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volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staffer in 2011. Kühn’s
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<p>Kuhn was SFC’s primary
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volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staffer in 2011. Kuhn’s
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work at SFC focuses
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on <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/">enforcement of
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copyleft and the GPL agreements</a>, FOSS licensing policy, and non-profit
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infrastructural solutions for FOSS. SFC kindly donates some of Kühn's time as
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infrastructural solutions for FOSS. SFC kindly donates some of Kuhn's time as
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Co-Editor-in-Chief of <a href="https://next.copyleft.org">the copyleft-next
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license</a>.</p>
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<p>Kühn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in
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<p>Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in
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Computer Science
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from <a href="https://www.loyola.edu/academics/computer-science">Loyola
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University in Maryland</a>, and an M.S. in Computer Science from
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the <a href="http://www.cs.uc.edu/">University of
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Cincinnati</a>. <a href="http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/thesis/">Kühn’s
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Cincinnati</a>. <a href="http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/thesis/">Kuhn’s
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Master’s thesis</a> discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of FOSS
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programming languages. Kühn received the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021
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programming languages. Kuhn received the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021
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Award for the Advancement of Free Software — both in recognition for
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his lifelong policy work on copyleft licensing and its enforcement.</p>
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<p>Kühn writes about his work
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<p>Kuhn writes about his work
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on <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/?author=bkuhn">SFC's blog</a>
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and as <a rel="me" href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn">@bkuhn@copyleft.org on
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the fediverse</a> (via Mastodon).</p>
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@ -74,36 +74,36 @@ Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook.</p>
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model rockets. Garbee is a frequent speaker and presence at free and open
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source software events. </p>
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<h2>Bradley M. Kühn</h2>
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<h2>Bradley M. Kuhn</h2>
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<a id="bkuhn"></a>
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<p><a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley M. Kühn</a> is
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<p><a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley M. Kuhn</a> is
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the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/about/staff/#bkuhn">Policy Fellow and
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Hacker-in-Residence</a> at <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom
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Conservancy</a> and editor-in-chief
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of <a href="https://copyleft.org">copyleft.org</a>. Kühn began his work in
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of <a href="https://copyleft.org">copyleft.org</a>. Kuhn began his work in
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the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he became an early
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adopter of Linux-based systems, and began contributing to various Free
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Software projects, including Perl. He worked during the 1990s as a system
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administrator and software developer for various companies, and taught AP
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Computer Science at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. Kühn's
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Computer Science at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. Kuhn's
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non-profit career began in 2000, when he was hired by the FSF. As FSF's
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Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kühn
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Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn
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led <a href="https://www.fsf.org/licensing">FSF's GPL enforcement</a>,
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launched <a href="https://www.fsf.org/associate/">its Associate Member
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program</a>, and invented
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the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html">Affero GPL</a>. Kühn
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the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html">Affero GPL</a>. Kuhn
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began as Conservancy's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first
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staff person in 2011. Kühn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science
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staff person in 2011. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science
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from <a href="http://www.loyola.edu/academic/computerscience">Loyola
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University in Maryland</a>, and an M.S. in Computer Science from
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the <a href="http://www.cs.uc.edu/">University of
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Cincinnati</a>. <a href="http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/thesis/">Kühn's
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Cincinnati</a>. <a href="http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/thesis/">Kuhn's
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Master's thesis</a> discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of Free
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Software programming languages. Kühn received
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Software programming languages. Kuhn received
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the <a href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012/public/schedule/detail/25039">O'Reilly
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Open Source Award in 2012</a>, in recognition for his lifelong policy work on
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copyleft licensing. Kühn has <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/">a
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copyleft licensing. Kuhn has <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/">a
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blog</a> and co-hosts
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the audcast, <a href="http://faif.us/"><cite>Free as in
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Freedom</cite></a>.</p>
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making artistic maps using FOSS.</p>
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<h2 id="bkuhn">Bradley M. Kühn – Policy Fellow & Hacker-in-Residence</h2>
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<p>Kühn began his work in the software freedom movement
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<h2 id="bkuhn">Bradley Kuhn – Policy Fellow & Hacker-in-Residence</h2>
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<p>Kuhn began his work in the software freedom movement
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as a volunteer in 1992 — as an early adopter of Linux-based systems and
|
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contributor to various
|
||||
<acronym title="Free and Open Source Software">FOSS</acronym> projects,
|
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including Perl. Kühn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer
|
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including Perl. Kuhn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer
|
||||
for various companies, and also spent one year teaching high school Advanced Placement Computer
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Science. As FSF’s Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kühn led
|
||||
<acronym title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</acronym>’s
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<acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym>
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Science. As FSF’s Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF’s GPL
|
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enforcement, launched its Associate Member program, and invented the copyleft
|
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network services clause found in the Affero General Public License
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(<abbr>AGPL</abbr>).</p>
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<p>Kühn was <acronym title="Software Freedom Conservancy">SFC</acronym>’s primary
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||||
volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staffer in 2011. Kühn’s
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<p>Kuhn was <acronym title="Software Freedom Conservancy">SFC</acronym>’s primary
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volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staffer in 2011. Kuhn’s
|
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work at SFC focuses
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on <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/">enforcement of
|
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copyleft and the GPL Agreements</a>, FOSS licensing policy, and non-profit
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infrastructural solutions for FOSS. SFC kindly donates some of Kühn's time as
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infrastructural solutions for FOSS. SFC kindly donates some of Kuhn's time as
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Co-Editor-in-Chief of <a href="https://next.copyleft.org">the copyleft-next license</a>.</p>
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<p>Kühn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in
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<p>Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in
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Computer Science
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from <a href="https://www.loyola.edu/academics/computer-science">Loyola
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University in Maryland</a>, and an M.S. in Computer Science from
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the <a href="http://www.cs.uc.edu/">University of
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Cincinnati</a>. <a href="http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/thesis/">Kühn’s
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Cincinnati</a>. <a href="http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/articles/thesis/">Kuhn’s
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Master’s thesis</a> discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of FOSS
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programming languages. Kühn received the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021
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programming languages. Kuhn received the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021
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Award for the Advancement of Free Software — both in recognition for
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his lifelong policy work on copyleft licensing and its enforcement.</p>
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<p>Kühn writes about his work
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<p>Kuhn writes about his work
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on <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/?author=bkuhn">SFC's blog</a>
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and as <a rel="me" href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn">@bkuhn@copyleft.org on
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the fediverse</a> (via Mastodon).
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public inspection, in reverse chronological order:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Filing Year 2024: Fiscal Year from 2024-03-01 through 2025-02-28
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<p><a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/return-due-dates-for-exempt-organizations-annual-return">The
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2024 filing deadline for FY 2024-25 is 2025-07-15</a>. The IRS typically
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grants an extension to 2026-01-15, and we have requested that extension.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Filing Year 2023: Fiscal Year from 2023-03-01 through 2024-02-29
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<p>FY2023-24 was filed on 2025-01-15.</p>
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<li>Filing Year 2023: Fiscal Year from 2023-03-01 through 2024-02-28<br/>
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<p>This fiscal period <strong>has not yet completed</strong>,
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but <a href="https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/return-due-dates-for-exempt-organizations-annual-return">the
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2023 filing deadline for FY 2023-24 is 2024-07-15</a>. The IRS typically
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grants an extension to 2025-01-15, and we may seek the extension.</p>
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</li>
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<li>Filing Year 2022: Fiscal Year from 2022-03-01 through 2023-02-28<br/>
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<ul>
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project) and Harald Welte (major contributor to Linux’s netfilter
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subsystem) — to enforce the
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GPL. <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/about/staff/#bkuhn">Bradley
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M. Kühn</a>, who is now Conservancy’s Policy Fellow and
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M. Kuhn</a>, who is now Conservancy’s Policy Fellow and
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Hacker-in-Residence, led and coordinated that coalition (when he was
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Executive Director of the <acronym title="Free Software Foundation">FSF</acronym>). By early 2004, this coalition, through the
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process of GPL enforcement, compelled Linksys to release an
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<p>(More on the OpenWrt project’s history and its connection to GPL
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enforcement can be found
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in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4lCMx-EI1s">Kühn’s talk
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in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4lCMx-EI1s">Kuhn’s talk
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at <em>OpenWrt Summit 2016</em></a>.)</p>
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<p>Conservancy has had substantial success in leveraging more device freedom
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<p>If you think you've found a GPL violation, we encourage you to
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read <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2009/11/08/gpl-enforcement.html">this
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personal blog post by our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kühn</a>, about good
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personal blog post by our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn</a>, about good
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practices in discovering and reporting GPL violations.</p>
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<h2 id="sustain">Donate to Sustain This Work</h2>
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{% extends "base_compliance.html" %}
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{% block subtitle %}Copyleft Compliance Projects - {% endblock %}
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{% block submenuselection %}ImpactLitigationCopyleft{% endblock %}
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{% block submenuselection %}PastLawsuits{% endblock %}
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{% block content %}
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<h1>Impact Litigation for Copyleft</h1>
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<h1>Previous Copyleft Litigation</h1>
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<p>Pursuant to our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of
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Community-Oriented GPL enforcement</a>, Software Freedom Conservancy
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(<abbr>SFC</abbr>) engages in
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litigation only as an last resort when other methods to adjudicate users'
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rights under copyleft fail. However, when necessary, SFC engages in impact
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litigation in lawsuits around the world — both as a Plaintiff
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ourselves and by paying the legal fees of other Plaintiffs.</p>
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Community-Oriented GPL enforcement</a>, Software Freedom Conservancy sees
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litigation as an last resort when other methods to achieve copyleft
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compliance fail. Below, we discuss the outcome of past compliance
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lawsuits where Conservancy played a role.</p>
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<h2>Current Copyleft Litigation</h2>
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<h2 id="best-buy-et-al">Software Freedom Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al</h2>
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Our current impact litigation against <a href="/vizio/">Vizio</a> is ongoing
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to establish users' rights under the GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1. Please
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do <a href="/vizio/">read more about it</a> and <a href="/sustainer">donate
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to support this work!</a>
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<p>On 14 December 2009, Software Freedom Conservancy filed a federal copyright
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lawsuit against 14 defendants, including Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, and
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JVC.
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The <a href="https://ia600207.us.archive.org/21/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978.docket.html">docket
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of that lawsuit is available (on archive.org)</a> and
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the <a href="/docs/busybox-complaint-2009-12-14.pdf">original complaint is on
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our website</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="#past">Past Copyleft Litigation</h2>
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<p>Conservancy settled with each defendant at different times, and the
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dismissals can be seen in the docket. Generally speaking, and pursuant to
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our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of
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Community-Oriented GPL enforcement</a>, Conservancy never settles a lawsuit
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unless we believe that full compliance has been achieved (or will be
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achieved imminently) with the terms of <em>all</em> copyleft licenses
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on <em>all</em> software included in the devices at issue in any lawsuit
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that we've filed.</p>
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These past lawsuits are listed in reverse chronological order.
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<p>One oft-stated confusion about this litigation was that we sued Best Buy
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for sales of third-party devices in their stores. <strong>That is not
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accurate</strong>. Best Buy had a house-brand DVD player under the
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“Insignia” “house brand” that they produced as
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their own product.</p>
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<h3 id="avm">Sebastian Steck's AVM Lawsuit</h3>
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<h2 id="vmware">Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit</h2>
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<p>This <acronym title="Software Freedom Conservancy">SFC</acronym>-funded user rights lawsuit was filed by Sebastian Steck in Berlin in 2023 and received a positive final decision from the court in June 2024 with AVM providing "the scripts used to control ... installation of the executable" for the LGPLv2.1 works in the AVM router that Steck purchased. More details are available in our press release and informational page, which provides the source code that was received from AVM allowing users to modify and reinstall copylefted works into the router's flash memory:</p>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/news/2025/jan/09/avm-copyleft-lawsuit-resolved-with-install/">SFC-funded lawsuit gets software repair and reinstall for users of AVM routers</a></li>
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<li><a href="/copyleft-compliance/avm.html">Court documents and source code of successful SFC-funded lawsuit in Germany against AVM</a></li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<h3 id="vmware">Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit</h3>
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<p><acronym title="Software Freedom Conservancy">SFC</acronym> partially funded and assisted in coordination of Christoph
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<p>Conservancy partially funded and assisted in coordination of Christoph
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Hellwig's lawsuit against VMware in Germany. That case concluded in 2019.
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You can view the relevant announcements and analysis that Conservancy has
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published about the case below, starting with the announcement regarding
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</ul>
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</p>
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<h3 id="best-buy-et-al">Software Freedom Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al</h3>
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<h2 id="avm">Sebastian Steck's AVM Lawsuit</h2>
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||||
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<p>On 14 December 2009, <acronym title="Software Freedom Conservancy">SFC</acronym> filed a federal copyright
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||||
lawsuit against 14 defendants, including Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, and
|
||||
JVC.
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||||
The <a href="https://ia600207.us.archive.org/21/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978.docket.html">docket
|
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of that lawsuit is available (on archive.org)</a> and
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||||
the <a href="/docs/busybox-complaint-2009-12-14.pdf">original complaint is on
|
||||
our website</a>.</p>
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||||
<p>This SFC-funded user rights lawsuit was filed by Sebastian Steck in Berlin in 2023 and received a positive final decision from the court in June 2024 with AVM providing "the scripts used to control ... installation of the executable" for the LGPLv2.1 works in the AVM router that Steck purchased. More details are available in our press release and informational page, which provides the source code that was received from AVM allowing users to modify and reinstall copylefted works into the router's flash memory:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>SFC settled with each defendant at different times, and the
|
||||
dismissals can be seen in the docket — the last occurring in
|
||||
September 2012. Generally speaking, and pursuant to
|
||||
our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of
|
||||
Community-Oriented GPL enforcement</a>, Conservancy never settles a lawsuit
|
||||
unless we believe that full compliance has been achieved (or will be
|
||||
achieved imminently) with the terms of <em>all</em> copyleft licenses
|
||||
on <em>all</em> software included in the devices at issue in any lawsuit
|
||||
that we've filed.</p>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li><a href="/news/2025/jan/09/avm-copyleft-lawsuit-resolved-with-install/">SFC-funded lawsuit gets software repair and reinstall for users of AVM routers</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="/copyleft-compliance/avm.html">Court documents and source code of successful SFC-funded lawsuit in Germany against AVM</a></li>
|
||||
</ul>
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<p class="footer">本文版权为自由软件基金会与自由软件管理机构所有，并经由<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"><span lang="en-US">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</span></a>许可证发布。<a href="http://www.kaiyuanshe.cn/">开源社法</a>律委员会与自由软件管理机构（<span lang="en-US">Software Freedom Conservancy</span>）合作翻译《面向社区实施 <span lang="en-US">GPL</span> 的原则》的简体中文版。</p>
|
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|
||||
<p class="footer" lang="en-US">Copyright © 2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc., Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., Bradley M. Kühn, Allison Randal, Karen M. Sandler.
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||||
<p class="footer" lang="en-US">Copyright © 2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc., Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., Bradley M. Kuhn, Allison Randal, Karen M. Sandler.
|
||||
<br/>Licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.
|
||||
<br/>This content has been translated and distributed by <a href="http://www.kaiyuanshe.cn/">Kaiyuanshe</a>.</p>
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|
|
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@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Please <a href="https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/principles-disc
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|||
</div>
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||||
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 2021, Software Freedom Conservancy.<br/>
|
||||
Copyright © 2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc., Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., Bradley M. Kühn, Allison Randal, Karen M. Sandler.
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||||
Copyright © 2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc., Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., Bradley M. Kuhn, Allison Randal, Karen M. Sandler.
|
||||
<br/>Licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.
|
||||
<br/>The copyright holders ask that per §3(a)(1)(A)(i) and §3(a)(1)(A)(v) of that license, you ensure these two links (<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">[1]</a>,
|
||||
<a href="https://fsf.org/licensing/enforcement-principles">[2]</a>) are preserved in modified and/or redistributed versions.</p>
|
||||
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|
@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ GPL 에 대한 전적인 컴플라이언스 및 사용자가 소프트웨어를
|
|||
<p></em>[ 본 문서는 <a href="https://fsf.org/licensing/enforcement-principles">FSF
|
||||
사이트</a> 에서도 확인할 수 있습니다. ]</em></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc., Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., Bradley M. Kühn, Allison Randal, Karen M. Sandler.
|
||||
<p>Copyright © 2015, Free Software Foundation, Inc., Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc., Bradley M. Kuhn, Allison Randal, Karen M. Sandler.
|
||||
<br/>Licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.
|
||||
<br/>에 의거
|
||||
허가됨. 해당 라이선스의 제 3 조제(a)항제(1)호제(A)목제(i)단 및
|
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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
|
|||
<li><span>Court Type:</span> Orange County Superior Court</li>
|
||||
<li><span>Status:</span> Ongoing</li>
|
||||
<li><span>Last Update:</span> July 15, 2025</li>
|
||||
<li><span>Trial Date:</span> <a href="/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/">January 12, 2026</a></li>
|
||||
<li><span>Trial Date:</span> <a href="/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/">October 6, 2025</a></li>
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||||
</ul>
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{% endblock %}
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||||
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@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ like OpenWrt, which allows owners of broadband routers to customize the function
|
|||
<li><a href="https://usethesource.sfconservancy.org/tmp_vizio_docs/488.pdf">Request for judicial notice in support of Motion for Summary Adjudication</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="https://usethesource.sfconservancy.org/tmp_vizio_docs/490.pdf">Appendix of exhibits</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2025-08-01_SFC-vs-Vizio_Vizio-response-to-second-SFC-MSA.pdf">Vizio's response to SFC's Second Motion for Summary Adjudication (2025-08-01)</a></li>
|
||||
<li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/2025-08-15_SFC-vs-Vizio_SFC-reply-to-Vizio-response-to-second-SFC-MSA.pdf">SFC's reply to Vizio's response to SFC's Second Motion for Summary Adjudication (2025-08-15)</a></li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</details>
|
||||
|
||||
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@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ like OpenWrt, which allows owners of broadband routers to customize the function
|
|||
</details>
|
||||
|
||||
<details class="toggle-section">
|
||||
<summary id="vizio-msa">
|
||||
<summary>
|
||||
<svg class="toggle-icon plus" aria-hidden="true"><use href="{% static 'img/font_awesome_subset.svg' %}#plus"></use></svg>
|
||||
<svg class="toggle-icon minus" aria-hidden="true"><use href="{% static 'img/font_awesome_subset.svg' %}#minus"></use></svg>
|
||||
<span class="summary-title">Vizio's Second Motion for Summary Adjudication <span>[Spring 2025]</span></span></summary>
|
||||
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@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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|||
{% extends "base_compliance.html" %}
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||||
{% block subtitle %}Copyleft Compliance Projects - {% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block submenuselection %}ImpactLitigationCopyleft{% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block submenuselection %}PastLawsuits{% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block content %}
|
||||
|
||||
<h1 id="contribution-and-similarity-analysis-of-christoph-hellwigs-linux-code-as-found-in-vmware-esxi-5.5">Contribution and Similarity Analysis of Christoph Hellwig's Linux Code as found in VMware ESXi 5.5</h1>
|
||||
<p>This analysis verifies by reproducible analysis a set of specific contributions that are clearly made by Christoph Hellwig to Linux, and shows how those contributions appear in the VMware ESXi 5.5 product.</p>
|
||||
<p>This analysis was prepared and written by <a href="/about/staff/#bkuhn">Bradley M. Kühn</a>.</p>
|
||||
<p>This analysis was prepared and written by <a href="/about/staff/#bkuhn">Bradley M. Kuhn</a>.</p>
|
||||
<h1 id="understanding-code-similarity-and-cloning">Understanding Code Similarity and "Cloning"</h1>
|
||||
<p>Software is often modified in various ways; indeed, Linux developers form a community that encourages and enables modification by many parties. Given this development model, communities often find it valuable to determine when software source code moves from one place to another with only minor modifications. Various scientifically-vetted techniques can be used to identify "clones" -- a portion of code that is substantially similar to pre-existing source code. The specific area of academic research is called "code cloning detection" or "code duplication detection". The area has been under active research since the mid-1990s <a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a>. In 2002, Japanese researchers published a tool called CCFinder <a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a>, which, in its updated incarnation (called CCFinderX), is widely used and referenced by academic researchers in the field <a href="#fn3" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref3"><sup>3</sup></a> and has specifically been used to explore reuses of code in GPL'd software such as Linux <a href="#fn4" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref4"><sup>4</sup></a>.</p>
|
||||
<p>CCFinderX uses a token-based clone detection method and a suffix-tree matching algorithm; both techniques have been highly vetted and considered in the academic literature. The techniques are considered viable and useful in detecting clones. Many academic papers on the subject have been peer-reviewed and published, and nearly every newly published paper compares its new techniques of clone detection to the seminal results found by CCFinderX. For purposes of our analysis, we have therefore chosen to use CCFinderX. These results can be easily reproduced since CCFinderX is, itself, also Open Source software.</p>
|
||||
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|||
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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
|
|||
{% extends "base_compliance.html" %}
|
||||
{% block subtitle %}Copyleft Compliance Projects - {% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block submenuselection %}ImpactLitigationCopyleft{% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block submenuselection %}PastLawsuits{% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block content %}
|
||||
<h2>The time has come to stand up for the GPL.</h2>
|
||||
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||||
|
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|||
|
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@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
|
|||
{% extends "base_compliance.html" %}
|
||||
{% block subtitle %}Copyleft Compliance Projects - {% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block submenuselection %}ImpactLitigationCopyleft{% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block submenuselection %}PastLawsuits{% endblock %}
|
||||
{% block content %}
|
||||
<h1>Frequently Asked Questions about Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit</h1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
|
|||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<h3>Bradley M. Kühn</h3>
|
||||
<h3>Bradley M. Kuhn</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Policy Fellow & Hacker-in-Residence, Software Freedom Conservancy Editor-in-Chief, copyleft.org <a href="/about/staff/#bkuhn">(See full bio)</a></p>
|
||||
<p>Kühn is available for media interviews as an expert on the following subjects:</p>
|
||||
<p>Kuhn is available for media interviews as an expert on the following subjects:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>open source, free software and software freedom</li>
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
|
|||
our Vizio Lawsuit</a>. </p>
|
||||
|
||||
<h2 id="RHEL">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</h2>
|
||||
<p>SFC's Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kühn, was interviewed on
|
||||
<p>SFC's Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn, was interviewed on
|
||||
the <a href="https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/345"><cite>Ask Noah
|
||||
Show</cite>, episode 345</a> regarding
|
||||
the <a href="/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/">GPL compliance questions
|
||||
|
|
@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
|
|||
|
||||
|
||||
<h2 id="GiveUpGitHub">Give Up GitHub</h2>
|
||||
<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/">The
|
||||
Register – Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit</a></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/19/github_copilot_copyright/">The Register - How GitHub Copilot could steer Microsoft into a copyright storm</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/30/software_freedom_conservancy_quits_github/">The Register - Open source body quits GitHub, urges you to do the same</a></p>
|
||||
<p><a href="https://thenextweb.com/news/github-copilot-works-so-well-because-it-steals-open-source-code-strips-credit">The Next Web - GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit</a></p>
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||||
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|
||||
\vspace{3em}
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||||
|
||||
\signature{Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.}{Karen M. Sandler}{Title: Executive Director}
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
\signature{}{FIXME-CONTRIBUTOR}{}
|
||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
Help us reach our goal of <b>$423,854</b> this season to keep SFC going. Through tomorrow only, the
|
||||
Help us reach our goal of <b>$409,774</b> this season to keep SFC going. Through tomorrow only, the
|
||||
{% elif sitefundgoal.days_remaining < 14 %}
|
||||
Help us reach our goal of <b>$423,854</b> this season to keep SFC going. For only {{ sitefundgoal.days_remaining }} more days, the
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
Help us reach our goal of <b>$423,854</b> this season to keep SFC going. Until January 15, the
|
||||
Help us reach our goal of <b>$409,774</b> this season to keep SFC going. Until January 15, the
|
||||
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|
||||
next <b>${{ sitefundgoal.match_remaining|floatformat:0|intcomma }}</b> of <a href="/sustainer/">support we receive</a> will be matched!
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
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|
|
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
|
|||
# Copyright 2005-2008, James Garrison
|
||||
# Copyright 2010, Bradley M. Kühn
|
||||
# Copyright 2010, Bradley M. Kuhn
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||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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|
||||
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|||
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||||
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|
||||
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||||
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|
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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||||
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# Copyright 2010 Bradley M. Kühn <bkuhn@ebb.org>
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|
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'LIST_RECIPIENT': 'ccs-review@lists.sfconservancy.org',
|
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}
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SITE_FUNDGOAL = 'cy2025-end-year-match'
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#container #sidebar.EnforcementStrategy ul li.EnforcementStrategy a,
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Year In Review 2025
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<p>We are so proud that we're funded primarily by individuals and stay unbeholden to corporate interests and pressures. We stand up for developers, consumers and people from all backgrounds. We work to make technology truly fair for all. </p>
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<li>Standing up for <a href="/vizio">consumer rights</a> in particular with <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a> and promoting the software right to repair</li>
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<p>We are so thankful for the ability to continue our work — which only continues due to <strong>your financial contributions</strong>. Please consider giving what you can so that our organization can continue to advocate and support the rights of all software users. We work as diligently and efficiently as we can, and accomplish so much with our small staff. We hope — through our hard work, creativity, and passionate dedication — 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>
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<p>We are beyond thankful for the ability to continue our work — 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 — through our hard work, creativity, and passionate dedication — 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>
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<p>2025 was a busy and productive year here at Software Freedom Conservancy, from continuing the <a href="/vizio">Vizio law suit</a> to running the 3rd annual <a href="https://fossy.us">FOSSY</a>, to continuing <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy's</a> exceptional internship program, and helping with the production of the <a href="https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one">OpenWrt One</a>. Software freedom is continuing to expand its reach and image in the public eye. This has been a tumultuous year for all non-profits and activist organizations; we're so proud to continue our operations and work for all of our digital futures.</p>
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<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>
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<p><b>Outreachy:</b> Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by under representation in technology. Despite the decrease in funding for diversity programs worldwide, we continued to provide great internships for 51 people! We've continued to provide these critical opportunities to people who need them most.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p>Among our many avenues for making change, SFC works with our projects to do everything that they need to achieve their publicly minded goals, whether it be through conferences, <a href="https://one.openwrt.org/">manufacturing hardware</a> or <a href="https://inbox.sourceware.org/overseers/20250527023158.GA11631@gnu.wildebeest.org/T/#u">providing important hosting and infrastructure services</a> to the free software world. Our member projects provide ways to assert our freedom with our technology and pursue important work in expanding the ways that we make free software available for everyone. Through <a href="https://liblouis.io/">important accessibility libraries</a>, <a href="https://freedv.org/">open source radio technology</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>, SFC member projects represent the wide swath of the free software ecosystem at large.</p>
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<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>
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<img class="small-right" src="/static/img/lance-award.jpg" alt="Picture of Pono giving Lance an award on stage at FOSSY" /> <p>Pono giving <a href="https://osuosl.org">OSUOSL</a> director Lance Albertson the Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom</p> <p>copyright John Sullivan, CC-BY 3.0 </p>
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<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>
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<p>This year we hosted the third annual <a href="https://fossy.us">FOSSY</a> in Portland, Oregon. You can watch the many excellent talks <a href="FIXME">here</a>. We awarded the first annual <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/aug/01/distinguished-award-in-lance-albertson/">Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom</a> to <b>Lance Albertson</b> from the <a href="https://osuosl.org">OSUOSL</a>. Next year we will be hosting the event at the University of British Columbia August 6th – 9th 2026. You can <a href="https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/fossy-announce">sign up to our mailing list</a> to stay informed or <a href="xmpp:fossy@chat.sfconservancy.org?join">join our XMPP room</a>.</p>
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<p>All year long, we've worked tirelessly on our monumental and ground-breaking Software Right to Repair litigation, which we expect to recognize a third-party right to enforce copyleft licenses (such as the GPL and LGPL). During our fundraiser this year, we'll be discussing various aspects of the litigation against Vizio — so those of you who are litigation geeks should <b>be sure to tune into our live Q&As</b>!</p>
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<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>
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<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). During our fundraiser this year, we'll release various interesting items from this litigation against Vizio — so those of you who are litigation geeks will have interesting reading this season!</p>
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<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 providing live expert testimony to the Library of Congress in the hearing.</p>
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<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 signed by our Executive Director Karen Sandler, on behalf of a group of medical device researchers who are personally affected by proprietary medical technology.</p>
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<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> or FOSS contributor, 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. We also provide a <a href="https://pad.sfconservancy.org/">publicly facing Etherpad instance</a>, using our own member project software to show that it's easy for everyone to collaborate using free software tools.</p>
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<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>
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<p>This year our staff attended and spoke at many conferences, including keynoting at <b>SCaLE</b>, where Director of Compliance Denver Gingerich gave some background on the <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/presentations/what-happens-when-hardware-puts-software-freedom-first-we-built-router-find/">OpenWrt One</a>, Policy Fellow and Hacker in Residence Bradley M. Kuhn keynoted the <a href="https://events.gnuradio.org/event/26/contributions/791/">GNU Radio Conference</a>, and Executive Director Karen Sandler keynoted at <a href="https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfeu2025/schedule/session/7176-the-foundation-of-open-source-why-software-freedom/">PostgreSQL EU</a>, on the <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6153-the-growing-body-of-proprietary-infrastructure-for-foss-development-repeating-bad-history/">FOSDEM mainstage</a> with Denver, and SFSCon <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/talks/the-heart-of-our-software/"> "The Heart of Our Software"</a>, and was subsequently <a href="https://on.orf.at/video/14298541/suedtirol-heute-vom-07112025">featured on television</a>! (segment, in German, begins at 3:56). </p>
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<img src="/static/img/karen-sfscon.jpg" alt="Photo of Karen speaking in front of large crowd at SFSCon" /></a>Karen delivering a keynote in front of SFSCon crowd - CC-BY-SA 4.0 Matthias Kirschner</div>
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<p>SFC staff co-organized the <a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/legal-and-policy/">Legal and Policy DevRoom at FOSDEM</a>, speaking to both current issues by hosting <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6607-organizer-s-panel/">a panel discussion at FOSDEM</a>, spoke about the <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6169-lgpl-enforced-in-germany-how-we-helped-a-purchaser-use-the-courts-to-compel-compliance/">"LGPL enforced in Germany: how we helped a purchaser use the courts to compel compliance"</a>, and Karen spoke in the funding room about <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6481-when-is-it-right-to-say-no-to-funding-/">When is it Right to Say No to Funding?</a>. We were also at <a href="https://sambaxp.org/">SambaXP</a>, <a href="https://fsfe.org/activities/ln/llw-conf.en.html">LLW</a>, <a href="https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/WineConf/WineConf-2025">WineConf</a>, participated in the <a href="https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/content/open-source-week-2025">UN Open Source Week 2025</a>, and even taught a seminar at Creighton University informing the students about licensing and the software right to repair, you can <a href="https://ossguy.com/talks/20250331_csc590/">view the slides here</a>. </p>
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<p>SFC's advocacy for software freedom and digital rights is widening and spreading to more regional policy; Denver, our Director of Compliance, joined the <b>Canadian Repair Convention</b> where he is Vice President of the CanRepair Project Management Committee, and his work introduced a focus on software for the <a href="https://www.canrepair.ca/what-is-the-right-to-repair">CanRepair principles</a>. On the US policy side, we joined a <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10707301106032/1">petition to defend the right to cellphone unlocking</a> against Verizon's attempted waiver. We helped work on the <a href="https://fulu-foundation.ghost.io/repair-bounty-program/">FULU repair bounties</a>, and with Consumer Reports to have the "software right to repair" included in their whitepaper titled <a href="https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/research/longevity-by-design-how-to-build-long-lived-connected-products">Longevity by Design: How to Build Long-lived Connected Products</a>. We also participated to make sure that software right to repair was included in the <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/">open letter and coalition</a> requesting the Android ecosystem remain open.</p>
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||||
<p>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.
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<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>
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<summary>Highlights From Our Member Projects</summary>
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<p> Here are some highlights from the incredible member projects (members as our relationship is a collaborative partnership). 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>
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<p><b>The Institute for Computing in Research</b> completed it's seventh year, providing training, education and real world software experience to 27 high school students in 3 cities. 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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p><b>OpenWrt</b> with support from SFC, manufactured their first official hardware project called the <a href="https://one.openwrt.org/">OpenWrt One</a>! 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>
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<p><b>OpenWrt</b> replaced their package manager OPKG <a href="https://forum.openwrt.org/t/major-change-notice-new-package-manager/215682">with Alpine Linux's apk</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>
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<p><b>QEMU</b> hosted <a href="https://kvm-forum.qemu.org/">KVM Forum</a> in Milan this year. The conference featured talks from over 50 speakers, which you can view <a href="https://kvm-forum.qemu.org/2025/">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>
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<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>
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<p><b>Git</b> participated in <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/organizations/git">GSoC</a> with three students and <a href="outreachy.org">Outreachy</a> with two students. The <a href="https://git-merge.com">Git Merge conference</a> in San Francisco this fall celebrated their 20th year. The project stands as a standard for free software development and just as importantly, using free software to develop itself.</p>
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<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>
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<p><b>Inkscape</b> continued their incredible sustained development and participated in many international events, such as <a href="https://inkscape.org/news/2025/10/12/indiafoss-2025/">India FOSS</a> in Bengaluru, the <a href="https://inkscape.org/news/2025/06/08/libre-graphics-meeting-2025/">Libre Graphics Meeting</a> in Nuremberg, following their own <a href="https://inkscape.org/news/2025/06/01/inkscape-summit-nuremberg/">Summit</a>. An inspiring project showcasing a community driven ethos.</p>
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<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>
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<p><b>Sourceware</b> celebrated their <a href="https://inbox.sourceware.org/overseers/20250527023158.GA11631@gnu.wildebeest.org/T/#u">second year</a> as a member project. The project continues to power much of the backbone infrastructure for the creation of FOSS. There was a big presence at the famous <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2025">GNU Tools Cauldron</a> in Porto. Setup the Sourceware <a href="https://forge.sourceware.org">Forge</a> (an experiment with Forgejo). And together with Conservancy staff, the PLC wrote a <a href="https://sourceware.org/cyber-security-faq.html">Cyber Security FAQ</a> to explain the US Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity Executive Order 14028 and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA).</p>
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<p><b>Sourceware</b> celebrated their <a href="https://inbox.sourceware.org/overseers/20240529190215.GA26515@gnu.wildebeest.org/">first full year</a> as member project. After the xz-incident the community wrote the <a href="https://sourceware.org/sourceware-security-vision.html">Sourceware infrastructure security vision</a>. Expanded the architectures covered by the <a href="https://builder.sourceware.org">buildbot</a> CI system. Setup the Sourceware <a href="https://forge.sourceware.org">Forge</a> (an experiment with Forgejo). And together with Conservancy staff, the PLC wrote a <a href="https://sourceware.org/cyber-security-faq.html">Cyber Security FAQ</a> to explain the US Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity Executive Order 14028 and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA).</p>
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<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 4 countries</a>, bringing in new contractors, and hosting their <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/events/vienna2025">annual summit</a>, it's been an incredibly busy year for the team!</p>
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<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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<h2 class="f4 ttu">Fundraiser starts!</h2>
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<p>SFC's annual fundraiser begins with our largest match challenge yet: <b>$211,927</b>!
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If you <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/">renew your Sustainership</a> or <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/donate/">donate</a> before January 15th, you're contribution will be doubled!
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Read more in our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#YearInReview">Year in Review</a>.</p>
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<h2 class="f4 ttu">Vizio Trial In Oct.!</h2>
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violations of GPLv2 & LGPLv2.1. Would you like to attend the trial as an
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||||
|
||||
<p>Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kühn gave many conference talks and also represented SFC at many
|
||||
<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>.
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# Copyright 2005-2008, James Garrison
|
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# Copyright 2010, 2012 Bradley M. Kühn
|
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|
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