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<p>Sustainers help us do our work in a strategic, long-term way. We could not
  do this without the support and financial contributions of individuals like
  you. <a href="/sponsors/#sustainers">We list our Sustainers here</a>.</p>

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<p><h3>The wide range of work we engage in is supported by people like you. </h3></p>

<p>We are so proud that we're funded by individuals and stay unbeholden to corporate interests and pressures. We stand up for developers, consumers and those who have been historically excluded. We work to make technology truly fair for all. </p>

<p>Thank you for helping making this work possible:</p>

<ul>
  <li>Standing up for consumer rights in <a href="/copyleft-compliance/">copyleft compliance</a></li>
  <li>Supporting <a href="https://outreachy.org">Outreachy</a> with its increasing number of interns</li>
  <li>Bringing <a href="/vizio">legal action against prolific license violators</a></li>
  <li>Hiring team members to get projects <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/news/">like Reproducible Builds</a> to continue pushing the forefront of software reproducibility</li>
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<h3 id="YearInReview">Our Year in Review</h3>
<div data-read-more="Summary of our year&hellip;">

<p>This past year we've all grown more conscious of our interconnected world.
   These events escalate the importance of free software tools that empower
   us all. Closed source and proprietary tools have overtaken many
   communication channels &mdash; particularly when we work from home. Even
   conferences and lecture series dedicated to &ldquo;open source
   infrastructure&rdquo; have been unable to escape the grasp of these closed
   systems. As we monitored these diffcult events, we prioritized support for
   those in our community that understand the crucial need
   for <a href="/blog/2021/feb/08/just-say-no-to-zoom/">conferences run
   solely with free software</a>.  We have been pleased to support free
   communication tools to assist with these efforts. <b>Our commitment to
   using, developing, and supporting free software tools and communities has
    never been stronger.</b></p>


<p>Over the past year, we took on new work that would have
  been <em>impossible</em> without your support. Last month, we filed
  a <a href="/vizio">lawsuit against long time license violator Vizio</a>.
  Through that lawsuit and many non-litigation ongoing license enforcement
  actions, Software Freedom Conservancy leads the field: We stand up for
  license compliance and holding corporation accountable when others
  won't. Our focus in software licensing defends consumer rights.  This novel and
  critical approach to license compliance culminates  years of effort by our amazing policy and legal experts. We
  believe software freedom, when properly and actively upheld, enables everyone to hold
  technology providers accountable to the people most 
  impacted by their actions.</p>

<p>This year, we filed more DMCA exemption requests than any organization in
  the country &mdash;
  and <a href="/news/2021/oct/28/2021-DMCA-final-exemptions-win/">we won on
  every single one</a>.  We clarified the right to jailbreak of routers (an
  essential activity of our <a href="https://openwrt.org">OpenWrt
  project</a>), won a new right to safely investigate devices for license
  compliance, and helped solidify privacy-related research.  Karen (our
  executive director) also participated with a coalition that achieved yet
  another exemption for medical devices!  Our lawyer, Pam Chestek, <a href="https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2021/hearing-transcripts/210407-Section-1201-Public-Hearing-Class-15-7a-7b.pdf#page=13">testified</a> at the DMCA
  hearings on these exemptions, and confronted industry lobbyists directly as
  they sought to use their extreme
  wealth and legal power to harm consumers. We stridently fight their overreach &mdash; one bit at a time.</p>
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<h3 id="Highlights">Highlights from some of our member projects</h3>
<div data-read-more="Read more about our projects&hellip;">
<p>Software Freedom Conservancy have helped our projects engage in critical work this year. Overall, we funded $1.7 million in work to improve software freedom, this year alone! </p>
<p>We helped <b>Outreachy</b> expand to its largest cohorts ever. Our last round accepted 71 interns, and we announced this week that the current round will have 62! (that's 133 interns, an 27% growth from the previous two rounds!) We're grateful to be able support Outreachy to serve more communities who are committed to helping to push back against systemic underrepresentation in technology and software.</p>

<p><b>Godot</b> has continued to push the boundary of what we thought was possible with an open source game engine, with an impressive team contracted by Software Freedom Conservancy. The team is building their community and we are so proud to see how their <a href="https://godotengine.org/community">focus on community</a> has been to their benefit. To see the cutting edge of what creators are making, see their <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/announcing-2021-godot-games-showreel">newest showreel</a>.</p>

<p>Software Freedom Conservancy is also proud to support the <b>Reproducible Builds</b> team as they ensure the security of computer systems of all shapes and sizes around the world. We know that as time goes on we'll see how necessary and vital this project is. The <a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/tools/">tools they've made</a> are freely available to help others increase reproducibility in their own projects.</p>

<p><b>OpenWrt</b> had their OpenWrt 21.02 release which increases the default security options including optional SELinux and <acronym title="Address Space Layout Randomization">ASLR</acronym>. This project empowers users to run a free operating system on their routers, and combined with our DMCA exemption, makes the landscape of free firmware much easier to explore and deploy. Another member project, <b>coreboot</b>, has further grown the supported hardware list for freeing your bootloader. These two projects are at the core of our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/firmware-liberation.html">firmware liberation initiation</a>. As more and more companies find out, consumers are drawn to hardware that can run copyleft software and contrary to popular belief, are willing to pay for it!</p>

<p><b>The Institute for Computing in Research</b> has furthered it's mission by expanding it's intern cohort to include a selection of six high school students in Portland, Oregon. This unique paid internship introduces high school students to software freedom as part of a summer research position that focuses on introducing young scholars to computing in areas of physical science, life science, social science, arts, and humanities. Supported by academics at Portland State University, Reed College, and Oregon State University, the cohort in Portland has projects in computational biology, natural language processing, pure math, and AI and game theory. </p>
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<h3 id="NewStaff">New staff!</h3>
<div data-read-more="Click more for on our new staff&hellip;">

<p>At the end of last year we were able to hire <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/dec/02/sharp-newest-employee/">Sage Sharp</a> as Senior Director of Diversity & Inclusion and they are rounding out their first year with us. And finishing up his first six months is <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/may/18/pono-introduction/">Daniel Pono Takamori</a> our Community Organizer & Non-Profit Problem Solver. These two have been very welcome additions to our team of just five full time employees, and one part time employee. We are proud of the breadth of skills and dedication of our team.</p>
<p>As a testament to "practice what you preach", we undertook what we consider a fair and equitable hiring process which our executive director Karen wrote about <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/oct/15/equitable-hiring/">here</a>. We lead by example with transparency and making sure we cast a wide net to avoid just hiring within our circles.</p>

<p>We also spent some time updating our website to make it easier to use and better convey our mission and work. Our chat platform moved to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jun/21/chat-options/">XMPP</a>. Bridging to IRC and Matrix is supported, so you are welcome to join with whatever client you like (unlike other loose options). As mentioned above, we are committed to using free software for communication and demonstrating that organizations of all sizes can make the same commitment.</p>
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<h3 id="WritingAndSpeaking">Writing and Speaking</h3>
<div data-read-more="Find out about our writing and speaking engagements&hellip;">

<p>Software Freedom Conservancy team members published some very important writings this year to both give further historical context and modern interpretation. Denver Gingerich wrote about the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/">installation requirement for the GPLv2</a>. Bradley Kuhn documented the historical record in his related piece about <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-the-gpl-right-to-install/">“Tivoization” and Your Right to Install Under Copyleft</a>. And he writes about <a href=" https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jun/30/who-should-own-foss-copyrights/">It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights</a>, which garnered a lot of great community conversations. In another vein, Sage Sharp of Outreachy wrote a tremendous piece titled <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/apr/20/how-to-apologize/">So you want to apologize… Now what?</a>, which has helped explain the entire life cycle apologizing for your own behavior. We can all learn from this piece about how to act more humanely in our shared spaces of production.</p>

<p>This was another long year of online conferences. While the traveling was easier (by not doing it), we miss the face to face relationship building that we've come to expect from our big conference gatherings. We can't wait to get back to a sense of normalcy and at least have a little less latency between us.</p>
<p>Karen, our executive director, gave two keynotes this year, one at the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2021/mar/23/karen-lailec-2021/">Leuven AI Law & Ethics Conference</a> and another at <a href="https://conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/3/contributions/71/">Linux App Summit</a>. Karen also spoke with Marina Zhurakhinskaya at All Things Open about the 10+ year history of Outreachy. She was also an invited speaker at <a href="https://heales.org/2021/05/28/conference-big-data-a-i-and-healthy-longevity-how-to-progress-faster-and-better-for-all-scientists-thursday-september-9-2021/">Big Data, A.I. and Healthy Longevity.  How to progress faster and better for all scientists</a>.</p>
<p>Karen and Bradley were also co-organizers (with others) of the Legal & Policy Devroom at FOSDEM, where they also moderated panels and spoke. Sage Sharp spoke at the <a href="https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/">Chan Zuckerberg Essential Open Source</a> event. Daniel Pono Takamori gave a talk about <a href="http://pdxlinux.org/2021-07-01-FreeSoftware-LegacyOfCommunication.pdf">"How Free Software Continues the Legacy of Open Communication"</a> to the Portland Linux/ Unix Group.</p>

<p>We were also a sponsor of the fantastic <a href="https://seagl.org/">SeaGL</a> event. A community focused conference that does an incredible job giving opportunities to first-time speakers (suitable for community members of all walks of life). They hosted their conference on the Matrix platform, which further proved it's possible to run a virtual conference with free software.</p>

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<h3 id="HelpUs">Help us Continue this Work</h3>
<p>We are beyond thankful for ability to continue our work due to your financial contributions. 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 will continue to work as hard as we can with our small staff. And we hope that through our hard work, creativity and passionate dedication, 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="https://sfconservancy.org/donate/">Please consider donating here.</a></p>


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  <img src="/img/scaled-LLW-2015-Conservancy-Supporters-by-Carlo-Piana-CC-0.jpg" alt="Zack, Karen, John and Jim pose, mostly wearing the vintage t-shirt!" />
  <p>Vintage-shirt-wearing Sustainers pose with Karen! <br/>From left: Stefano &ldquo;Zack&rdquo; Zacchiroli, Karen M. Sandler, John Sullivan, and Jim Wright</p>
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<div data-read-more="A note on t-shirts&hellip;">
<p>We know you are sick of hearing about supply chains, global shortages, and deliveries being delayed. But we must be up front that since we have a small staff we try to batch our t-shirt orders, and given the realities of the pandemic we are somewhat behind on our t-shirt deliveries. We're working on a new t-shirt design for this year and will send everybody their shirts after the end of this fundraiser. We so appreciate everyone's patience! </p>
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<h3 id="VintageT">Vintage T-Shirt Promotion</h3>
<div data-read-more="Would you like a last chance to receive a vintage Conservancy t-shirt?  Find out how&hellip;">

<p>If you're a Sustainer, you've already received or will soon receive a
  t-shirt in our 2018 design shown here.   But,
would you like to take advantage of a last chance to get our vintage design &mdash; seen sported so often
by <a href="https://twitter.com/bensturmfels/status/599118574641262592">our earliest Sustainers</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy/status/786480068512002048">conferences and events</a>?  If so, read on!</p>

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<img src="/img/brett-in-2018-shirt.jpg" alt="Brett wears the 2018 t-shirt!" />
<p><a href="/about/staff/#brett">Brett Smith</a> wears the current t-shirt design.</p>
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<p><strong>UPDATE: Just give $256 total for this year's fundraiser and
    receive an additional vintage T-shirt!</strong></p>

<p>But first, as a note to how difficult this year has been, we know that many of our 2019 Sustainers are still
awaiting their t-shirts, which have the wonderful 2018 design.   We've had difficulty working through
keeping our staff safe during the pandemic lock downs and making trips to the post office &mdash; historically,
we on staff all shared the post office trips, but we all have different COVID-19 risk factors and thus it's all moving
slowly.  We appreciate the patience of our Sustainers waiting for t-shirts, and we do have plan to safely send out
the backlog by years' end.</p>

<p>As part of those preparations, we found a treasure trove and now have an exciting promotion for renewing
Sustainers.  We found an old stash of <strong>vintage t-shirts</strong>, in the old style!  Supplies are limited,
but for those few sustainers who would like to receive one, we have a special offer.  Sustainers who give
$256 or more between 2020-01-15 and 2021-01-15 can receive one of these vintage t-shirts!  To claim your vintage t-shirt, do the following:

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  <img src="/img/2019-08-26_Neil-alone_GUADECSupporterNight.jpg" alt="Neil McGovern, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, wears the vintage t-shirt!" />
  <p>Neil McGovern wearing that stylish vintage shirt!</p>
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    <ul>
    <li>Renew as a <a href="/sustainer/#annual">an annual sustainer</a> for $256 or more. (Alternatively, if
      you already gave this year, make a <a href="/donate/">separate donation</a> so that your 2020 total is $256.)</li>
      <li> <a href="mailto:vintaget@sfconservancy.org">Email &lt;vintaget@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a> and include the email
      address and date(s) of your donation(s) that total $256 and your
        desired size.  (We have all sizes <strong>except MenM</strong> in
      stock.   Supplies <em>are</em> limited; we cannot necessarily guarantee
      your size selection, and we'll continue to update here as sizes run out.)</li>
      </ul></p>

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  <img src="/img/2020-12-04_lots-vintage-shirts.jpg" alt="A big stack of vintage Conservancy t-shirts!" />
  <p>Supplies won't last; give $256 and make one of these vintage shirts yours today!</p>
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<p>You too can look cool in the vintage design.  Or maybe your original has faded and you're ready to spruce up with a new one?  As we said,
supplies are limited so make a big donation today, support Conservancy, and show you've always been old-school &mdash; or just
want to look that way!</p>
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    <h3 class="donate-box-highlight">Become a Sustainer Now:</h3>

    <p>Support us now!</p>

    <h4><a href="#annual"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Annual sustainer</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>
    <h4><a href="#monthly"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Monthly sustainer</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>
    <h4><a href="#renewal"><span class="donate-box-highlight">Renewing Annual sustainer</span> via PayPal, ACH, or credit card.</a></h4>

    <span class="donate-box-highlight">Other annual sustainers methods:</span>
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      <h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Wire Transfer"
          data-expanded-text="Wire Transfer:">Wire Transfer</h4>
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        Contact <a href="mailto:donate@sfconservancy.org">Conservancy
        by email</a><br/> for wire transfer instructions.<br/>
        Include  currency &amp; country.<br/>
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      <h4 class="toggle-control" data-text="Paper Check"
          data-expanded-text="Paper Check:">Paper Check</h4>
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        Send paper check for $120 to:<br/>
        Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.<br/>
        137 MONTAGUE ST  STE 380<br/>
        BROOKLYN, NY 11201-3548 &nbsp; USA<br/>
        Please write <q>SUSTAINER</q>, t-shirt size, if you are renewing, and if
        you want public acknowledgment in memo line.
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