Software Freedom Conservancy

Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects. Conservancy provides a non-profit home and infrastructure for FLOSS projects. This allows FLOSS developers to focus on what they do best — writing and improving FLOSS for the general public — while Conservancy takes care of the projects' needs that do not relate directly to software development and documentation.

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May 28, 2015

Outreachy Launches Round with 30 Participants

Outreachy, a diversity program launched by the GNOME Foundation under the name Outreach Program for Women, launched its current internship round under the umbrella of Software Freedom Conservancy. This week, 30 participants begin their internships with 15 free and open source software organizations, including longtime participating organizations the Linux kernel, Wikimedia, Mozilla and GNOME and newcomers to the program Ceph and GStreamer. In addition, three applicants who applied for both Outreachy and Google Summer of Code (GSoC) were accepted for GSoC with organizations participating in both programs; and one more applicant was accepted for the OpenDaylight Internship Program.

Aaron Williamson Testifies on Conservancy's Behalf to Extend DMCA Exemptions to Smart TVs

Aaron Williamson, partner at Tor Ekeland, P.C. and pro bono counsel to Software Freedom Conservancy, participated this week at public hearings in Los Angeles with the Copyright Office. Williamson represented Conservancy, testifying in favor of a DMCA exemption for Smart TVs. Tor Ekeland prepared Conservancy's comments and responses in the Copyright Office's rulemaking process. This process is undertaken every three years to consider whether exemptions should be granted to the DMCA's restrictions on circumventing technical protection measures and DRM in copyrighted works. This is the first triennial review that Conservancy has participated in.