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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November 4, 2015

Godot Game Engine is Conservancy's Newest Member Project

Today, Software Freedom Conservancy announces the addition of its latest member project, the Godot Engine, a 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine. Godot is now one of many free and open source software projects who call Conservancy their non-profit corporate home.

Korean Copyright Commission Publishes "Principles of Community Oriented GPL Compliance" in Korean

As part of Software Freedom Conservancy's participation in the Open Source SW License Insight Conference in Seoul on October 14, the Korean Copyright Commission (KCC) has published the Principles of Community Oriented GPL Compliance translated in Korean. The document is available for download on KCC's Website and on Conservancy's site in html and as a pdf. The Principles were published by the Free Software Foundation and Conservancy earlier this month, and set forth norms around community-oriented enforcement, removing uncertainty for companies who face compliance actions and providing criteria for evaluating whether license compliance is in the community's interest.

Christoph Hellwig Continues VMware GPL Enforcement Suit in Germany

Software Freedom Conservancy is pleased to provide updated information regarding the ongoing GPL enforcement lawsuit for Linux, funded by Conservancy, that Christoph Hellwig has brought against VMware in Germany. Information about the suit is available on the FAQ page.

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Join me for a Supporters Only Dinner in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday, October 20

Posted by Bradley M. Kuhn on October 14, 2015

Are you attending All Things Open next week? Or, are you local to the Raleigh-Durham area? If so, become a Supporter of Conservancy and email <ato-dinner@sfconservancy.org> to RSVP for an exclusive dinner with me at Tír na nÓg. This event is only open to Conservancy Supporters, so be sure to sign up as a Supporter first and then RSVP via email.