Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the right to repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and defend these rights through fostering free and open source software (FOSS) projects, driving initiatives that actively make technology more inclusive, and advancing policy strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft). Learn more.
LGPL win for routers!
SFC funded lawsuit wins rights in Germany! Users of AVM routers in Germany are now able to take advantage of the LGPL software on their routers to allow them to reinstall and reconfigure their FRITZ!Box routers. To read more about the case and why this software right-to-repair is important.
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Copyleft-next Relaunched
SFC Provides Infrastructure for License Drafting Project
July 1, 2025
Software Freedom Conservancy is pleased to announce its logistical and resource support of the copyleft-next project. Copyleft-next was relaunched this week by Richard Fontana and our own policy fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn. Fontana and Kuhn announced the relaunch to honor the many copyleft historical milestones recently: the eighteenth anniversary of GPLv3's publication this past Sunday, the thirty-fourth anniversary of GPLv2's publication in June, and the thirteenth anniversary of Fontana's original launch of copyleft-next this week.
Looking at the Location of FOSSY
May 12, 2025
Liblouis Joins Software Freedom Conservancy
March 17, 2025
SFC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Users' Rights under AGPLv3§7
January 13, 2025
Articles
Everyone is asking the wrong questions about TikTok
by on January 18, 2025
2024 End-of-Year Fundraiser Succeeds: over $480k to support software freedom
by on January 16, 2025
Karen Sandler interviews Cory Doctorow
by on January 15, 2025
Embroidery and resilient software freedom in 2025
by on January 6, 2025
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amicus curiae
“Amicus curiae” literally means “friend of the court” and is what you call someone who isn’t a party to the case but,because of their strong interest or expertise in the subject matter of the case, has information or argument that the court would find useful in reaching a decision.
