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.
Vizio Lawsuit
Software Freedom Conservancy has filed a Motion for Remand in our lawsuit against Vizio for their flagrant GPL & LGPL violations
More informationWe recently filed a Motion for Remand in our lawsuit against Vizio for their flagrant GPL violations, alleged with great detail in our complaint in California state court. This skirmish in what will likely be a long lawsuit is of particular interest, because the issues explored directly address one fundamental legal truth of the GPL: it simultaneously operates as a copyright license granted by the copyright holders and as a contract that benefits everyone in the software supply chain — most importantly, the consumers at the end of that supply chain. Read more…
News
Fundraising match goal reached (and surpassed) in record time!
January 6, 2022
Software Freedom Conservancy donors challenged with largest match yet
November 23, 2021
Software Freedom Conservancy's DMCA Exemption Requests Granted for Alternate Router Firmware, Copyleft Compliance Investigation and More
October 28, 2021
Articles
Matcher Interview - Tony Sebro
by on January 3, 2022
Outreachy's Grant Funding: Ford Foundation, ARDC and most recently CZI!
by on December 30, 2021
One More Small Step Toward The Right to Software Repair
by on December 28, 2021
Matcher Interview - Mark Galassi
by on December 27, 2021
On Non-Fungible Tokens, Faces of Our Leadership, and Supporting Artists
by on December 23, 2021
Term of the week
right-to-repair software
The ability to repair the software on your device in the same way you can repair the physical aspects of your tools. Software Freedom Conservancy asserts that this right is overlooked and needs additional legal protections (as the FTC has agreed with) to protect consumers. Software Freedom Conservancy focuses specifically on the right to software repair; other great organizations like the Repair Association focus on the right to hardware repair. The two rights go hand-in-hand in our modern world where nearly all electronic devices also have small computers inside them.
