Software Freedom Conservancy
Software Freedom Conservancy is a not-for-profit charity 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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Recent News
Daniel Pono Takamori is Conservancy's Newest Employee
May 13, 2021
Software Freedom Conservancy is pleased to announce that Daniel Pono Takamori has joined as Community Organizer and Nonprofit Problem Solver.
Pono at Broken Top in Oregon
© Daniel Pono Takamori, CC BY-SA 4.0
Takamori brings a wealth of skills acquired in his previous positions at other prestigious FOSS organizations, including the Linux Foundation, the Apache Software Foundation and the Oregon State University Open Source Lab. Takamori has spoken on a variety of topics at FOSS events, including recently as a keynoter at SeaGL.
Conservancy Blog
It Matters Who Owns Your Copylefted Copyrights
by on June 30, 2021
Throughout the history of FOSS, copyright assignment has simultaneously been controversial and accepted as the norm in our FOSS communities. This paradox, I believe, stems entirely from some key misunderstandings that perpetuate. This issue requires urgent discussion, as two of the most important FOSS projects in history (GCC and glibc) are right now considering substantial and swift changes to long-standing copyright policies that date back to the 1980s. This essay works through the policies nuances, and will hopefully assist FOSS contributors as they make difficult decisions about copyright ownership for their projects.
Come chat with us at general@chat.sfconservancy.org 🎉
by on June 21, 2021
Last Thursday we launched our new chat platform chat.sfconservancy.org! Conservancy's main chat room, which used to be on Freenode, is now available at the following locations:
- The primary room, on XMPP at general@chat.sfconservancy.org (also via the web)
- A bridged IRC room, at #conservancy on irc.libera.chat
- The bridged room that Matrix provides, at #xmpp_general_chat.sfconservancy.org:matrix.org
I'm Pono Your New Community Organizer
by on May 18, 2021
Hi there, my name is Daniel Pono Takamori and I'm the new Community Organizer and Nonprofit Problem Solver here at Conservancy! My background is in running free software as infrastructure so you might've filed a ticket with me somewhere in the past :) I'm looking forward to this new non-technical role as community support. Being able to bring my skills to help further software freedom here at Conservancy is a very exciting new chapter to me. With projects ranging from programming languages to make programming languages, to community building and mentorship programs, the breadth and spread of projects is incredible. Conservancy projects really help keep you grounded in the varied relationships all people have with software. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to learn from people with different backgrounds, approaches and lived experiences.Follow Conservancy
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