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.
Copilot and Principles
In the ongoing class action lawsuit against GitHub, Microsoft and OpenAI, we continue to call on the plaintiffs to prioritize copyleft compliance above financial compensation.
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January 16, 2023
Conservancy submits comments to FTC for free software labeling
December 21, 2022
Announcing FOSSY, July 13-16 in Portland Oregon!
December 7, 2022
Articles
Call for Community-Led Tracks at FOSSY
by on January 31, 2023
(Software) Repair info on EnergyGuide labels: Conservancy replies to FTC's request
by on December 21, 2022
Supporter Interview with Jondale Stratton
by on December 12, 2022
Matcher interview with Justin Flory
by on November 30, 2022
How we all develop and support free software
by on November 29, 2022
Term of the week
FOSS commons
The Digital Library of the Commons defines “commons” as “a general term for shared resources in which each stakeholder has an equal interest”. The FOSS commons refers to a commons for free and open source software (FOSS) (See also software freedom).
