Software Freedom Conservancy
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501(c)(3) | |
Location |
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Fields | Software |
Key people | Karen Sandler (executive director) Bradley M. Kuhn ("Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence") |
Revenue (2020) | $2,970,607[1] |
Website | sfconservancy |
Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. (also known as "Conservancy") is an organization that provides a
History
In 2007 Conservancy started coordinating
In October 2010, Conservancy hired its first
In February 2015, the
By July 2015 Conservancy had reached 30 member projects, including
In May 2016,
In November 2017, Conservancy reported that the Software Freedom Law Center had demanded the invalidation of the SFC's trademark.[13][non-primary source needed]
In June 2022, in reaction to the GitHub Copilot licensing controversy, Conservancy introduced their "Give Up GitHub" campaign.[14][15] The campaign urged open source developers to move away from GitHub to Codeberg or Sourcehut, or to self-hosted platforms.[14]
Litigation
In July 2010, Conservancy announced it had prevailed in court against
In March 2015, Conservancy announced it was funding litigation by Christoph Hellwig against
The case was taken up by the district court of Hamburg, Germany, where it was dismissed on procedural grounds, and then the same on appeal. Since by that point VMware was about to remove the copyleft material from its productfor reasons unrelated to the litigation,[19] Hellwig decided not to appeal further.[20]
See also
- Apache Software Foundation
- Free Software Foundation
- Open Source Initiative
- Software Freedom Law Center
- Software in the Public Interest
References
- ^ Roberts, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon (May 9, 2013). "Software Freedom Conservancy Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
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- ^ Phipps, Simon (June 1, 2012). "Why the GPL licensing cops are the good guys". Infoworld. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ "Software Freedom Conservancy Appoints Full-Time Executive Director". October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Tony Sebro Joins Conservancy as General Counsel". September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ Brian Proffitt (May 29, 2012). "Linux kernel devs, Samba join GPL compliance effort". IT World. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ^ "Conservancy Projects Launch Coordinated Free Software Compliance Efforts". Software Freedom Conservancy. May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ^ "Karen Sandler joins Conservancy's Management Team". March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ Bhati, Monika (April 1, 2014). "Karen Sandler resigns as GNOME Foundation's executive director". Muktware. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "Outreach Program to Join Conservancy from GNOME; Program Renames to Outreachy". Software Freedom Conservancy. February 4, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ "Current Member Projects - Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Yorba Assigns Shotwell and Geary Copyrights to Software Freedom Conservancy". May 10, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "SFLC Files Bizarre Legal Action Against Its Former Client". Software Freedom Conservancy. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "Give Up Github!". Software Freedom Conservancy. June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ Claburn, Thomas (June 30, 2022). "Open source body quits GitHub, urges you to do the same". The Register. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "Conservancy Receives Default Judgment For BusyBox GPL Enforcement". Software Freedom Conservancy. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ "Conservancy Announces Funding for GPL Compliance Lawsuit". Software Freedom Conservancy. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Phipps, Simon (March 5, 2015). "VMware heads to court over GPL violations". InfoWorld. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ "VMware's Update to Mr. Hellwig's Legal Proceedings". VMware. March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "VMware Suit Concludes in Germany". Software Freedom Conservancy. Retrieved January 19, 2024.