Notices by Software Freedom Conservancy (conservancy@mastodon.technology)

We did it! Whether it was $42, $120, $128, $512 or any other amount, your donation helps us continue our work to fight for software freedom!

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jan/15/2020-match-achieved/

The wonderful Jeremy Allison talks about how he got involved with #softwarefreedom, the #SambaProject and Conservancy. There's still one more day to donate to our fundraiser and we're so very close to our goal! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jan/14/match-interview-allison/

While we are out of Men's Medium, we're expanding the vintage T promotion for our final day! If you bring your Supporter donation to $256+ for the 2020 fundraising season (ends tomorrow!), you too can get a vintage T! act now, just about 24 hours left! https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/#VintageT

We interviewed Daniel Vetter
about why he chose to be one of this year's matching donors! (BTW we're very very close to meeting the match, you can help us push it over the top!)

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jan/13/match-interview-vetter/

Is your old Conservancy t-shirt worn out? Do you want to get one of the last old-style vintage t-shirts so you can look old school Conservancy? We have just a few left, available to $512 or more donors. Join now at that level to get one! Details at: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/#VintageT

We are excited to announce our newest employee: Sage Sharp! Sharp joins Conservancy as our Senior Director of Diversity & Inclusion and will focus on our #Outreachy member project. More details here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2021/dec/02/sharp-newest-employee/

It's #GivingTuesday & we know that many charities are asking for your support on this day. We know it's a tough decision to select among so many good causes, but we hope you'll consider us in your giving plans. Here's a summary of our 2020 accomplishments: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/

We launched a public drafting process for the DMCA Cooperation Pledge — wherein copyright holders promise to wait 30 days before issuing DMCA takedowns against legitimate FOSS projects (ala GPLv3§8¶3). All policy wonks welcome to our transparent process! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/30/dmca-pledge/

We’ve been challenged by a group of amazing individuals to raise a total of $111,029 during our annual fundraiser. Help us get there & have your donation doubled! Please renew or begin your Conservancy support today!

https://sfconservancy.org/supporter

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/nov/24/annual-match-2020/

ICYMI: Late last week, #GitHub processed another §1201 #DMCA takedown of a #FOSS project; we made a proposal for change about how #copyright enforcement gets done in https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/13/widevine-dmca-takedown/ … We hope to see this story widely discussed, as DMCA attacks continue.

A highlight in election week: Massachusetts passed a #RightToRepair measure! Denver shares his thoughts and the email we sent to The MA Attorney General's office with advice for the implementation.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/nov/06/helping-each-other-right-to-repair/

Did you miss the GUADEC edition of "Principles of Digital Autonomy" from @o0karen0o and Molly de Blanc? See for yourself what FOSS folks are talking about! Thanks to GNOME, for posting these videos so quickly! https://youtu.be/60cwBKZFIf4

Got online learning resources to share with your fellow FOSS folk? Swing by our chat today at 2pm ET/6pm UTC on freenode, #conservancy where we'll be talking about FOSS learning and learning FOSS, including tools for adults and for kids. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/29/virtualchat2/

Today at 18:45 UT/12:45 ET, our Director of Community Operations @baconandcoconut presents "Building Ethical Software Under Capitalism" at virtual @GUADEC See you there! https://events.gnome.org/event/1/contributions/87/

Our Executive Director @o0karen0o and the amazing Molly de Blanc speak today about Digital Autonomy at virtual Guadec at 18:45 UTC, hope to "see" you there! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/17/virtguadec/

We'll be at @guadec virtually next week! We're hoping to see you there. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/17/virtguadec/

Our Policy Fellow, Bradley M. Kuhn, encourages everyone to welcome newcomer #FOSS organizations, avoid NIH & monoculture, while still vetting organizations and holding them accountable for their policies: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/09/org-proliferation/

Join us in IRC tomorrow at 2pm(ET)/6pm(UTC) in #conservancy on freenode for our weekly chat. Tomorrow is an open conversation -- no special topic. Got topics you think we could discuss in July? Let's hear 'em! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/mar/12/virtualchat/

Next month, our Executive Director @o0karen0o presents with Molly de Blanc on "Introducing Principles of Digital Autonomy" at this years virtual @guadec "see" you there! https://events.gnome.org/event/1/contributions/97/

We're looking forward to today's discussion (at 2pm ET/6pm UT) about allyship in FOSS communities and beyond. Many thanks to Ben Cotton for agreeing to facilitate. Not sure how to join us in IRC? Ping or read here, https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/mar/12/virtualchat/