Software Freedom Conservancy @conservancy@mastodon.technology

Supporting Conservancy is an investment in the future of #FOSS. Help us help more member projects, offer more services, and keep advocating for the issues that affect us all. Become a Supporter today! https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/

Copyleft Conf's CFP is open! We'd love to hear from you and we'd love it if you helped us spread the word. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/11/copyleft-CFP-open/

Microsoft joins OIN -- what does it mean and what's next? https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/10/microsoft-oin-exfat/

Catch Bradley and Deb later this month at All Things Open or LISA, https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/oct/04/atopluslisa/

Our Executive Director, Karen Sandler keynotes PyGotham tomorrow & the event is sold out! We'll post video when we have it, https://2018.pygotham.org/2018/06/27/karen-m-sandler-keynote/

GPLv2 is irrevocable. @pchestek wrote a new section for the copyleft.org guide to explain how. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/sep/26/GPLv2-irrevocability/

Thanks to everyone who sent along kind words and expressed interest in supporting the Conservancy's and @outreachy's continued work to make free software and the linux kernel community a welcoming place for everyone. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/sep/20/kernelLeaders/

We hope the recent news helps people in the community take heart that *change is possible* bc there are some truly inspiring people here fighting the good fight w/@Outreachy https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/sep/20/kernelLeaders/ 💚💚💚

In addition to #OpenSourceLx #SDC18, both Bradley and @o0karen0o will also be in Berkeley next week to lead sessions at the @fsf's GPL enforcement CLE. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/sep/20/events092018/

Wondering where you can catch up with the Conservancy next week? Both Bkuhn and @baconandcoconut are on the road next week! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/sep/20/events092018/ #OpenSourceLx #SDC18

Conservancy Distinguished Technologist Bradley M. Kuhn comments on the Principles of Community Oriented #GPL enforcement, the so-called "Common Cure" for #GPL violations, and #GPL enforcement generally on #Debian project thread about GPL enforcement.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2018/09/msg00025.html

Early bird tickets for RacketCon with keynote speaker Kent Dybvig are still available -- come to St Louis! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/sep/04/racketcon2018announce/

Last 40 hrs in #Lerna project provided an opportunity to reconsider an important philosophical & policy question: "How should software freedom activists engage with other political causes through their projects?" Read @bkuhn_ebb_org 's blog post about it: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/aug/30/big-tent/

New shirts!! Thanks to @chrisjrn for the excellent design! They'll go into the mail for supporters in the next 48 hours. <3 <3 <3

Don't let your Open Source get ##commonsclaused! Read about how the #CommonsClause restricts your software freedom. Despite the opposition's rhetoric, #FOSS *is* sustainable without turning it into proprietary software; it's what we do here at #Conservancy. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/aug/22/commons-clause/

Thanks to Handshake for supporting our work and @outreachy's work!! https://sfconservancy.org/news/2018/aug/22/handshakethx/

Our Distinguished Technologist, Bradley M. Kuhn, posted some interesting thoughts on #GPL Compliance and the offer-for-source provisions: http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2018-August/020062.html

ICYMI, our Executive Director, Karen Sandler co-presented with Molly de Blanc (FSF campaigns mgr and OSI director) at DebConf this year, & the video's up now! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/aug/14/debconf2018/

As Inkscape gears up for its historic version 1.0 release, they've added a second hackfest to this year's calendar of events. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/aug/09/inkscape_kiel/

Catch our Executive Director @o0karen0o *tomorrow* at #hopeconf where she'll be talking about user freedom with Conservancy pal and @OpenSourceOrg director @mmillions (Saturday 1800 in Ritchie) #freesoftware https://www.hope.net/schedule.html#-introduction-to-user-freedom-