Bradley and @karen published their thoughts about the TikTok ban yesterday:
"Users (and our government) should instead insist that, to operate in the USA, that ByteDance respect the software rights and freedoms of their users by releasing both the server and App components of the software under a “free and open source” (FOSS) license.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/18/usa-should-require-bytedance-to-open-source-tiktok/
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If you believe in the waiting until the last minute, you have to make a donation right away to help us make our historic match challenge. Midnight AoE approaches.
https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
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$2^14 left! @karen is answering questions and keeping the rally going, so follow her and ask her anything about why donating to @conservancy is a great way to empower software freedom for all!
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@karen @pluralistic You can checkout the blog post and video here now! https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/15/cory-doctorow-video-interview/
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Only $18,000 left to go on our fundraiser! We're so close to getting to 4 digits!! 🥳
If you want to donate by wire transfer, email us at info@sfconservancy.org and we will give you the wire instructions.
Otherwise donate via PayPal here: https://sfconservancy.org/donate/
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SFC Executive Directory @karen recently sat down with Cory Doctorow @pluralistic to talk about software right to repair, the utility and history of DMCA exemptions, and all kinds of things related to technology and our roles as activists.
A great watch to get inspired and imagine what software freedom means for the future.
You can watch the conversation on Peertube: https://videos.trom.tf/w/q1AAL629GYMFtN6nCy15WE
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Last day of the our fundraiser and only $23,000 left to go! We're so thankful for all the support we've received so far and hope to make the last jump today. Become a sustainer today to help us reach our goal!
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Only $31,000 left to go in our fundraiser! Help us continue the good work we do in making software freedom accessible to all. We've got some many exciting things in the pipeline for this coming year, and we want you to be a part of it!
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SFC filed an amicus brief in the Neo4j suit. The brief provides detailed legal analysis as to why the AGPL holds and is relevant for this case. You can read more as well as the briefing that was filed here:
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jan/13/neo4j-amicus/
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There are 2 more days in our fundraiser and we've got just under $33,000 left to go on our match goal!
By supporting us you directly help our programs like the amazing work our copyleft compliance team does, like recently funding a winning lawsuit protecting AGPL rights within Germany!
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Great write up in @theregister about our recent AVM case: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/german_router_maker_avm_lgpl/
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Big news: a recent copyleft lawsuit we funded and supported has concluded with a very positive result for user rights! The suit, brought by a device owner in Germany, resolved with the purchaser receiving the right to repair, modify, and reinstall LGPLed software on their devices. Check out the details at https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jan/09/avm-copyleft-lawsuit-resolved-with-install/
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Thanks everyone who came to the first AMA! It was so great to hear from you as supporters of @outreachy and even current participants!
We'll be having the next one in about 10.5 hours at 02:00 UTC. Hope to see you then!
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Come join us this morning for a video Q&A with the @outreachy team, we'll be talking about the future of software freedom.
You can join our BigBlueButton here: https://bbb.sfconservancy.org/b/pon-nxm-psh-pek
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Be sure to join our @outreachy Q&A tomorrow! We want to hear from you abot what you think the future of software freedom is, and how we can all build it together!
14:00 UTC at https://bbb.sfconservancy.org/b/pon-nxm-psh-pek
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@sphakos wrote their incredible story of healing and appeal to why software freedom is more critical than ever for the SFC fundraiser this year.
Join them and others from Outreachy and SFC for Q&A video chat's this Wednesday January 8th. We want to hear from YOU about what makes Outreachy such an important piece of the future of software freedom.
You can find the details and read the whole post here:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/06/embroidery-and-resilient-software-freedom-in-2025/
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Our manufacturing and fulfillment partners have been working hard to increase availability in this run, so you can also buy the OpenWrt One at https://www.joom.com/en/products/674a99b264619101c5241442 if you prefer.
Read about the OpenWrt One and how it came to be, at our blog post: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/dec/03/openwrt-one-manufacturing-software-freedom/
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The OpenWrt One sold out the first production run within a week! It was so exciting to see how much interest there is in a free software router! We got to work right away on a second run, which is now shipping: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007795779282.html
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If you are hoping for a tax deduction in the USA, you have only about 18 hours left! https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/
Your donation will be matched in our historic match challenge.
If you have questions for SFC before you're ready to donate, in just one hour you can join the
end of the year AMA / Q&A with SFC staff! You can ask our Executive Director @karen, Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kuhn, and other staff and directors why you should donate this year.
The video chat is held on SFC's BigBlueButton. Details at: https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2024/000129.html
(SFC is a registered 501(c)(3) charity in New York. Donations are typical tax-deductible in the USA; verify with your tax advisor.)
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End of the Year AMA with @conservancy staff tonight in roughly 5 hours! Come ask our Executive Director @karen and Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kuhn all about your burning software freedom questions, and where they see our movement heading in 2025.
You can join via our BBB, to find the details checkout our announce list: https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/announce/2024/000129.html
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