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| Type | 501(c)(3) |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 7, 2006 |
| Headquarters |  New York |
| Key people | President: Bradley M. Kuhn |
| Method | Software |
| Website | sfconservancy.org |
The Software Freedom Conservancy is an organization that provides a non-profit home and infrastructure for free/open source software projects.[1][2] The conservancy was established in 2006.[3][4] As of June 2011, the conservancy had 26 member projects, including Boost, BusyBox, Git, Inkscape, jQuery, Samba, Sugar Labs and Wine.[5] In October 2010, the conservancy hired its first Executive Director, Bradley M. Kuhn[6] and a year later, its first General Counsel, Tony Sebro.[7]
The conservancy has also coordinated GPL compliance and enforcement actions, primarily for the BusyBox project.[8] In May 2012 the conservancy took on GPL compliance and enforcement for several other member projects, and for a number of individual Linux kernel developers.[9][10]
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Directors [edit]
As of April 2013, the conservancy's directors were:[11][12]
- Jeremy Allison
- Peter T. Brown (Treasurer)
- Loïc Dachary
- Mark Galassi (Vice President)
- Mike Linksvayer
- Bradley M. Kuhn (President and Chair)
- Stormy Peters
Member projects [edit]
The following projects are members of the Software Freedom Conservancy:[13]
See also [edit]
- Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
- Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- Open Source Initiative (OSI)
- Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)
- Software in the Public Interest (SPI)
References [edit]
- ^ "Overview - Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Schwartz, Randal; Lynch, Dan (22 June 2011). "FLOSS Weekly 171: Software Freedom Conservancy". TWiT.tv. TWiT LLC.
- ^ ScuttleMonkey (2006-04-03). "New Conservancy Offers Gratis Services to FOSS". Slashdot. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Mozilla Grants: Software Freedom Conservancy". Mozilla.org. Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Current Member Projects - Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Software Freedom Conservancy Appoints Full-Time Executive Director". 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Tony Sebro Joins Conservancy as General Counsel". 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ Simon Phipps (2012-06-01). "Why the GPL licensing cops are the good guys". Infoworld. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- ^ Brian Proffitt (2012-05-29). "Linux kernel devs, Samba join GPL compliance effort". IT World. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "Conservancy Projects Launch Coordinated Free Software Compliance Efforts". Software Freedom Conservancy. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "Directors: Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- ^ "Officers - Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- ^ "Current Member Projects - Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ Brockmeier, Joe 'Zonker' (16 June 2011). "Evergreen Joins the Software Freedom Conservancy". Linux.com.
- ^ Brockmeier, Joe (18 January 2011). "Software Freedom Conservancy adds 25th member project: Things looking bright for Conservancy". Network World. IDG Communications, Inc.
- ^ Brockmeier, Joe (18 January 2011). "Software Freedom Conservancy adds 25th member project". Dissociated Press.
- ^ "Git and The Software Freedom Conservancy". Git. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Metalink Joins the Software Freedom Conservancy". Retrieved 2013-02-27.
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