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FOSSY Our annual community-oriented conference. Outreachy Internships for those who face under­representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in tech. Hiring SFC is hiring! Tools Member Projects We provide non-profit infrastructure and services to our members creating Free/Libre and Open Source Software. Use The Source Our tool for evaluating the source code candidates companies must provide for GPLed software. OpenWrt One We designed and built the first ever wireless Internet router designed with software freedom and right to repair in mind. Learn The Corresponding Source A bi-weekly oggcast about legal, policy, and many other issues in the Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) world.  Glossary of Terms A list of terms you might be unfamiliar with but occur frequently in our work. FAQ About the Vizio Lawsuit Your most frequently asked questions about the Vizio lawsuit, answered in one place. Donate Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the right to repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and defend these rights through fostering free and open source software (FOSS) projects, driving initiatives that actively make technology more inclusive, and advancing policy strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft). Learn more. Give Up GitHub! Today is an excellent day to give up GitHub, particularly given their disingenuous position regarding the California Artificial Intelligence Transparency Act & its proposed amendments under CA SB 1000. (watch on Youtube) News Mark J. Wielaard receives 2ⁿᵈ Annual Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom Long-time Free and Open Source Software contributor honored at SFC's FOSSY Event August 12, 2026 This weekend — at FOSSY 2026, Software Freedom Conservancy honored Mark J. Wielaard — decades-long GNU contributor, Valgrind and Elfutils maintainer, and Sourceware volunteer with the second annual Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom. The award included a laser-etched lucite trophy and a cash award of one billion binary USD (US$1,024 for those who prefer decimal). Photo of Mark J. Wielaard holding award, copyright Mark J. Wielaard , CC-BY 3.0 Read More… Right to Repair Fundraiser Goal Reached July 16, 2026 LLM Backed Generative AI Recommendations June 18, 2026 Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations May 18, 2026 Articles My Introductory Comments for Mark Wielaard's 2026 Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom by Bradley M. Kühn on August 12, 2026 GitHub & other LLM-gen-AI Companies Urge You to Misdirect California Legislature on FOSS Licensing! by Bradley M. Kühn on July 3, 2026 Ethical and Moral Considerations in Proprietary Software Usage by Bradley M. Kühn on June 2, 2026 Dealing with Incomplete Copyleft Source That Doesn't Correspond by Bradley M. Kühn on May 17, 2026 AGPLv3§7¶4 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware by Bradley M. Kühn on April 16, 2026 Subscribe to our email list RSS feed Follow us Main Page Contact Sponsors RSS Feed Donate Software Freedom Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity. Privacy Policy last updated 22 December 2020. This page and its contents are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.