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I donated and you should too. https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ You get a t-shirt and your name/company publicly listed
by logn 11y ago
I donated and you should too. https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/ You get a t-shirt and your name/company publicly listed as a supporter (if you want). They're a charity, for tax purposes.
More importantly, they use their money efficiently and have tangible positive results.
Unfortunately due to the VMware lawsuit they've lost some corporate sponsors. Note that on the whole, their GPL enforcement is not litigious and not profitable. And that's just one part of their overall mission.
- sanxiyn 11y agoI donated. Find my name here: http://sfconservancy.org/sponsors/ http://sfconservancy.org/sponsors/ For people searching: logn's donation is credited as "Machine Publishers, LLC".
- warp 11y agoI donated as well, the "use their money efficiently and have tangible positive results" seems especially true. I used to be an FSF member, but with all the different things they do it's hard to get an idea of whether they're spending it on the things I care about. The Software Freedom Conservancy seems more focused and working on things I care about. Remember that Git, Mercurial and many other important projects are Software Freedom Conservancy members.
- chei0aiV 11y agoI wonder which corporate sponsor they lost and what the reason was? Was it just a co-incidence or was the sponsor supportive of VMware's alleged GPL violations?