Conservancy Welcomes Etherpad as a Member Project, Launches Etherpad Instance

[Karen Sandler]

URL:

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2017/jul/20/etherpad/

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Conservancy Welcomes Etherpad as a Member Project, Launches Etherpad 
Instance

Software Freedom Conservancy proudly welcomes Etherpad as Conservancy's 
newest member project. Etherpad is is a highly customizable web-based 
editor providing collaborative real-time editing.

Conservancy, a public charity focused on ethical technology, is the home 
of over forty member projects dedicated to developing free and open 
source software. Conservancy acts as a corporate umbrella, allowing 
member projects to operate as charitable initiatives without having to 
independently manage their own corporate structure and administrative 
services.

"We're excited to be joining Conservancy," said John McLear, Etherpad's 
chief maintainer. "Conservancy is well-known for its expertise in free 
and open source software project administration and mentorship. Now that 
Etherpad is a member, we look forward to working with Conservancy to 
advance our project."

"Our staff are avid Etherpad users," commented Karen M. Sandler, 
Conservancy's Executive Director, "and we strongly believe that free 
collaboration tools like Etherpad can facilitate the growth and 
development of new projects in free software and free culture. Etherpad 
is a great fit for Conservancy."

To celebrate Etherpad's joining Conservancy, Conservancy is today 
launching its own Etherpad instance, which is available at 
pad.sfconservancy.org. Now anyone can use it to make, edit and 
collaborate documents.