2024 Fundraiser launches with historic match challenge!

[Software Freedom Conservancy]

    2024 Fundraiser launches with historic match challenge!
          $204,887 for software freedom pledged

URL: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/nov/26/2024-fundraiser/

Social media:
  https://social.sfconservancy.org/notice/AoRfduCsfCAg5tlhZ2
  https://x.com/conservancy/status/1861503209270907101

The 2024 Software Freedom Conservancy match fundraiser launches today
with an historic $204,887 match total! That means for every dollar you
donate before January 15th 2025, our generous individual matchers will
donate the same, making your donation go twice as far until we reach our
goal! SFC prides itself on being funding by individuals like you, who
believe that software freedom is a right for everyone.

Our matchers include people giving large donations but also people who
are giving small amounts as their budget allows because they care about
software freedom. This year, we're so grateful to highlight Sustainers
Kyle Wiens (CEO of iFixit), Holger Kienle, Emily Dunham, and Patrick
Masson. Look forward to some interviews about what makes software
freedom important to them and why they continue to support our mission
driven work.

We have been extremely busy this year! [0] Our pursuit of copyleft
compliance ramps up with completely new efforts like Use the Source [1]
and coalition building with Right to Repair groups. Our commitment to
diversity and inclusion within free software remains a priority, and
programs like Outreachy [2] continue to serve and grow our community.

Software Freedom Conservancy has always spoken to current issues and
trends in technology; we think it's incredibly important to stand up for
all users and our fundamental digital freedoms. In that vein we've
spoken out at various regulatory processes, technology conferences and
created an aspirational statement on generative AI. [3] We see the
technology as secondary, serving people should always be first.

Our member projects dedicated to providing freedom respecting technology
have achieved major successes this year, like the hardware project, the
OpenWrt One [4] (which will be generally available by the end of the
year), improved supply chain security [5] and high quality tooling for
open standards [6]. You can read a detailed account of what we've been
up to in our Year in Review [7].

Please renew or become a Sustainer now [8] and help us kick off this
fundraising season. 

[0] https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#YearInReview
[1] https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/
[2] https://outreachy.org/
[3] https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/25/aspirational-on-llm-generative-ai-programming/
[4] https://one.openwrt.org/
[5] https://reproducible-builds.org/success-stories/
[6] https://inkscape.org/news/2024/10/13/inkscape-launches-version-14-powerful-new-accessib/
[7] https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#YearInReview
[8] https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/