Big news: a recent copyleft lawsuit we funded and supported has concluded with a very positive result for user rights! The suit, brought by a device owner in Germany, resolved with the purchaser receiving the right to repair, modify, and reinstall LGPLed software on their devices. Check out the details at

Software Freedom Conservancy

SFC-funded lawsuit gets software repair and reinstall for users of AVM routers

Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) today announces the conclusion of a lawsuit that we funded and supported in Germany. (As is typical with German...

@conservancy General Counsel Rick Sanders just released a blog post about the recent bans of Russian contributors in the Linux project. See his take on the situation and how it applies to your FOSS project:

Software Freedom Conservancy

Linux banned Russian contributors. Does my FOSS project need to worry about U.S. Sanctions?

Since the Linux project removed a number of entries from the MAINTAINERS file, all of whom were putatively Russian, in October, we

SFC and its OpenWrt project just released the OpenWrt One: the first router built from the hardware up by OpenWrt community. We begin today a new era in software-freedom-focused hardware design. The One puts your rights and freedoms first and an unbrickable device that will last. OpenWrt One is available today for US$89. For every purchase of the One, a US$10 donation will go to the OpenWrt earmarked fund at SFC. If you're looking to shop for gifts today, as many in the USA are, we encourage you to put the OpenWrt One on your list!

Software Freedom Conservancy

First Router Designed Specifically For OpenWrt Released

Today, we at SFC, along with our OpenWrt member project, announce the production release of the OpenWrt One. This is the first wireless Internet r...

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We're off! After a fantastic opening keynote from @npub13fle...9ycn and Bradley M. Kuhn, talks have started and #FOSSY24 is officially underway 🥳