Today I went to flick a bucks to Inkscape (for the first time) and learnt about the Software Freedom Conservancy and their double dollars fundraiser. 

They're trying to raise $204,188. You can donate to them directly or to one of the projects that they provide services to: [https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/](https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/)

Check out this list!

* ArgoUML
* Backdrop CMS
* Bongo
* Buildbot
* BusyBox
* Common Workflow Language
* coreboot
* Darcs
* Debian Copyright Aggregation Project
* Etherpad
* FreeDV
* Gevent
* Git
* GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers
* Harvey OS
* Houdini
* Inkscape
* Institute for Computing in Research
* K-3D
* Kallithea
* Liblouis
* LibreHealth
* libssh
* Linux XIA
* Mercurial
* Metalink
* MicroBlocks
* OpenTripPlanner
* OpenWrt
* Outreachy
* phpMyAdmin
* QEMU
* Reproducible Builds
* Samba
* Selenium
* Sourceware
* Squeak
* SurveyOS
* SWIG
* Teaching Open Source
* Wine
* Xapian
* Xorg



Some other interesting things I learnt about...



They run an open source internship program called Outreachy where the participants contribute to open source software - [https://www.outreachy.org/](https://www.outreachy.org/)

>Outreachy provides internships to anyone from any background who faces underrepresentation, systemic bias, or discrimination in the technical industry where they are living.

  


They're suing a TV company I've never heard of (Vizio) because their TV's run Linux but Vizio won't share the source code. SFC wants the code to *"develop an open-source version of the operating system that was more customizable and didn't track users to show them ads."*

There's some interesting implications for how they're doing it as well, "that SFC has a right \[to the source code\] as a third-party beneficary under GPLv2"  - https://blog.fossity.com/open-source-software-enforcement-expands-vizio-case/. They also have a write up on their website https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/10/sfc-updates-motion-for-summary-adjudication-vizio/. 



And they've made a router that runs OpenWRT (called "OpenWrt One") that was made to be easy to repair  - https://sfconservancy.org/activities/openwrt-one.html.

  
They do a few other things as well but that was the stuff that stood out for me.

TIL about the Software Freedom Conservancy and that they are running a "double dollars" / donation matching fundraiser until 15 January