Selenium And The Software Freedom Conservancy
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Software Freedom Conservancy acts as Selenium’s legal and financial home, holding trademarks, running contributor CLAs, signing vendor contracts, and funneling sponsorships while preserving project neutrality against VC capture; Conservancy manages 40 member projects, tracks over $200,000 in Selenium reserves, hires contractors (a web developer now rebuilding the site), runs license enforcement and policy work (including DMCA exemptions), and operates Outreachy with 400+ interns placed into open source roles.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:15Karens background
- 0:31Karens heart
- 0:52Sudden death
- 1:12Defibrillator
- 4:37Bill Gates
- 5:07Medical Devices
- 7:57Software Freedom Conservancy
- 10:19Selenium
- 12:16Neutrality
- 13:08Libra Office Crash
- 13:22I use only free software
- 13:35I use proprietary software
- 15:17How does selenium work with Conservancy
- 16:37Contracts
- 17:45License Enforcement
- 18:01Community Driven License Enforcement
- 18:50Raise Your Hand
- 19:04Licenses
- 21:14Contribution License Agreement
- 22:16Sponsorship Program
- 23:28Trademarks
- 24:27Conferences
- 27:08Outreach E
- 29:36Unconscious Bias
- 31:39Hiring Contractors
- 32:12Governance
- 32:51Financial Situation
- 37:57Software converges
- 38:07Thank you
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