# Software freedom conservancy **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Answers\ **Created:** [June 22, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035 "2023-06-22T12:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/1 "2023-06-22T12:23:32Z")
Hello, I noticed that Racket is member of SFC. I wonder what are the differences between SFC and FSF. ---
**Author:** ![benknoble](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/benknoble/32/16_2.png) [@benknoble](https://racket.discourse.group/u/benknoble)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/2 "2023-06-22T12:38:40Z")
I can't speak to the differences, but see this nice talk from an SFCer at (ninth RacketCon). ---
**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/3 "2023-06-22T13:13:12Z")
Sorry but the link doesn’t work. Can I find it on YouTube? Is this one? [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/2X/f/f7e7cfb42e0a316e18f3b30a025f9de37e5ff0f9.jpeg "(ninth RacketCon): Bradley M. Kuhn – Conservancy and Racket: What We Can Do Together!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Yv1FT9i-c) ---
**Author:** ![benknoble](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/benknoble/32/16_2.png) [@benknoble](https://racket.discourse.group/u/benknoble)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/4 "2023-06-22T13:54:36Z")
It is indeed. Not sure why the link didn't work, my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/5 "2023-06-22T19:22:53Z")
They handily provided descriptions that I presume are still accurate From [Software Freedom Conservancy and Free Software Foundation announce copyleft.org — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software](https://www.fsf.org/news/software-freedom-conservancy-and-free-software-foundation-announce-copyleft.org) Published on Nov 07, 2014 > ### About the Free Software Foundation > > The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at [fsf.org](http://fsf.org) and [gnu.org](http://gnu.org), are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at[https://donate.fsf.org](https://donate.fsf.org/). Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA. > > ### About Software Freedom Conservancy > > [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org/) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes, improves, develops and defends Free, Libre and Open Source software projects. Conservancy is home to more than thirty software projects, each supported by a dedicated community of volunteers, developers and users. Conservancy's projects include some of the most widely used software systems in the world across many application areas, including educational software deployed in schools around the globe, embedded software systems deployed in most consumer electronic devices, distributed version control developer tools, integrated library services systems, and widely used graphics and art programs. A [full list of Conservancy's member projects is available](https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/). Conservancy provides these projects with the necessary infrastructure and not-for-profit support services to enable each project's communities to focus on what they do best: creating innovative software and advancing computing for the public's benefit. ---
**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/6 "2023-06-23T09:34:40Z")
Thank you for the info. ---
**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/7 "2023-06-24T10:38:28Z")
I think the differences are subtle. Probably one difference is that Stallman exaggerate when he says that every software _must_ be free software. Maybe in SFC they are less strict. ---
**Author:** ![samth](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/samth/32/3_2.png) [@samth](https://racket.discourse.group/u/samth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/8 "2023-06-26T14:58:18Z")
Obviously different organizations have some philosophical differences, but more fundamentally the goal of the SFC is to assist existing projects with financial and legal matters, which is what they do for Racket. The FSF has its own projects but does not serve as a fiscal sponsor for other projects. ---
**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/software-freedom-conservancy/2035/9 "2023-06-27T07:50:28Z")
Thank you very much.