They primarily provide truly fantastic infrastructure and support for major projects like Git, Mercuial, Boost, PyPy, Busybox, Selenium, and more. For example, the Conservancy is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, which allows donations to those member projects to be tax-deductible in the United States. They also hold assets on behalf of projects, provide basic legal services to members, and assist in contract negotiation when a project needs to, say, rent a venue for a conference.
They're also the organizational home for Outreachy, which was formerly known as the Outreach Program for Women and run by the GNOME project.
I donated $250 last year to support those efforts, and I plan to do the same this year.
They primarily provide truly fantastic infrastructure and support for major projects like Git, Mercuial, Boost, PyPy, Busybox, Selenium, and more. For example, the Conservancy is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, which allows donations to those member projects to be tax-deductible in the United States. They also hold assets on behalf of projects, provide basic legal services to members, and assist in contract negotiation when a project needs to, say, rent a venue for a conference.
They're also the organizational home for Outreachy, which was formerly known as the Outreach Program for Women and run by the GNOME project.
I donated $250 last year to support those efforts, and I plan to do the same this year.
More info on the services provided at http://sfconservancy.org/members/services/