Karen M. Sandler is the executive director of the Conservancy, a pro bono counsel, and a free software enthusiast. She discussed her role leading the Conservancy, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides legal and technical support for free and open source software projects. Sandler emphasized the importance of collaboration between charitable nonprofits and getting licensing details right to balance power for developers and users.

1. Karen M. Sandler
November 17, 2016

2. I am
● Executive Director, Conservancy
● Pro bono counsel
● Free software enthusiast
● Cyborg

4. 401kcalculator.org (CC BY-SA 2.0)

5. Long term vs. Quarterly results

7. free vs. open

9. Undertaking GPL enforcement is an
eye opening exercise.

10. As a lawyer I am a trained
pessimist.

11. It's about power balance.

13. “Change
the default”

14. ContractPatch

15. Many ways to get it right

16. Support charitable nonprofits,
work together.

17. Conservancy is a 501c3 charity in the US
sfconservancy.org/donate/ x2!
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