Conservancy Welcomes Etherpad as a Member Project, Launches Etherpad Instance

Conservancy Welcomes Etherpad as a Member Project, Launches Etherpad Instance

July 20, 2017

Software Freedom Conservancy proudly welcomes Etherpad
as Conservancy’s newest member project. Etherpad is is a highly customizable
web-based editor providing collaborative real-time editing.

Conservancy, a public charity focused on ethical technology, is the
home of over forty member projects dedicated to developing free and open
source software. Conservancy acts as a corporate umbrella, allowing member
projects to operate as charitable initiatives without having to
independently manage their own corporate structure and administrative
services.

“We’re excited to be joining Conservancy,” said John McLear, Etherpad’s
chief maintainer. “Conservancy is well-known for its expertise in free and open source
software project administration and mentorship. Now that Etherpad is a member,
we look forward to working with Conservancy to advance our project.”

“Our staff are avid Etherpad users,” commented Karen M. Sandler,
Conservancy’s Executive Director, “and we strongly believe that free
collaboration tools like Etherpad can facilitate the growth and development
of new projects in free software and free culture. Etherpad is a great fit
for Conservancy.”

To celebrate Etherpad’s joining Conservancy, Conservancy is today launching its own Etherpad instance, which is available at pad.sfconservancy.org. Now anyone can use it to make, edit and collaborate documents.