2015-10-23T11:19:25-05:00 2015-01-31 132620561 CORNICK GARBER & SANDLER LLP 825 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 990 2014-02-01 412165986 SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER INC SOFT 2125800800 1995 BROADWAY NO 17 FL NEW YORK NY 10023 EBEN MOGLEN PRES & EXEC DIRECTOR 2125800800 2015-10-26 1 MICHELE ROSENBERG P01346138 2125573900 2015-10-19 2014 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z EBEN MOGLEN 1995 BROADWAY NO 17 FL NEW YORK NY 10023 1494719 0 X WWW.SOFTWAREFREEDOM.ORG X 2005 NY PROVIDES LEGAL RESOURCES TO MEMBERS OF THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY. 4 3 8 6 0 0 1010471 1130673 550722 364031 14 15 0 0 1561207 1494719 109552 96308 0 0 765095 829576 0 0 45748 614313 610002 1488960 1535886 72247 -41167 261425 154059 254104 187905 7321 -33846 X PROVIDES LEGAL RESOURCES TO MEMBERS OF THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY. 0 0 1281253 96308 364031 SEE SCHEDULE O 1281253 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY X TANISHA MADRID 2125800800 1995 BROADWAY SUITE 1700 NEW YORK NY 10023 EBEN MOGLEN PRES, EXEC DIR, & DEV DIR 30.00 X X 164500 0 806 DIANE M PETERS SECRETARY & DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PHILIPPE AIGRAIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK WEBBINK CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 1.00 X 0 0 0 MISHI CHOUDHARY SENIOR COUNSEL 40.00 X 119754 0 12559 284254 0 13365 2 0 1 0 0 1130673 1130673 PAYMENT FOR SERVICES 541100 364031 364031 364031 15 15 1494719 364031 0 15 96308 96308 177890 138754 17789 21347 482150 399908 77502 4740 122406 99930 17715 4761 47130 38464 6807 1859 16525 16525 9216 8715 393 108 266013 217107 38419 10487 115970 112358 3022 590 6641 5420 959 262 25137 1607 23452 78 CONSULTING AND OTHER 112452 112452 SERVER AND USER EXPENSE 16187 14688 1178 321 MISCELLANEOUS 14883 12991 1646 246 UTILITIES 13321 10872 1924 525 13657 11679 1554 424 1535886 1281253 208885 45748 5895 10905 60902 81694 105000 25476 3949 353087 335359 24369 17728 39783 39783 261425 154059 99311 76244 50000 104793 111661 254104 187905 X 7321 -33846 7321 -33846 261425 154059 -41167 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1609007 1413778 1071158 1010471 1130673 6235087 1609007 1413778 1071158 1010471 1130673 6235087 4868700 1366387 3494 106 18 14 15 3647 6238734 7458108 0.21900 0.21230 X THE SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER ("SFLC") QUALIFIES AS A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITY UNDER SECTIONS 170(B)(1)(A)(VI) AND 509(A)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. SFLC'S MISSION IS TO REPRESENT, PRO BONO PUBLICO, THOSE WHOSE RELATION TO FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE GENERATES NO REVENUE STREAM FROM WHICH TRADITIONAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COUNSEL CAN BE PAID. SFLC SATISFIES THE DEFINITION OF AN ORGANIZATION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 170(C)(2)(B) OF THE CODE BECAUSE IT IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT ITS MISSION.FURTHER, SFLC NORMALLY RECEIVES A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF ITS SUPPORT FROM DIRECT OR INDIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TEST OF REG. SEC. 1.170A-9T(F)(3).AS SHOWN IN PART II, SECTION C, SFLC RECEIVED 21.90 PERCENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR 2014, AND HAS RECEIVED GREATER THAN TEN PERCENT PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EACH TAXABLE YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE. SFLC IS ENABLED IN LARGE PART TO CARRY OUT ITS PUBLIC-FACING MISSION BY VOLUNTARY DONATIONS PROVIDED BY COMMERCIAL PARTIES WHO BENEFIT FROM FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN THEIR BUSINESSES, AND WHO APPRECIATE THAT ALL PARTIES ARE BETTER OFF WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE SOFTWARE CAN MAKE IT SAFELY.THESE DONATIONS DO NOT UNDULY INFLUENCE SFLC. IN FACT, MANY OF SFLC'S LARGE DONORS DIRECTLY COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER. IN ADDITION TO THIS SUPPORT, SFLC ALSO RECEIVES DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND GRANT MAKING ORGANIZATIONS.SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2005, SFLC HAS ACTIVELY SOUGHT AND RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY WHICH IT SERVES -- NON-PROFIT MAKERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE.SFLC CURRENTLY REPRESENTS MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND WELL-ESTABLISHED FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS. SFLC'S ACTIVITIES MOSTLY INVOLVE ADVISING, COUNSELING, AND REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION, ATTRACT SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, MEMBERS OF THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.AS SET FORTH IN REG. SEC. 1.170A-9T(F)(3)(II), SFLC MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE PROGRAM FOR THE SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY WHICH IT SERVES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, SFLC HAS RECEIVED 809 DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE UNDER $500. SFLC HAS ASKED FOR THESE DONATIONS ON ITS WEBSITE AND IN ITS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT ARE FREELY DISTRIBUTED FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC. TO INCREASE ITS PUBLIC SUPPORT TEST RATIOS, SFLC HAS ALSO SENT OUT ANNUAL APPEAL LETTERS TO A BROAD AUDIENCE.SFLC IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPRISED OF EXPERTS AND LEADERS IN THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY WHO REPRESENT A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF THE VIEWS AND INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. ALL OF THE DIRECTORS THAT HAVE SERVED ON SFLC'S BOARD HAVE BEEN INDEPENDENT AND NOT AFFILIATED WITH ITS DONORS. ALL SFLC'S CURRENT DIRECTORS HAVE EITHER ACADEMIC OR NONPROFIT AFFILIATIONS AND FORMER DIRECTORS HAVE GONE ON TO TAKE GOVERNMENT AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS.SFLC IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, DEDICATED TO PROVIDING FREE LEGAL COUNSEL AND REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND NON-PROFIT MAKERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE.SFLC PROVIDES ENHANCED LONG-TERM LEGAL STABILITY TO THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY BY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE MORE THAN 50 KEY FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME TO RELY ON ITS LICENSING, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, NONPROFIT CORPORATE AND TAX LEGAL ADVICE. MANY OF SFLC'S CLIENTS ARE ALSO INCORPORATED AS NONPROFITS AND RECOGNIZED AS 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, WHILE OTHERS ARE SMALL, UNINCORPORATED VOLUNTEER ENTITIES WITHOUT REVENUE. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 241698 230849 10849 111389 104510 6879 17728 SECURITY DEPOSITS 39783 39783 DEFERRED RENT LIABILITY 111661 111661 1494719 0 1494719 0 1494719 1535886 0 1535886 0 1535886 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOUTH ASIA PROMOTE FREE OPEN SOFTWARE 96308 CHECK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCHEDULE F PART 1 SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER - INDIA SCHEUDLE F - PART I SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER ENSURES THAT ALL FUNDS TRANSFERRED TO SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER - INDIA ARE USED IN CONNECTION WITH SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER'S MISSION TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT FREE AND OPEN SOFTWARE THROUGH ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING. SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER WILL NOT TRANSFER FUNDS TO SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER - INDIA FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. X 1 1 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EBEN MOGLEN PRES, EXEC DIR, & DEV DIR 164500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 806 0 165306 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 1A IN CASES OF EMPLOYEE RELOCATION FOR SFCL'S CONVENIENCE IN RECRUITMENT AND OPERATION, SFLC MAY PAY A TEMPORARY HOUSING ALLOWANCE, IN ADDITION TO ONE-TIME RELOCATION EXPENSES. SUCH HOUSING ALLOWANCE WILL REIMBURSE EXPENSES FOR LODGING AT THE PRIMARY WORK LOCATION FOR NO LONGER THAN ONE YEAR, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED FOR A FURTHER FIXED PERIOD BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD. SUCH AN ALLOWANCE QUALIFIES AS A WORKING CONDITION FRINGE BENEFIT AND IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J. FORM 990, PART III - PROGRAM SERVICES, LINE 4A IN ADDITION TO ITS CLIENTS, SFLC ALSO PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT SERVICE TO THE GENERAL FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH, AND INFORMATION ABOUT, LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT,PUBLISHING FREELY AVAILABLE MATERIAL REGARDING ISSUES THAT CONCERN THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY AND MAKING NUMEROUS PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND OFFERING CONSULTING TO THE PUBLIC AND TRAINING TO ATTORNEYS INVOLVED WITH OR INTERESTED IN A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS RELATED TO FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LEGAL ISSUES. THE MATERIALS THAT SFLC PROVIDES ARE CREATED FOR EVERYONE, NOT FOR A SMALL DONOR BASE. FOR EXAMPLE, EBEN MOGLEN'S FREEDOM IN THE CLOUD SPEECH HAS HAD OVER 40,000 VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.COM, AND HIS SPEECH ON "INNOVATION UNDER AUSTERITY" HAS BEEN WATCHED APPROXIMATELY 20,000 TIMES ON YOUTUBE.COM. MORE RECENTLY, EBEN MOGLEN'S SERIES OF PUBLIC TALKS ON "SNOWDEN AND THE FUTURE" HAS HAD OVER 150,000 UNIQUE VISITORS ONLINE, WITH EACH OF THE 4 VIDEOS OF THE TALKS RECEIVING 30,000 - 40,000 VIEWS. THE FOLLOW UP TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM WITH BRUCE SCHNEIDER SIMILARLY RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 VIEWS. THE REPUBLICATION OF THESE LECTURES BY THE GUARDIAN REACHED MILLIONS OF THAT NEWSPAPERS' READERS. SFLC'S CLIENT LIST INCLUDES OVER 50 FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS THAT IN THIS PERIOD WERE ASSISTED BY SFLC WITH LICENSING, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, PATENT, NONPROFIT CORPORATE AND TAX LEGAL ADVICE. IN ADDITION TO ITS CLIENTS, SFLC ALSO PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT SERVICE TO THE GENERAL FOSS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH AND INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING FOSS DEVELOPMENT, PUBLISHING MATERIAL REGARDING ISSUES THAT CONCERN THE FOSS COMMUNITY AND MAKING NUMEROUS PUBLIC REPRESENTATIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS RELATING TO FOSS LEGAL ISSUES. SPECIFICALLY, DURING THE 2014 FISCAL YEAR, SFLC: GAVE AN "SFLC @ 10" TENTH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL, KEYNOTED BY HEWLETT-PACKARD CTO MARTIN FINK, PRESENTING SFLC'S WORK OVER THE LAST DECADE ON FOSS LAW ISSUES, INCLUDING COPYRIGHT COMPLIANCE, COMMUNITY PATENT DEFENSE AND LICENSING ON TRANSFER, NON-PROFIT LAW FOR FOSS PROJECTS, AND OTHER TECHNICAL AND LEGAL SUBJECTS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT SOFTWAREFREEDOM.ORG. THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS HAVE REACHED THOUSANDS OF VIEWERS; PUBLISHED THE SFLC'S GPL COMPLIANCE GUIDE SECOND EDITION, AND CONDUCTED A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL EVENTS ON THE GUIDE, IN THE US, NETHERLANDS, INDIA, KOREA AND CHINA. THE GUIDE IS PRESENTLY BEING TRANSLATED INTO KOREAN AND HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE; ASSISTED OVER 71 INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO FOSS VIA HELP@SOFTWAREFREEDOM.ORG. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FAQ RESOURCE MAKING NON-PRIVILEGED VERSIONS OF GENERALLY USEFUL RESPONSES THROUGH HELP@ AVAILABLE TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY; PROVIDED ADVICE CONCERNING CRYPTOGRAPHY EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE FOR FOSS PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, SFLC WROTE AND PROVIDED SOFTWARE TOOLING FOR EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AS FREE SOFTWARE; CONTINUED TO RUN PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC AND FIRM-SPECIFIC EDUCATION ON FOSS ISSUES, OR PARTICIPATED IN SUCH PROGRAMS ORGANIZED BY OTHERS, INCLUDING OUR SISTER ORGANIZATION SFLC INDIA, IN CHINA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS; PRESENTED AT PUBLIC EVENTS ON SECURING INTERNET FREEDOM HELD BY UNESCO, AND BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. WE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES IN BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL CONTEXT, INCLUDING INTERNET CENSORSHIP AND INTERMEDIARY LIABILITY, INNOVATION AND IPR POLICY, AND PREFERENCE FOR FOSS IN GOVERNMENT SOFTWARE ACQUISITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE FORMATION OF IT POLICY BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT; PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ADVICE INVOLVING EXPANDED USE OF FREE SOFTWARE TOOLS TO GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS IN DANGEROUS SOCIETIES; SUPPORTED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASIAN LEGAL NETWORK, A FORUM FOR PUBLIC FOSS LAW EDUCATION FOR INDUSTRY AND PRIVATE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AND EAST ASIA; GAVE PRESENTATIONS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FOSS MOVEMENT AND LICENSING AT SEVERAL MAJOR FREE SOFTWARE CONFERENCES INCLUDING LIBRE PLANET, LINUX.CONF.AU, AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FUTURE INTERNET ARCHITECTURE MEETING; PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES, SUCH AS THE FREE SOFTWARE EUROPEAN LEGAL NETWORK MEETING, THE STOCKHOLM INTERNET FORUM, THE LINUX FOUNDATION LEGAL COUNCIL SUMMIT, NET MUNDIAL BRAZIL, AND THE UN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM; SERVED ON THE CORE INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT OF CRITICAL FOSS PROGRAMS; CO-FILED WITH THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION A BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ARGUING AGAINST HEARING OF GOOGLE V. ORACLE; PRESENTED "DE-CHROMING THE CHROMEBOOK" A GUIDE FOR THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO RUN A CHROMEBOOK COMPUTER SOLELY USING FOSS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 FORM 990 IS SENT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD IN A BOARD MEETING HELD BY TELEPHONE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIRES ANNUAL WRITTEN AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY BY EACH BOARD MEMBER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED AT A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AT WHICH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS NOT PRESENT. THE DIRECTORS CONSIDER COMPARABILITY DATA, INCLUDING SALARIES REPORTED ON FORMS 990 FILED BY OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. PART VI, SECTION B - POLICIES - ITEM 15B THE COMPENSATION OF OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MOGLEN RAVICHER LLC 1995 BROADWAY - SUITE 1700 NEW YORK NY 10023 412165986 LEGAL SVCS. NY 5000 SFLC