2014-12-05T14:37:54-06:00 2014-01-31 132620561 CORNICK GARBER & SANDLER LLP 825 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022 990 2013-02-01 412165986 SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER INC SOFT 2125800800 1995 BROADWAY NO 17TH F NEW YORK NY 10023 EBEN MOGLEN PRES & EXEC DIRECTOR 2125800800 2014-12-05 1 MICHELE ROSENBERG P01346138 2125573900 2014-12-04 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z EBEN MOGLEN 1995 BROADWAY NO 17TH F NEW YORK NY 10023 1561207 0 X WWW.SOFTWAREFREEDOM.ORG X 2005 NY PROVIDES LEGAL RESOURCES TO MEMBERS OF THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY. 4 3 9 7 0 0 1071158 1010471 138900 550722 18 14 0 0 1210076 1561207 72840 109552 0 0 680957 765095 0 0 50455 569495 614313 1323292 1488960 -113216 72247 138340 261425 203266 254104 -64926 7321 X PROVIDES LEGAL RESOURCES TO MEMBERS OF THE FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY. 0 0 1228776 109552 550722 SEE SCHEDULE O 1228776 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 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, & DIR OF DEV. 30.00 X X 197916 0 806 DIANE M PETERS SECRETARY & DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PHILIPPE AIGRAIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK WEBBINK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MISHI CHOUDHARY SENIOR COUNSEL 40.00 X 119500 0 14149 317416 0 14955 2 0 1 0 0 1010471 1010471 PAYMENT FOR SERVICES 541100 550722 550722 550722 14 14 1561207 550722 0 14 109552 109552 198722 155003 19872 23847 408748 333725 70497 4526 111782 90153 16526 5103 45843 37172 6603 2068 17800 17800 5730 3742 1988 262092 210869 39007 12216 130296 126504 3792 6184 4976 920 288 27249 1325 25847 77 CONSULTING AND OTHER 106644 106644 SERVER AND USER EXPENSE 15654 14623 786 245 UTILITIES 13325 10722 1982 621 TELEPHONE 13152 10583 1956 613 16187 13183 2153 851 1488960 1228776 209729 50455 3314 5895 33648 60902 105000 38468 25476 353087 328718 23127 24369 39783 39783 138340 261425 68742 99311 43000 50000 91524 104793 203266 254104 X -64926 7321 -64926 7321 138340 261425 72247 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1350642 1609007 1413778 1071158 1010471 6455056 1350642 1609007 1413778 1071158 1010471 6455056 5083196 1371860 1949 3494 106 18 14 5581 6460637 7478446 0.21230 0.26450 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 21.23 PERCENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR 2013, 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 747 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 TESTS, 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 ANY OF ITS DONORS. ALL OF 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, COMPLETELY 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. 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X 1 1 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EBEN MOGLEN PRES, EXEC DIR, & DIR OF DEV. 197916 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 806 0 198722 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. EBEN MOGLEN PRESDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FUND DEFICIT X 50000 50000 0 1 1 50000 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. 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 2013 FISCAL YEAR, SFLC: GAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS ABOUT FREE SOFTWARE AND RELATED LEGAL ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CLASSES; GAVE PUBLIC TALKS ON FREE SOFTWARE LEGAL ISSUES TO COMMUNITY PARTIES AND CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS ON COMMUNITY LEGAL ISSUES TO INDUSTRY LAWYERS IN EDINBURGH, BRUSSELS, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, SAN DIEGO AND SHENZHEN, CHINA; REPRESENTED SEVERAL FREE SOFTWARE PROJECTS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES REGARDING TRADEMARK RIGHTS; REPRESENTED OTHER PROJECTS IN APPLYING FOR U.S. AND NON-U.S. TRADEMARKS; PUBLISHED NEWS ITEMS AND BLOG POSTS ON SEVERAL LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING FREE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF BITCOIN AND OTHER VIRTUAL CURRENCIES BY FREE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; ADVISED SEVERAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR TAX-EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; GAVE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS TO EDUCATE FREE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEYS ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES, THE 501(C)(3) APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; ADVISED CLIENTS ON COMPATIBILITY OF EXISTING FREE SOFTWARE LICENSES WITH NEW CREATIVE COMMONS 4.0 LICENSES; PARTICIPATED IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES IN BALI, INDONESIA, AND NEW DELHI, INDIA; FILED A BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE ON BEHALF OF FREE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY PARTIES IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN CLS BANK V. ALICE CORP.; CONDUCTED NEGOTIATIONS FOR COPYRIGHT ASSIGNMENT TO CLIENTS OR OTHER RELATED ISSUES WITH COMMERCIAL PARTIES INCLUDING AEC/ ROLLS ROYCE, SAMSUNG, HUAWEI, ETC.; ADVISED CLIENTS ON PATENT DEFENSE AGAINST PRACTICING AND NON-PRACTICING ENTITIES SEEKING TO ASSERT OR LICENSE CLAIMS TO COMMUNITY PARTIES; PROVIDED ENCRYPTION EXPORT CONTROL ADVICE TO COMMUNITY CLIENTS AND THEIR BUSINESS USERS. 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