#641,723 OF 825,420 IN NONPROFITS
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AI Visibility Scorecard
fossdef.org
fossdef.org · Nonprofits
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl fossdef.org, but the structured-data signals are thin - you are at real risk of being skipped when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity for a recommendation.
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In the Engagemii AEO index
#641,723 of 825,420 in Nonprofits for AI visibility
4
AEO Visibility
iNear-invisible · 3.6/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About fossdef.org
from our crawl and measurement
Free & Open Source Defense Fund is a business whose own site puts it this way: "Free & Open Source Defense FundOpen Letter to the Open Source Software IndustrySince the release of PGP in the early 1990s, code has been treated as protected speech by the 1st Amendment of." When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 3.6 out of 10.
Our crawl found a readable heading structure. It is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a sitemap.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Strong
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Weak
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Fair
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Good
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Weak
Little domain authority yet.
Reference Presence
Weak
Not in AI knowledge graphs yet.
News & Press
Weak
No press coverage found yet.
Community
Weak
No community discussion yet.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 3.6/10, fossdef.org is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do?
Ensure this letter reaches far and wide. All open source developers need to raise the concerns of the risk they now suddenly bear.Make the defendants whole. We have already given great personal sacrifice, both in time and money, to make it this far. With support, we can win the case and avoid a damaging precedent that would put open source software developers on the hook. Please see donation information here.
How can I donate?
We are no longer taking donations. Thank you to everyone that donated. Your support made a difference.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on September 24, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/fossdef-org
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for fossdef.org." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/fossdef-org
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