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Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement |
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As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software |
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is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with the |
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reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term |
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sustainability of our software and community. |
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Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the |
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contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that |
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individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our |
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community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and |
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growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement |
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actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development |
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community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel |
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on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests: |
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Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that |
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it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the |
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following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our |
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license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the |
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license. |
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However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license |
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from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, |
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unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally |
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terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder |
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fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to |
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60 days after the cessation. |
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Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is |
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reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the |
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violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have |
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received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that |
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copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after |
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your receipt of the notice. |
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Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the |
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software. We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute |
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this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to |
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eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or |
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enforcement that might limit adoption of our software. We view legal action |
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as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have |
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failed to resolve the problem. |
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Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel |
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welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will |
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be stronger. |
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Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company |
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we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future. |
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- Laura Abbott |
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- Bjorn Andersson (Linaro) |
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- Andrea Arcangeli |
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- Neil Armstrong |
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- Jens Axboe |
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- Pablo Neira Ayuso |
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- Khalid Aziz |
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- Ralf Baechle |
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- Felipe Balbi |
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- Arnd Bergmann |
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- Ard Biesheuvel |
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- Tim Bird |
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- Paolo Bonzini |
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- Christian Borntraeger |
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- Mark Brown (Linaro) |
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- Paul Burton |
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- Javier Martinez Canillas |
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- Rob Clark |
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- Kees Cook (Google) |
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- Jonathan Corbet |
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- Dennis Dalessandro |
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- Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux) |
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- Hans de Goede |
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- Mel Gorman (SUSE) |
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- Sven Eckelmann |
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- Alex Elder (Linaro) |
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- Fabio Estevam |
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- Larry Finger |
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- Bhumika Goyal |
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- Andy Gross |
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- Juergen Gross |
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- Shawn Guo |
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- Ulf Hansson |
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- Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft) |
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- Tejun Heo |
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- Rob Herring |
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- Masami Hiramatsu |
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- Michal Hocko |
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- Simon Horman |
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- Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB) |
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- Christophe JAILLET |
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- Olof Johansson |
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- Lee Jones (Linaro) |
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- Heiner Kallweit |
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- Srinivas Kandagatla |
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- Jan Kara |
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- Shuah Khan (Samsung) |
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- David Kershner |
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- Jaegeuk Kim |
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- Namhyung Kim |
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- Colin Ian King |
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- Jeff Kirsher |
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- Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation) |
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- Christian König |
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- Vinod Koul |
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- Krzysztof Kozlowski |
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- Viresh Kumar |
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- Aneesh Kumar K.V |
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- Julia Lawall |
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- Doug Ledford |
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- Chuck Lever (Oracle) |
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- Daniel Lezcano |
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- Shaohua Li |
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- Xin Long |
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- Tony Luck |
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- Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd) |
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- Mike Marshall |
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- Chris Mason |
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- Paul E. McKenney |
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- Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo |
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- David S. Miller |
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- Ingo Molnar |
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- Kuninori Morimoto |
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- Trond Myklebust |
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- Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) |
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- Borislav Petkov |
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- Jiri Pirko |
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- Josh Poimboeuf |
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- Sebastian Reichel (Collabora) |
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- Guenter Roeck |
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- Joerg Roedel |
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- Leon Romanovsky |
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- Steven Rostedt (VMware) |
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- Frank Rowand |
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- Ivan Safonov |
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- Anna Schumaker |
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- Jes Sorensen |
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- K.Y. Srinivasan |
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- David Sterba (SUSE) |
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- Heiko Stuebner |
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- Jiri Kosina (SUSE) |
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- Willy Tarreau |
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- Dmitry Torokhov |
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- Linus Torvalds |
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- Thierry Reding |
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- Rik van Riel |
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- Luis R. Rodriguez |
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- Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba) |
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- Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com) |
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- Daniel Vetter |
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- Linus Walleij |
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- Richard Weinberger |
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- Dan Williams |
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- Rafael J. Wysocki |
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- Arvind Yadav |
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- Masahiro Yamada |
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- Wei Yongjun |
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- Lv Zheng |
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- Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd)
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