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| 3 | Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement
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| 6 | As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software
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| 7 | is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with the
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| 8 | reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term
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| 9 | sustainability of our software and community.
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| 11 | Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the
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| 12 | contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that
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| 13 | individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our
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| 14 | community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and
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| 15 | growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement
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| 16 | actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development
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| 17 | community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel
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| 18 | on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests:
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| 20 | Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that
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| 21 | it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the
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| 22 | following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our
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| 23 | license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the
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| 24 | license.
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| 26 | However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license
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| 27 | from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally,
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| 28 | unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally
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| 29 | terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder
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| 30 | fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to
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| 31 | 60 days after the cessation.
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| 33 | Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is
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| 34 | reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the
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| 35 | violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have
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| 36 | received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that
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| 37 | copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after
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| 38 | your receipt of the notice.
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| 39 |
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| 40 | Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the
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| 41 | software. We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute
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| 42 | this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to
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| 43 | eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or
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| 44 | enforcement that might limit adoption of our software. We view legal action
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| 45 | as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have
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| 46 | failed to resolve the problem.
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| 48 | Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel
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| 49 | welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will
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| 50 | be stronger.
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| 52 | Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company
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| 53 | we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future.
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| 54 |
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| 55 | - Laura Abbott
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| 56 | - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro)
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| 57 | - Andrea Arcangeli
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| 58 | - Neil Armstrong
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| 59 | - Jens Axboe
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| 60 | - Pablo Neira Ayuso
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| 61 | - Khalid Aziz
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| 62 | - Ralf Baechle
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| 63 | - Felipe Balbi
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| 64 | - Arnd Bergmann
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| 65 | - Ard Biesheuvel
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| 66 | - Tim Bird
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| 67 | - Paolo Bonzini
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| 68 | - Christian Borntraeger
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| 69 | - Mark Brown (Linaro)
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| 70 | - Paul Burton
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| 71 | - Javier Martinez Canillas
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| 72 | - Rob Clark
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| 73 | - Kees Cook (Google)
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| 74 | - Jonathan Corbet
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| 75 | - Dennis Dalessandro
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| 76 | - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
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| 77 | - Hans de Goede
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| 78 | - Mel Gorman (SUSE)
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| 79 | - Sven Eckelmann
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| 80 | - Alex Elder (Linaro)
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| 81 | - Fabio Estevam
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| 82 | - Larry Finger
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| 83 | - Bhumika Goyal
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| 84 | - Andy Gross
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| 85 | - Juergen Gross
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| 86 | - Shawn Guo
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| 87 | - Ulf Hansson
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| 88 | - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft)
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| 89 | - Tejun Heo
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| 90 | - Rob Herring
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| 91 | - Masami Hiramatsu
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| 92 | - Michal Hocko
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| 93 | - Simon Horman
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| 94 | - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB)
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| 95 | - Christophe JAILLET
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| 96 | - Olof Johansson
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| 97 | - Lee Jones (Linaro)
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| 98 | - Heiner Kallweit
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| 99 | - Srinivas Kandagatla
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| 100 | - Jan Kara
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| 101 | - Shuah Khan (Samsung)
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| 102 | - David Kershner
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| 103 | - Jaegeuk Kim
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| 104 | - Namhyung Kim
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| 105 | - Colin Ian King
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| 106 | - Jeff Kirsher
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| 107 | - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation)
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| 108 | - Christian König
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| 109 | - Vinod Koul
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| 110 | - Krzysztof Kozlowski
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| 111 | - Viresh Kumar
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| 112 | - Aneesh Kumar K.V
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| 113 | - Julia Lawall
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| 114 | - Doug Ledford
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| 115 | - Chuck Lever (Oracle)
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| 116 | - Daniel Lezcano
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| 117 | - Shaohua Li
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| 118 | - Xin Long
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| 119 | - Tony Luck
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| 120 | - Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd)
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| 121 | - Mike Marshall
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| 122 | - Chris Mason
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| 123 | - Paul E. McKenney
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| 124 | - Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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| 125 | - David S. Miller
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| 126 | - Ingo Molnar
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| 127 | - Kuninori Morimoto
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| 128 | - Trond Myklebust
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| 129 | - Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
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| 130 | - Borislav Petkov
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| 131 | - Jiri Pirko
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| 132 | - Josh Poimboeuf
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| 133 | - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora)
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| 134 | - Guenter Roeck
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| 135 | - Joerg Roedel
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| 136 | - Leon Romanovsky
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| 137 | - Steven Rostedt (VMware)
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| 138 | - Frank Rowand
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| 139 | - Ivan Safonov
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| 140 | - Anna Schumaker
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| 141 | - Jes Sorensen
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| 142 | - K.Y. Srinivasan
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| 143 | - David Sterba (SUSE)
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| 144 | - Heiko Stuebner
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| 145 | - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
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| 146 | - Willy Tarreau
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| 147 | - Dmitry Torokhov
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| 148 | - Linus Torvalds
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| 149 | - Thierry Reding
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| 150 | - Rik van Riel
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| 151 | - Luis R. Rodriguez
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| 152 | - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
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| 153 | - Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com)
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| 154 | - Daniel Vetter
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| 155 | - Linus Walleij
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| 156 | - Richard Weinberger
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| 157 | - Dan Williams
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| 158 | - Rafael J. Wysocki
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| 159 | - Arvind Yadav
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| 160 | - Masahiro Yamada
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| 161 | - Wei Yongjun
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| 162 | - Lv Zheng
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| 163 | - Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd)
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