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1 | Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement |
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4 | As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software | |
5 | is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with the | |
6 | reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term | |
7 | sustainability of our software and community. | |
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9 | Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the | |
10 | contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that | |
11 | individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our | |
12 | community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and | |
13 | growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement | |
14 | actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development | |
15 | community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel | |
16 | on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests: | |
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18 | Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that | |
19 | it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the | |
20 | following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our | |
21 | license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the | |
22 | license. | |
23 | ||
24 | However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license | |
25 | from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, | |
26 | unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally | |
27 | terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder | |
28 | fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to | |
29 | 60 days after the cessation. | |
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31 | Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is | |
32 | reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the | |
33 | violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have | |
34 | received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that | |
35 | copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after | |
36 | your receipt of the notice. | |
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38 | Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the | |
39 | software. We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute | |
40 | this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to | |
41 | eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or | |
42 | enforcement that might limit adoption of our software. We view legal action | |
43 | as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have | |
44 | failed to resolve the problem. | |
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46 | Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel | |
47 | welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will | |
48 | be stronger. | |
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50 | Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company | |
51 | we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future. | |
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b4714784 | 53 | - Laura Abbott |
9ed95129 | 54 | - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro) |
c8a8b7e6 | 55 | - Andrea Arcangeli |
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56 | - Neil Armstrong |
57 | - Jens Axboe | |
58 | - Pablo Neira Ayuso | |
59 | - Khalid Aziz | |
60 | - Ralf Baechle | |
61 | - Felipe Balbi | |
62 | - Arnd Bergmann | |
63 | - Ard Biesheuvel | |
e16e4370 | 64 | - Tim Bird |
c8a8b7e6 | 65 | - Paolo Bonzini |
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66 | - Christian Borntraeger |
67 | - Mark Brown (Linaro) | |
68 | - Paul Burton | |
69 | - Javier Martinez Canillas | |
70 | - Rob Clark | |
71 | - Jonathan Corbet | |
513a6f75 | 72 | - Dennis Dalessandro |
9ed95129 | 73 | - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux) |
c8a8b7e6 | 74 | - Hans de Goede |
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75 | - Mel Gorman (SUSE) |
76 | - Sven Eckelmann | |
77 | - Alex Elder (Linaro) | |
78 | - Fabio Estevam | |
79 | - Larry Finger | |
80 | - Bhumika Goyal | |
81 | - Andy Gross | |
82 | - Juergen Gross | |
83 | - Shawn Guo | |
84 | - Ulf Hansson | |
d950770f | 85 | - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft) |
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86 | - Tejun Heo |
87 | - Rob Herring | |
88 | - Masami Hiramatsu | |
89 | - Michal Hocko | |
90 | - Simon Horman | |
91 | - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB) | |
92 | - Christophe JAILLET | |
93 | - Olof Johansson | |
94 | - Lee Jones (Linaro) | |
95 | - Heiner Kallweit | |
96 | - Srinivas Kandagatla | |
97 | - Jan Kara | |
98 | - Shuah Khan (Samsung) | |
99 | - David Kershner | |
100 | - Jaegeuk Kim | |
101 | - Namhyung Kim | |
102 | - Colin Ian King | |
103 | - Jeff Kirsher | |
104 | - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation) | |
105 | - Christian König | |
106 | - Vinod Koul | |
107 | - Krzysztof Kozlowski | |
108 | - Viresh Kumar | |
109 | - Aneesh Kumar K.V | |
110 | - Julia Lawall | |
c8a8b7e6 | 111 | - Doug Ledford |
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112 | - Chuck Lever (Oracle) |
113 | - Daniel Lezcano | |
114 | - Shaohua Li | |
c8a8b7e6 | 115 | - Xin Long |
9ed95129 | 116 | - Tony Luck |
b92ca54e | 117 | - Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd) |
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118 | - Mike Marshall |
119 | - Chris Mason | |
120 | - Paul E. McKenney | |
121 | - David S. Miller | |
122 | - Ingo Molnar | |
123 | - Kuninori Morimoto | |
3587cddf | 124 | - Trond Myklebust |
8e0f1168 | 125 | - Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) |
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126 | - Borislav Petkov |
127 | - Jiri Pirko | |
128 | - Josh Poimboeuf | |
129 | - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora) | |
130 | - Guenter Roeck | |
131 | - Joerg Roedel | |
132 | - Leon Romanovsky | |
133 | - Steven Rostedt (VMware) | |
134 | - Ivan Safonov | |
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135 | - Anna Schumaker |
136 | - Jes Sorensen | |
137 | - K.Y. Srinivasan | |
138 | - Heiko Stuebner | |
139 | - Jiri Kosina (SUSE) | |
707f5a0f | 140 | - Willy Tarreau |
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141 | - Dmitry Torokhov |
142 | - Linus Torvalds | |
143 | - Thierry Reding | |
144 | - Rik van Riel | |
145 | - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba) | |
19164340 | 146 | - Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com) |
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147 | - Daniel Vetter |
148 | - Linus Walleij | |
149 | - Richard Weinberger | |
150 | - Dan Williams | |
151 | - Rafael J. Wysocki | |
152 | - Arvind Yadav | |
153 | - Masahiro Yamada | |
154 | - Wei Yongjun | |
155 | - Lv Zheng | |
b92ca54e | 156 | - Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd) |