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+Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement
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+----------------------------------
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro)
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+ - Andrea Arcangeli (Red Hat)
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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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+ - Paolo Bonzini (Red Hat)
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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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+ - Jonathan Corbet
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+ - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
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+ - Hans de Goede (Red Hat)
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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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+ - 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 (Red Hat)
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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 (Red Hat)
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+ - Tony Luck
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+ - Mike Marshall
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+ - Chris Mason
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+ - Paul E. McKenney
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+ - David S. Miller
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+ - Ingo Molnar
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+ - Kuninori Morimoto
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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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+ - Ivan Safonov
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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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+ - Heiko Stuebner
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+ - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
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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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+ - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
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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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Greg Kroah-Hartman