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