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| 1 | +Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement |
| 2 | +---------------------------------- |
| 3 | + |
| 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. |
| 8 | + |
| 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: |
| 17 | + |
| 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. |
| 30 | + |
| 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. |
| 37 | + |
| 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. |
| 45 | + |
| 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. |
| 49 | + |
| 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. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro) |
| 54 | + - Andrea Arcangeli (Red Hat) |
| 55 | + - Neil Armstrong |
| 56 | + - Jens Axboe |
| 57 | + - Pablo Neira Ayuso |
| 58 | + - Khalid Aziz |
| 59 | + - Ralf Baechle |
| 60 | + - Felipe Balbi |
| 61 | + - Arnd Bergmann |
| 62 | + - Ard Biesheuvel |
| 63 | + - Paolo Bonzini (Red Hat) |
| 64 | + - Christian Borntraeger |
| 65 | + - Mark Brown (Linaro) |
| 66 | + - Paul Burton |
| 67 | + - Javier Martinez Canillas |
| 68 | + - Rob Clark |
| 69 | + - Jonathan Corbet |
| 70 | + - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux) |
| 71 | + - Hans de Goede (Red Hat) |
| 72 | + - Mel Gorman (SUSE) |
| 73 | + - Sven Eckelmann |
| 74 | + - Alex Elder (Linaro) |
| 75 | + - Fabio Estevam |
| 76 | + - Larry Finger |
| 77 | + - Bhumika Goyal |
| 78 | + - Andy Gross |
| 79 | + - Juergen Gross |
| 80 | + - Shawn Guo |
| 81 | + - Ulf Hansson |
| 82 | + - Tejun Heo |
| 83 | + - Rob Herring |
| 84 | + - Masami Hiramatsu |
| 85 | + - Michal Hocko |
| 86 | + - Simon Horman |
| 87 | + - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB) |
| 88 | + - Christophe JAILLET |
| 89 | + - Olof Johansson |
| 90 | + - Lee Jones (Linaro) |
| 91 | + - Heiner Kallweit |
| 92 | + - Srinivas Kandagatla |
| 93 | + - Jan Kara |
| 94 | + - Shuah Khan (Samsung) |
| 95 | + - David Kershner |
| 96 | + - Jaegeuk Kim |
| 97 | + - Namhyung Kim |
| 98 | + - Colin Ian King |
| 99 | + - Jeff Kirsher |
| 100 | + - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation) |
| 101 | + - Christian König |
| 102 | + - Vinod Koul |
| 103 | + - Krzysztof Kozlowski |
| 104 | + - Viresh Kumar |
| 105 | + - Aneesh Kumar K.V |
| 106 | + - Julia Lawall |
| 107 | + - Doug Ledford (Red Hat) |
| 108 | + - Chuck Lever (Oracle) |
| 109 | + - Daniel Lezcano |
| 110 | + - Shaohua Li |
| 111 | + - Xin Long (Red Hat) |
| 112 | + - Tony Luck |
| 113 | + - Mike Marshall |
| 114 | + - Chris Mason |
| 115 | + - Paul E. McKenney |
| 116 | + - David S. Miller |
| 117 | + - Ingo Molnar |
| 118 | + - Kuninori Morimoto |
| 119 | + - Borislav Petkov |
| 120 | + - Jiri Pirko |
| 121 | + - Josh Poimboeuf |
| 122 | + - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora) |
| 123 | + - Guenter Roeck |
| 124 | + - Joerg Roedel |
| 125 | + - Leon Romanovsky |
| 126 | + - Steven Rostedt (VMware) |
| 127 | + - Ivan Safonov |
| 128 | + - Ivan Safonov |
| 129 | + - Anna Schumaker |
| 130 | + - Jes Sorensen |
| 131 | + - K.Y. Srinivasan |
| 132 | + - Heiko Stuebner |
| 133 | + - Jiri Kosina (SUSE) |
| 134 | + - Dmitry Torokhov |
| 135 | + - Linus Torvalds |
| 136 | + - Thierry Reding |
| 137 | + - Rik van Riel |
| 138 | + - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba) |
| 139 | + - Daniel Vetter |
| 140 | + - Linus Walleij |
| 141 | + - Richard Weinberger |
| 142 | + - Dan Williams |
| 143 | + - Rafael J. Wysocki |
| 144 | + - Arvind Yadav |
| 145 | + - Masahiro Yamada |
| 146 | + - Wei Yongjun |
| 147 | + - Lv Zheng |
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