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| 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: | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| - Kees Cook (Google) | |
| - 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 Kรถnig | |
| - 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 | |
| - David Sterba (SUSE) | |
| - Heiko Stuebner | |
| - Jiri Kosina (SUSE) | |
| - Willy Tarreau | |
| - Dmitry Torokhov | |
| - Linus Torvalds | |
| - Thierry Reding | |
| - Rik van Riel | |
| - Luis R. Rodriguez | |
| - 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) |