1Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement
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4As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software
5is used and how the license for our software is enforced.  Compliance with the
6reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term
7sustainability of our software and community.
8
9Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the
10contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that
11individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our
12community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and
13growth of our software ecosystem.  In order to deter unhelpful enforcement
14actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development
15community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel
16on 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.
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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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38Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the
39software.  We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute
40this software.  We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to
41eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or
42enforcement that might limit adoption of our software.  We view legal action
43as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have
44failed to resolve the problem.
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46Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel
47welcome to join us in our efforts on this project.  Working together, we will
48be stronger.
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50Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company
51we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future.
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53  - Laura Abbott
54  - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro)
55  - Andrea Arcangeli
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
64  - Tim Bird
65  - Paolo Bonzini
66  - Christian Borntraeger
67  - Mark Brown (Linaro)
68  - Paul Burton
69  - Javier Martinez Canillas
70  - Rob Clark
71  - Kees Cook (Google)
72  - Jonathan Corbet
73  - Dennis Dalessandro
74  - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
75  - Hans de Goede
76  - Mel Gorman (SUSE)
77  - Sven Eckelmann
78  - Alex Elder (Linaro)
79  - Fabio Estevam
80  - Larry Finger
81  - Bhumika Goyal
82  - Andy Gross
83  - Juergen Gross
84  - Shawn Guo
85  - Ulf Hansson
86  - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft)
87  - Tejun Heo
88  - Rob Herring
89  - Masami Hiramatsu
90  - Michal Hocko
91  - Simon Horman
92  - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB)
93  - Christophe JAILLET
94  - Olof Johansson
95  - Lee Jones (Linaro)
96  - Heiner Kallweit
97  - Srinivas Kandagatla
98  - Jan Kara
99  - Shuah Khan (Samsung)
100  - David Kershner
101  - Jaegeuk Kim
102  - Namhyung Kim
103  - Colin Ian King
104  - Jeff Kirsher
105  - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation)
106  - Christian König
107  - Vinod Koul
108  - Krzysztof Kozlowski
109  - Viresh Kumar
110  - Aneesh Kumar K.V
111  - Julia Lawall
112  - Doug Ledford
113  - Chuck Lever (Oracle)
114  - Daniel Lezcano
115  - Shaohua Li
116  - Xin Long
117  - Tony Luck
118  - Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd)
119  - Mike Marshall
120  - Chris Mason
121  - Paul E. McKenney
122  - David S. Miller
123  - Ingo Molnar
124  - Kuninori Morimoto
125  - Trond Myklebust
126  - Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
127  - Borislav Petkov
128  - Jiri Pirko
129  - Josh Poimboeuf
130  - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora)
131  - Guenter Roeck
132  - Joerg Roedel
133  - Leon Romanovsky
134  - Steven Rostedt (VMware)
135  - Frank Rowand
136  - Ivan Safonov
137  - Anna Schumaker
138  - Jes Sorensen
139  - K.Y. Srinivasan
140  - David Sterba (SUSE)
141  - Heiko Stuebner
142  - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
143  - Willy Tarreau
144  - Dmitry Torokhov
145  - Linus Torvalds
146  - Thierry Reding
147  - Rik van Riel
148  - Luis R. Rodriguez
149  - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
150  - Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com)
151  - Daniel Vetter
152  - Linus Walleij
153  - Richard Weinberger
154  - Dan Williams
155  - Rafael J. Wysocki
156  - Arvind Yadav
157  - Masahiro Yamada
158  - Wei Yongjun
159  - Lv Zheng
160  - Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd)
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