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.
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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  - 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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