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  - Jonathan Corbet
72  - Dennis Dalessandro
73  - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
74  - Hans de Goede
75  - Mel Gorman (SUSE)
76  - Sven Eckelmann
77  - Alex Elder (Linaro)
78  - Fabio Estevam
79  - Larry Finger
80  - Bhumika Goyal
81  - Andy Gross
82  - Juergen Gross
83  - Shawn Guo
84  - Ulf Hansson
85  - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft)
86  - Tejun Heo
87  - Rob Herring
88  - Masami Hiramatsu
89  - Michal Hocko
90  - Simon Horman
91  - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB)
92  - Christophe JAILLET
93  - Olof Johansson
94  - Lee Jones (Linaro)
95  - Heiner Kallweit
96  - Srinivas Kandagatla
97  - Jan Kara
98  - Shuah Khan (Samsung)
99  - David Kershner
100  - Jaegeuk Kim
101  - Namhyung Kim
102  - Colin Ian King
103  - Jeff Kirsher
104  - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation)
105  - Christian König
106  - Vinod Koul
107  - Krzysztof Kozlowski
108  - Viresh Kumar
109  - Aneesh Kumar K.V
110  - Julia Lawall
111  - Doug Ledford
112  - Chuck Lever (Oracle)
113  - Daniel Lezcano
114  - Shaohua Li
115  - Xin Long
116  - Tony Luck
117  - Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd)
118  - Mike Marshall
119  - Chris Mason
120  - Paul E. McKenney
121  - David S. Miller
122  - Ingo Molnar
123  - Kuninori Morimoto
124  - Trond Myklebust
125  - Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
126  - Borislav Petkov
127  - Jiri Pirko
128  - Josh Poimboeuf
129  - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora)
130  - Guenter Roeck
131  - Joerg Roedel
132  - Leon Romanovsky
133  - Steven Rostedt (VMware)
134  - Frank Rowand
135  - Ivan Safonov
136  - Anna Schumaker
137  - Jes Sorensen
138  - K.Y. Srinivasan
139  - Heiko Stuebner
140  - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
141  - Willy Tarreau
142  - Dmitry Torokhov
143  - Linus Torvalds
144  - Thierry Reding
145  - Rik van Riel
146  - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
147  - Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com)
148  - Daniel Vetter
149  - Linus Walleij
150  - Richard Weinberger
151  - Dan Williams
152  - Rafael J. Wysocki
153  - Arvind Yadav
154  - Masahiro Yamada
155  - Wei Yongjun
156  - Lv Zheng
157  - Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd)
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