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0003 Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement
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0006 As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software
0007 is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with the
0008 reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term
0009 sustainability of our software and community.
0010
0011 Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the
0012 contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that
0013 individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our
0014 community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and
0015 growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement
0016 actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development
0017 community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel
0018 on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests:
0019
0020 Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that
0021 it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the
0022 following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our
0023 license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the
0024 license.
0025
0026 However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license
0027 from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally,
0028 unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally
0029 terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder
0030 fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to
0031 60 days after the cessation.
0032
0033 Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is
0034 reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the
0035 violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have
0036 received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that
0037 copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after
0038 your receipt of the notice.
0039
0040 Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the
0041 software. We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute
0042 this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to
0043 eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or
0044 enforcement that might limit adoption of our software. We view legal action
0045 as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have
0046 failed to resolve the problem.
0047
0048 Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel
0049 welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will
0050 be stronger.
0051
0052 Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company
0053 we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future.
0054
0055 - Laura Abbott
0056 - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro)
0057 - Andrea Arcangeli
0058 - Neil Armstrong
0059 - Jens Axboe
0060 - Pablo Neira Ayuso
0061 - Khalid Aziz
0062 - Ralf Baechle
0063 - Felipe Balbi
0064 - Arnd Bergmann
0065 - Ard Biesheuvel
0066 - Tim Bird
0067 - Paolo Bonzini
0068 - Christian Borntraeger
0069 - Mark Brown (Linaro)
0070 - Paul Burton
0071 - Javier Martinez Canillas
0072 - Rob Clark
0073 - Kees Cook (Google)
0074 - Jonathan Corbet
0075 - Dennis Dalessandro
0076 - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
0077 - Hans de Goede
0078 - Mel Gorman (SUSE)
0079 - Sven Eckelmann
0080 - Alex Elder (Linaro)
0081 - Fabio Estevam
0082 - Larry Finger
0083 - Bhumika Goyal
0084 - Andy Gross
0085 - Juergen Gross
0086 - Shawn Guo
0087 - Ulf Hansson
0088 - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft)
0089 - Tejun Heo
0090 - Rob Herring
0091 - Masami Hiramatsu
0092 - Michal Hocko
0093 - Simon Horman
0094 - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB)
0095 - Christophe JAILLET
0096 - Olof Johansson
0097 - Lee Jones (Linaro)
0098 - Heiner Kallweit
0099 - Srinivas Kandagatla
0100 - Jan Kara
0101 - Shuah Khan (Samsung)
0102 - David Kershner
0103 - Jaegeuk Kim
0104 - Namhyung Kim
0105 - Colin Ian King
0106 - Jeff Kirsher
0107 - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation)
0108 - Christian König
0109 - Vinod Koul
0110 - Krzysztof Kozlowski
0111 - Viresh Kumar
0112 - Aneesh Kumar K.V
0113 - Julia Lawall
0114 - Doug Ledford
0115 - Chuck Lever (Oracle)
0116 - Daniel Lezcano
0117 - Shaohua Li
0118 - Xin Long
0119 - Tony Luck
0120 - Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd)
0121 - Mike Marshall
0122 - Chris Mason
0123 - Paul E. McKenney
0124 - Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
0125 - David S. Miller
0126 - Ingo Molnar
0127 - Kuninori Morimoto
0128 - Trond Myklebust
0129 - Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
0130 - Borislav Petkov
0131 - Jiri Pirko
0132 - Josh Poimboeuf
0133 - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora)
0134 - Guenter Roeck
0135 - Joerg Roedel
0136 - Leon Romanovsky
0137 - Steven Rostedt (VMware)
0138 - Frank Rowand
0139 - Ivan Safonov
0140 - Anna Schumaker
0141 - Jes Sorensen
0142 - K.Y. Srinivasan
0143 - David Sterba (SUSE)
0144 - Heiko Stuebner
0145 - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
0146 - Willy Tarreau
0147 - Dmitry Torokhov
0148 - Linus Torvalds
0149 - Thierry Reding
0150 - Rik van Riel
0151 - Luis R. Rodriguez
0152 - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
0153 - Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com)
0154 - Daniel Vetter
0155 - Linus Walleij
0156 - Richard Weinberger
0157 - Dan Williams
0158 - Rafael J. Wysocki
0159 - Arvind Yadav
0160 - Masahiro Yamada
0161 - Wei Yongjun
0162 - Lv Zheng
0163 - Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd)
