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3Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement
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6As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software
7is used and how the license for our software is enforced.  Compliance with the
8reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term
9sustainability of our software and community.
10
11Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the
12contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that
13individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our
14community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and
15growth of our software ecosystem.  In order to deter unhelpful enforcement
16actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development
17community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel
18on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests:
19
20    Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that
21    it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the
22    following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our
23    license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the
24    license.
25
26	However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license
27	from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally,
28	unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally
29	terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder
30	fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to
31	60 days after the cessation.
32
33	Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is
34	reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the
35	violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have
36	received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that
37	copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after
38	your receipt of the notice.
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40Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the
41software.  We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute
42this software.  We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to
43eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or
44enforcement that might limit adoption of our software.  We view legal action
45as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have
46failed to resolve the problem.
47
48Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel
49welcome to join us in our efforts on this project.  Working together, we will
50be stronger.
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52Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company
53we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future.
54
55  - Laura Abbott
56  - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro)
57  - Andrea Arcangeli
58  - Neil Armstrong
59  - Jens Axboe
60  - Pablo Neira Ayuso
61  - Khalid Aziz
62  - Ralf Baechle
63  - Felipe Balbi
64  - Arnd Bergmann
65  - Ard Biesheuvel
66  - Tim Bird
67  - Paolo Bonzini
68  - Christian Borntraeger
69  - Mark Brown (Linaro)
70  - Paul Burton
71  - Javier Martinez Canillas
72  - Rob Clark
73  - Kees Cook (Google)
74  - Jonathan Corbet
75  - Dennis Dalessandro
76  - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
77  - Hans de Goede
78  - Mel Gorman (SUSE)
79  - Sven Eckelmann
80  - Alex Elder (Linaro)
81  - Fabio Estevam
82  - Larry Finger
83  - Bhumika Goyal
84  - Andy Gross
85  - Juergen Gross
86  - Shawn Guo
87  - Ulf Hansson
88  - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft)
89  - Tejun Heo
90  - Rob Herring
91  - Masami Hiramatsu
92  - Michal Hocko
93  - Simon Horman
94  - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB)
95  - Christophe JAILLET
96  - Olof Johansson
97  - Lee Jones (Linaro)
98  - Heiner Kallweit
99  - Srinivas Kandagatla
100  - Jan Kara
101  - Shuah Khan (Samsung)
102  - David Kershner
103  - Jaegeuk Kim
104  - Namhyung Kim
105  - Colin Ian King
106  - Jeff Kirsher
107  - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation)
108  - Christian König
109  - Vinod Koul
110  - Krzysztof Kozlowski
111  - Viresh Kumar
112  - Aneesh Kumar K.V
113  - Julia Lawall
114  - Doug Ledford
115  - Chuck Lever (Oracle)
116  - Daniel Lezcano
117  - Shaohua Li
118  - Xin Long
119  - Tony Luck
120  - Catalin Marinas (Arm Ltd)
121  - Mike Marshall
122  - Chris Mason
123  - Paul E. McKenney
124  - Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
125  - David S. Miller
126  - Ingo Molnar
127  - Kuninori Morimoto
128  - Trond Myklebust
129  - Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
130  - Borislav Petkov
131  - Jiri Pirko
132  - Josh Poimboeuf
133  - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora)
134  - Guenter Roeck
135  - Joerg Roedel
136  - Leon Romanovsky
137  - Steven Rostedt (VMware)
138  - Frank Rowand
139  - Ivan Safonov
140  - Anna Schumaker
141  - Jes Sorensen
142  - K.Y. Srinivasan
143  - David Sterba (SUSE)
144  - Heiko Stuebner
145  - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
146  - Willy Tarreau
147  - Dmitry Torokhov
148  - Linus Torvalds
149  - Thierry Reding
150  - Rik van Riel
151  - Luis R. Rodriguez
152  - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
153  - Eduardo Valentin (Amazon.com)
154  - Daniel Vetter
155  - Linus Walleij
156  - Richard Weinberger
157  - Dan Williams
158  - Rafael J. Wysocki
159  - Arvind Yadav
160  - Masahiro Yamada
161  - Wei Yongjun
162  - Lv Zheng
163  - Marc Zyngier (Arm Ltd)
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