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.
23
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.
52
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  - Paolo Bonzini
65  - Christian Borntraeger
66  - Mark Brown (Linaro)
67  - Paul Burton
68  - Javier Martinez Canillas
69  - Rob Clark
70  - Jonathan Corbet
71  - Dennis Dalessandro
72  - Vivien Didelot (Savoir-faire Linux)
73  - Hans de Goede
74  - Mel Gorman (SUSE)
75  - Sven Eckelmann
76  - Alex Elder (Linaro)
77  - Fabio Estevam
78  - Larry Finger
79  - Bhumika Goyal
80  - Andy Gross
81  - Juergen Gross
82  - Shawn Guo
83  - Ulf Hansson
84  - Stephen Hemminger (Microsoft)
85  - Tejun Heo
86  - Rob Herring
87  - Masami Hiramatsu
88  - Michal Hocko
89  - Simon Horman
90  - Johan Hovold (Hovold Consulting AB)
91  - Christophe JAILLET
92  - Olof Johansson
93  - Lee Jones (Linaro)
94  - Heiner Kallweit
95  - Srinivas Kandagatla
96  - Jan Kara
97  - Shuah Khan (Samsung)
98  - David Kershner
99  - Jaegeuk Kim
100  - Namhyung Kim
101  - Colin Ian King
102  - Jeff Kirsher
103  - Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Foundation)
104  - Christian König
105  - Vinod Koul
106  - Krzysztof Kozlowski
107  - Viresh Kumar
108  - Aneesh Kumar K.V
109  - Julia Lawall
110  - Doug Ledford
111  - Chuck Lever (Oracle)
112  - Daniel Lezcano
113  - Shaohua Li
114  - Xin Long
115  - Tony Luck
116  - Mike Marshall
117  - Chris Mason
118  - Paul E. McKenney
119  - David S. Miller
120  - Ingo Molnar
121  - Kuninori Morimoto
122  - Trond Myklebust
123  - Borislav Petkov
124  - Jiri Pirko
125  - Josh Poimboeuf
126  - Sebastian Reichel (Collabora)
127  - Guenter Roeck
128  - Joerg Roedel
129  - Leon Romanovsky
130  - Steven Rostedt (VMware)
131  - Ivan Safonov
132  - Ivan Safonov
133  - Anna Schumaker
134  - Jes Sorensen
135  - K.Y. Srinivasan
136  - Heiko Stuebner
137  - Jiri Kosina (SUSE)
138  - Dmitry Torokhov
139  - Linus Torvalds
140  - Thierry Reding
141  - Rik van Riel
142  - Geert Uytterhoeven (Glider bvba)
143  - Daniel Vetter
144  - Linus Walleij
145  - Richard Weinberger
146  - Dan Williams
147  - Rafael J. Wysocki
148  - Arvind Yadav
149  - Masahiro Yamada
150  - Wei Yongjun
151  - Lv Zheng
152  - Eduardo Valentin <Amazon.com>
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