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3 Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement
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6 As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a k
7 is used and how the license for our software i
8 reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is c
9 sustainability of our software and community.
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11 Although there is a right to enforce the separ
12 contributions made to our community, we share
13 individual enforcement actions are conducted i
14 community and do not have an unintended negati
15 growth of our software ecosystem. In order to
16 actions, we agree that it is in the best inter
17 community to undertake the following commitmen
18 on behalf of ourselves and any successors to o
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20 Notwithstanding the termination provisions
21 it is in the best interests of our develop
22 following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additio
23 license with respect to any non-defensive
24 license.
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26 However, if you cease all violation of
27 from a particular copyright holder is
28 unless and until the copyright holder
29 terminates your license, and (b) perma
30 fails to notify you of the violation b
31 60 days after the cessation.
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33 Moreover, your license from a particul
34 reinstated permanently if the copyrigh
35 violation by some reasonable means, th
36 received notice of violation of this L
37 copyright holder, and you cure the vio
38 your receipt of the notice.
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40 Our intent in providing these assurances is to
41 software. We want companies and individuals t
42 this software. We want to work with users in
43 eliminate any uncertainty about our expectatio
44 enforcement that might limit adoption of our s
45 as a last resort, to be initiated only when ot
46 failed to resolve the problem.
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48 Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolv
49 welcome to join us in our efforts on this proj
50 be stronger.
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52 Except where noted below, we speak only for ou
53 we might work for today, have in the past, or
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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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