1 .. _process_statement_kernel: 2 3 Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement 4 ---------------------------------- 5 6 As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software 7 is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with the 8 reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term 9 sustainability of our software and community. 10 11 Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the 12 contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that 13 individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our 14 community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and 15 growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement 16 actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development 17 community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel 18 on 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. 39 40 Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the 41 software. We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute 42 this software. We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to 43 eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or 44 enforcement that might limit adoption of our software. We view legal action 45 as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have 46 failed to resolve the problem. 47 48 Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel 49 welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will 50 be stronger. 51 52 Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company 53 we 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. 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