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{% extends "base_compliance.html" %}
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{% block subtitle %}GPL Compliance Project For Linux Developers - {% endblock %}
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{% block submenuselection %}About{% endblock %}
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{% block content %}
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<h1>GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers</h1>
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<p>The GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers is comprised of copyright
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holders in the kernel, Linux, who have contributed to Linux under its
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license, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">the
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GPLv2</a>. These copyright holders have formally asked Conservancy to engage
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in compliance efforts for their copyrights in the Linux kernel.</p>
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<p>Historically, Conservancy was well-known for its ongoing license
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compliance efforts on behalf of its BusyBox member project. In May
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2012, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2012/may/29/compliance/">Conservancy
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announced a coordinated compliance effort</a> on behalf of its BusyBox and
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Samba projects, and also launched this unique project, called the <cite>GPL
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Compliance Project for Linux Developers</cite>, which handles compliance and
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enforcement activities on behalf of more than a dozen Linux copyright
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holders.</p>
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<p>Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project is run in a collaborative manner with
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the project developers. All copyright holders involved have the opportunity
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to give input and guidance on Conservancy's strategy in dealing with
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compliance issues. Thus, all Conservancy's compliance matter have full
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support of relevant copyright holders.</p>
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<p>Conservancy is dedicated to encouraging all users of software to comply
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with Free Software licenses. Toward this goal, in its compliance efforts,
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Conservancy helps distributors of Free Software in a friendly spirit of
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cooperation and participation.</p>
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<p>Those who are interested in how Conservancy handles GPL enforcement and
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compliance work should read in
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detail <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">our
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blog post outlining the compliance process</a>.</p>
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<p>If you are aware of a license violation or compliance issue regarding
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Linux, or
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any <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">Conservancy member
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project</a> (and in particular BusyBox, Evergreen, Inkscape, Mercurial,
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Samba, Sugar Labs, or Wine),
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please <a href="mailto:compliance@sfconservancy.org">contact us by email at
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<compliance@sfconservancy.org></a>.</p>
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<p>Finally, Conservancy welcomes <a href="#donate-box"
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class="donate-now">donations</a> in support of the GPL Compliance Project
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for Linux Developers. Just use the <a href="#donate-box"
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class="donate-now">PayPal link on this page or any of our other donation
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methods listed</a>. Be sure to mention “GPL Compliance Project for
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Linux Developers” in the memo line or description field of the
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donation.</p>
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</div>
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{% endblock %}
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