Our most controversial program is our GPL compliance work. We stand up for +
Many consider our GPL compliance and enforcement controversial. We don't +think it is: We stand up for the GPL at the request of the Linux kernel community, the Debian community -and our member projects. Most recently that has resulted in us funding -the suit +and our member projects. Most recently that has resulted in our funding +of the suit against VMware, which is the first law suit on derivative works and the GPL. While this work is extremely important to the continued long-term success of software freedom and copyleft, it makes fundraising from companies -harder. While enforcement of the protections around free and open source +almost impossible. While enforcement of the protections around free and open source software is in the long term interest of the industry, many companies are reluctant to fund organizations that take on this enforcement task. We do this work because we think that it is good for everyone in the long run,