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@ -182,14 +182,15 @@ Supporter today</a>.</p>
<h4>Fighting for the GPL<h4>
<p>Our most controversial program is our GPL compliance work. We stand up for
<p>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 <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">suit
and our member projects. Most recently that has resulted in our funding
of the <a href="http://sfconservancy.org/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">suit
against VMware</a>, 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,