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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 %}AboutCompliance{% 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. In this spirit, Conservancy also sponsors
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the <a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/"><cite>Copyleft and the GNU
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General Public License:A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide</cite></a>, in
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collaboration with the Free Software Foundation (FSF),
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which <a href="/news/2014/nov/07/copyleft-org/">Conservancy formally
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launched in fall 2014</a>. The Guide includes tutorial materials about
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copyleft and compliance with copyleft licenses,
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including <a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidepa2.html"><cite>A
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Practical Guide to GPL Compliance</cite></a>. The materials
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on <a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a> have been developed and
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improved since 2002, and are themselves copylefted, and developed
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collaboratively in public.</p>
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<p>However, the Guide is admittedly a large document, so for those who are
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interested in a short summary of describing how Conservancy handles GPL
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enforcement and compliance
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work, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">this
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blog post outlining the compliance process</a> is likely the best source.</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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