From ce71c2fc8cf838d0cc3f92f691359f83257a9835 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:06:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Wordsmith paragraph and correct for accuracy. --- compliance-guide.tex | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex index e575014..15b5f47 100644 --- a/compliance-guide.tex +++ b/compliance-guide.tex @@ -75,16 +75,17 @@ reports, Welte successfully pursued many enforcements in Europe, including formal legal action. Harald earns the permanent fame as the first copyright holder to bring legal action in a Court regarding GPL compliance. -In 2007, the SFLC filed the first U.S.~copyright infringement lawsuit -based on a violation of the GPL\@. While the lawsuits filed by SFLC on -behalf of its clients have been quite public, SFLC resolves the vast -majority of enforcement actions privately via -cooperative communications with violators. As we have worked to bring -individual companies into compliance, we have encountered numerous +In 2007, two copyright holders in BusyBox, in conjunction with the +Software Freedom Conservancy (``Conservancy''), filed the first copyright infringement lawsuit +based on a violation of the GPL\@ in the USA. While lawsuits are of course +quite public, the vast majority of Conservancy's enforcement actions +are resolved privately via +cooperative communications with violators. As both FSF and Conservancy has worked to bring +individual companies into compliance, both organizations have encountered numerous violations resulting from preventable problems such as inadequate attention to licensing of upstream software, misconceptions about the GPL's terms, and poor communication between software developers and their -management. In this document, we highlight these problems and describe +management. This document highlights these problems and describe best practices to encourage corporate Free Software users to reevaluate their approach to GPL'd software and avoid future violations.