Commit 3e0cc09a authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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Merge tag 'enforcement-4.14-rc6' of... 

Merge tag 'enforcement-4.14-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull enforcement policy update from Greg KH:
 "Documentation: Add a file explaining the requested Linux kernel
  license enforcement policy

  Here's a new file to the kernel's Documentation directory. It adds a
  short document describing the views of how the Linux kernel community
  feels about enforcing the license of the kernel.

  The patch has been reviewed by a large number of kernel developers
  already, as seen by their acks on the patch, and their agreement of
  the statement with their names on it. The location of the file was
  also agreed upon by the Documentation maintainer, so all should be
  good there.

  For some background information about this statement, see this article
  written by some of the kernel developers involved in drafting it:

	http://kroah.com/log/blog/2017/10/16/linux-kernel-community-enforcement-statement/

  and this article that answers a number of questions that came up in
  the discussion of this statement with the kernel developer community:

	http://kroah.com/log/blog/2017/10/16/linux-kernel-community-enforcement-statement-faq/

  If anyone has any further questions about it, please let me, and the
  TAB members, know and we will be glad to help answer them"

* tag 'enforcement-4.14-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core:
  Documentation: Add a file explaining the Linux kernel license enforcement policy
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Documentation/process/index.rst

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   submitting-patches

   coding-style

   coding-style

   email-clients

   email-clients

   kernel-enforcement-statement





Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: 

Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:

Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst

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Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement

----------------------------------



As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software

is used and how the license for our software is enforced.  Compliance with the

reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term

sustainability of our software and community.



Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the

contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that

individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our

community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and

growth of our software ecosystem.  In order to deter unhelpful enforcement

actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development

community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel

on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests:



    Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that

    it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the

    following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our

    license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the

    license.



	However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license

	from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally,

	unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally

	terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder

	fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to

	60 days after the cessation.



	Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is

	reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the

	violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have

	received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that

	copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after

	your receipt of the notice.



Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the

software.  We want companies and individuals to use, modify and distribute

this software.  We want to work with users in an open and transparent way to

eliminate any uncertainty about our expectations regarding compliance or

enforcement that might limit adoption of our software.  We view legal action

as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have

failed to resolve the problem.



Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel

welcome to join us in our efforts on this project.  Working together, we will

be stronger.



Except where noted below, we speak only for ourselves, and not for any company

we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future.



  - Bjorn Andersson (Linaro)

  - Andrea Arcangeli (Red Hat)

  - Neil Armstrong

  - Jens Axboe

  - Pablo Neira Ayuso

  - Khalid Aziz

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