enforcers'' who use the GPL as a either a crippleware license, or sneakily

induce infringement merely to gain proprietary licensing revenue.

Note that the latter model \texit{only} works for companies who hold 100\% of

the copyrights in the infringed work.  As such, multi-copyright-held works

are fully insulated from these tactics.

\section{Communication Is Key}

GPL violations are typically only escalated when a company ignores the

copyright holder's initial communication or fails to work toward timely

copyright holders to make sure everyone agrees on targets and deadlines

for resolving the situation.

Ensure that any staff who might receive communications regarding alleged

GPL violations understands how to channel the communication appropriately

within your organization.  Often, initial contact is addressed for general

correspondence (e.g., by mail to corporate headquarters or by e-mail to

general informational or support-related addresses).  Train the staff that

processes such communications to escalate them to someone with authority

to take action.  An unknowledgable response to such an inquiry (e.g., from

a first-level technical support person) can cause negotiations to fail

prematurely.