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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-18 22:26:14
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Move this text to the compliance guide, which is really where it belongs.

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compliance-guide.tex

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 \section{Understanding Who's Enforcing}
 \label{compliance-understanding-whos-enforcing}
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 At FSF, it is part of the mission to spread software freedom. When FSF
 enforces GPL, the goal is to bring the violator back into compliance as
 quickly as possible, and redress the damage caused by the violation.
 That is FSF's steadfast position in a violation negotiation --- comply
 with the license and respect freedom.
 However, other entities who do not share the full ethos of software
 freedom as institutionalized by FSF pursue GPL violations differently.
 MySQL AB, a company that produces the GPL'd MySQL database, upon
 discovering GPL violations typically negotiates a proprietary software
 license separately for a fee. While this practice is not one that FSF
 would ever consider undertaking or even endorsing, it is a legal way for
 copyright holders to proceed.
 \section{Communication Is Key}

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     Compliance}, there are }{Chapter~\ref{compliance-understanding-whos-enforcing}
   explains further } key differences between these two very different uses of GPL.
 At FSF, it is part of the mission to spread software freedom. When FSF
 enforces GPL, the goal is to bring the violator back into compliance as
 quickly as possible, and redress the damage caused by the violation.
 That is FSF's steadfast position in a violation negotiation --- comply
 with the license and respect freedom.
 However, other entities who do not share the full ethos of software
 freedom as institutionalized by FSF pursue GPL violations differently.
 MySQL AB, a company that produces the GPL'd MySQL database, upon
 discovering GPL violations typically negotiates a proprietary software
 license separately for a fee. While this practice is not one that FSF
 would ever consider undertaking or even endorsing, it is a legal way for
 copyright holders to proceed.
 \section{GPLv2~\S5: Acceptance, Copyright Style}
 \label{GPLv2s5}

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