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while some might appropriately call
 
\hyperref[Proprietary Relicensing]{proprietary relicensing} by the name ``\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29#Black_hat}{black hats}''.
 
And, to finalize the analogy, there are indeed few
 
\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_hat}{grey hat} GPL enforcers.
 

	
 
Grey hat GPL enforcers usually have done some community-oriented GPL
 
enforcement themselves, typically working as a volunteer as a COGEO, but make
 
enforcement themselves, typically working as a volunteer for a COGEO, but make
 
their living as a ``hired gun'' consultant to find GPL violations and offer
 
to ``fix them'' for companies.  Other such operators hold copyrights in some
 
key piece of copylefted software and enforce as a mechanism to find out who
 
is most likely to fund improvements on the software.
 

	
 
A few stories abound in the GPL enforcement community that companies have