diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex index a85316168c45570544766223f7126bc557016a9f..b0570145d2d0cbecd8abf06a7c2ea12a496ab78b 100644 --- a/compliance-guide.tex +++ b/compliance-guide.tex @@ -1430,13 +1430,14 @@ the inquiry served other consulting purposes later. Feelings and opinions about this behavior are mixed within the larger copyleft community. Some see it as a reasonable business model and others -renounce it as corrupt behavior. However, from the point of view of a GPL -violator, the most important issue is to determine the motivations of the -enforcer. The COGEOs such as the FSF and Conservancy have made substantial +renounce it as corrupt behavior. Regardless, a GPL +violator should always immediately determine the motivations of the +enforcer via documented, verifiable facts. For example, COGEOs such as the FSF and Conservancy have made substantial public commitments to enforce in a way that is uniform, transparent, and -publicly documented. Since these organizations are public charities, they -are accountable to the IRS and the public at large in their annual Form 990 -filings, and everyone can examine their revenue models and scrutinize their +publicly documented. Furthermore, since these specific organizations are +public charities in the USA, they +are accountable to the IRS (and the public at large) in their annual Form 990 +filings. Everyone may examine their revenue models and scrutinize their work. However, entities and individuals who do GPL enforcement centered primarily