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<h2>The time has come to stand up for the GPL.</h2>

<p><em>In March 2015, Conservancy <a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">announced Christoph Hellwig's

    lawsuit against VMware in Germany</a>.  In July 2016,

    we <a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">announced that Christoph

    would appeal the lower court's ruling</a>.</p>

    Support Conservancy's and Christoph's efforts in this area

    by <a href="/supporter/">becoming a Conservancy

    supporter</a> or <a href="#donate-box" class="donate-now">donating via

    the link on the right</a>.</em></p>

<p>We were told to ask nicely and repeatedly, so we did.</p>

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<h1>Frequently Asked Questions about Christoph Hellwig's VMware Lawsuit</h1>

<p>Conservancy maintains this

  <abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr> list regarding

  <a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">Christoph Hellwig's lawsuit against VMware

  in Germany over alleged GPL violations on Linux</a> as a service to the

  Free Software community, and in particular, the copyleft community.  Conservancy

  realizes this lawsuit generates many questions and interest

  from the community.  Legal counsel (both Conservancy's own, and

  Christoph's lawyer, Till Jaeger) correctly advise us to limit our public

  comments regarding specific details of the case while litigation remains

  pending in court.  Nevertheless, Conservancy, as a

  non-profit charity serving the public good, seeks to be as transparent as

  possible.  If you have additional questions you'd like to see answered

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            <h2>Our Copyleft {% block category %}Compliance{% endblock %} Projects</h2>

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            <li class="AboutCompliance"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/about.html">About</a></li>

            <li class="CopyleftPrinciples"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</a></li>

            <li class="VMwareLawsuitAppeal"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-appeal.html">Stand Up For GPL!</a></li>

            <li><a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">VMware Lawsuit: Original Press Release</a></li>

            <li><a href="/news/2016/aug/09/vmware-appeal/">VMware Lawsuit: Announcement of Appeal</a></li>

            <li class="VMwareLawsuitFAQ"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html">

                <abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr> on VMware Lawsuit</a></li>

            <li class="VMwareCodeSimilarity"><a href="/copyleft-compliance/vmware-code-similarity.html">VMware's &amp; Christoph's Code Similarity Analysis</a></li>

            <li class="CopyleftOrg"><a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a></li>

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