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Denver Gingerich - 3 months ago 2024-05-28 23:09:10
denver@ossguy.com
Remove links to historical-purposes-only documents
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conservancy/content/copyleft-compliance/about.html
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@@ -105,22 +105,6 @@ Conservancy should contact <a href="mailto:debian-services@sfconservancy.org">&l
 
  cooperation and participation.  In this spirit, Conservancy has co-published,
 
  with the Free Software Foundation (FSF), <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">the principles that both organizations
 
  follow in their compliance efforts</a>.
 
  Also in collaboration with the FSF, Conservancy also sponsors
 
  the <a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/"><cite>Copyleft and the GNU
 
  General Public License:A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide</cite></a>,
 
  which <a href="/news/2014/nov/07/copyleft-org/">formally
 
  launched in fall 2014</a>.  The Guide includes tutorial materials about
 
  copyleft and compliance with copyleft licenses,
 
  including <a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidepa2.html"><cite>A
 
  Practical Guide to GPL Compliance</cite></a>.  The materials
 
  on <a href="https://copyleft.org/">copyleft.org</a> have been developed and
 
  improved since 2002, and are themselves copylefted, and developed
 
  collaboratively in public.</p>
 

	
 
<p>However, the Guide is admittedly a large document, so for those who are
 
  interested in a short summary of describing how Conservancy handles GPL
 
  enforcement and compliance
 
  work, <a href="/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">this blog post outlining
 
  the compliance process</a> is likely the best source.</p>
 
  </p>
 

	
 
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@@ -24,20 +24,6 @@ these situations, many companies comply properly, but some companies
 
also try to bend or even break the GPL's rules to their perceived
 
advantage.</p>
 

	
 
<p>The Software Freedom Conservancy regularly engages in worldwide efforts to
 
  ensure compliance with the GPL family of licenses. Conservancy has enforced
 
  the GPL for many of its member projects since its founding in 2006.  Conservancy also helped
 
  published, and hosts, <a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/"><cite>Copyleft and the GNU
 
  General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide</cite></a>
 
  (often called the &ldquo;Copyleft Guide&rdquo;),
 
  which includes sections such as
 
  &ldquo;<a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidepa2.html#x17-116000II">A
 
  Practical Guide to GPL Compliance&rdquo;</a> and
 
  &ldquo;<a href="https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidepa3.html#x26-152000III">Case
 
  Studies in GPL Enforcement</a>&rdquo;.  Those sections explain the typical process
 
  that Conservancy follows in our GPL enforcement
 
  actions. (A Shorter descriptions of these processes appeared in <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">earlier blog post</a>.)</p>
 

	
 
<p>As stalwarts of the community's freedom, we act as a proxy for users when
 
companies impede the rights to copy, share, modify, and/or
 
redistribute copylefted software. We require all redistributors to
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@@ -146,7 +132,7 @@ those identified in initial reports and those relating to any clauses of the
 
relevant licenses, are raised and fixed. This is important so that
 
the dialogue ends with reasonable assurance for both sides that additional
 
violations are not waiting to be discovered.
 
(<a href="http://gpl.guide/pristine-example">Good examples of
 
(<a href="/usethesource/candidate/thinkpenguin-tpe-r1300-round-1-of-1/">Good examples of
 
compliance</a> already exist to help distributors understand their
 
obligations.)</li>
 

	
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