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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2013-12-17 13:56:59
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Add long-overdue description page for GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers.
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<h1>GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers</h1>
 

	
 
<p>The GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers is comprised of copyright
 
holders in the kernel, Linux, who have contributed to Linux under its
 
license, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">the
 
GPLv2</a>. These copyright holders have formally asked Conservancy to engage
 
in compliance efforts for their copyrights in the Linux kernel.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Historically, Conservancy was well-known for its ongoing license
 
compliance efforts on behalf of its BusyBox member project.  In May
 
2012, <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2012/may/29/compliance/">Conservancy
 
announced a coordinated compliance effort</a> on behalf of its BusyBox and
 
Samba projects, and also launched this unique project, called the <cite>GPL
 
Compliance Project for Linux Developers</cite>, which handles compliance and
 
enforcement activities on behalf of more than a dozen Linux copyright
 
holders.</p>
 
 
 
<p>Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project is run in a collaborative manner with
 
the project developers.  All copyright holders involved have the opportunity
 
to give input and guidance on Conservancy's strategy in dealing with
 
compliance issues.  Thus, all Conservancy's compliance matter have full
 
support of relevant copyright holders.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Conservancy is dedicated to encouraging all users of software to comply
 
  with Free Software licenses. Toward this goal, in its compliance efforts,
 
  Conservancy helps distributors of Free Software in a friendly spirit of
 
  cooperation and participation.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Those who are interested in how Conservancy handles GPL enforcement and
 
  compliance work should read in
 
  detail <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">our
 
  blog post outlining the process.</p>
 

	
 
<p>If you are aware of a license violation or compliance issue regarding
 
  Linux, or
 
  any <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/">Conservancy member
 
  project</a> (and in particular BusyBox, Evergreen, Inkscape, Mercurial,
 
  Samba, Sugar Labs, or Wine),
 
  please <a href="mailto:compliance@sfconservancy.org">contact us by email at
 
  &lt;compliance@sfconservancy.org&gt;</a></p>
 

	
 
<p>Finally, Conservancy  welcomes earmarked donations in support of the GPL
 
  Compliance Project for Linux Developers.  Use the PayPal link below,
 
  or <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/donate/">any of our other donation
 
  methods</a>.  Be sure to mention &ldquo;GPL Compliance Project for Linux
 
  Developers&rdquo; in the memo line or description field of the
 
  donation.</p>
 

	
 
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<p>The Evergreen Project develops an open source ILS (integrated library
 
system) used by hundreds of libraries across the world. The software, also
 
called Evergreen, is used by libraries to provide their public catalog
 
interface as well as to manage back-of-house operations such as
 
circulation (checkouts and checkins), acquisition and cataloging of
 
library materials, and sharing resources among groups of libraries and
 
consortia on the same Evergreen system.  Evergreen is designed to be
 
scalable and supports library operations ranging from a small high school
 
to large state-wide consortia.  Evergreen is released under
 
the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GPLv2</a>-or-later.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.org/">Foresight Linux</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>Foresight is a desktop operating system featuring an intuitive user
 
interface and a showcase of the latest desktop software, giving users
 
convenient and enjoyable access to their music, photos, videos,
 
documents, and Internet resources.</p>
 

	
 
<p>As a Linux distribution, Foresight sets itself apart by eliminating
 
the need for the user to be familiar with Linux.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://www.gevent.org/">Gevent</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>Gevent is a fast, coroutine-based networking library for Python.
 
Gevent is used in network applications, including servers that scale
 
up to tens thousands of connections but without the complexity usually
 
associated with event-driven architecture.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Gevent provides light-weight &ldquo;green&rdquo; threads with a similar
 
interface as the standard &ldquo;threading&rdquo; and
 
&ldquo;multiprocessing&rdquo; packages.  The library includes a DNS
 
resolver, a WSGI server, a monkey patching utility to make 3rd party
 
protocol implementations cooperative and support for SSL sockets.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://www.git-scm.org/">Git</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>Git is a free and open source distributed version control system
 
  designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with
 
  speed and efficiency.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and
 
  full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access
 
  or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Git is used for version control of files, much like tools such as
 
  Mercurial, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and Visual SourceSafe.</p>
 

	
 
<h2>GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers</h2>
 
<h2><a href="/linux-compliance/">GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>The GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers is comprised of
 
copyright holders in the kernel, Linux, who have contributed to Linux
 
under its license, the GPLv2. These copyright holders have formally asked
 
Conservancy to engage in compliance efforts for their copyrights in the
 
Linux kernel.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://www.inkscape.org/">Inkscape</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities
 
similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the
 
open-standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape's
 
main goal is to create a powerful and convenient drawing tool fully
 
compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards.</p>
 

	
 
<p>In contrast to raster (bitmap) graphics editors such as Photoshop or
 
Gimp, Inkscape stores its graphics in a vector format. Vector graphics
 
is a resolution-independent description of the actual shapes and
 
objects that you see in the image. This description is then used to
 
determine how to plot each line and curve at any resolution or zoom
 
level.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://www.k-3d.org">K-3D</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>K-3D is the free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling, animation, and rendering
 
system for GNU/Linux, MacOSX, and Windows operating systems. K-3D is based
 
on a powerful Visualization Pipeline that enables procedural modeling and
 
a robust plugin architecture, and is designed to scale to the needs of
 
professional artists.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://kohanaframework.org">Kohana</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>Kohana is an elegant HMVC PHP5 framework that provides a rich set of
 
components for building web applications.  It requires very little
 
configuration, fully supports UTF-8 and I18N, and provides many of the
 
tools that a developer needs within a highly flexible system. The
 
integrated class auto-loading, cascading filesystem, highly consistent
 
API, and easy integration with vendor libraries make it viable for any
 
project, large or small.</p>
 

	
 
<h2><a href="http://libbraille.org/">Libbraille</a></h2>
 

	
 
<p>Libbraille is a computer shared library which makes it possible to
 
easily develop software for Braille displays. It provides a simple API
 
to write text on the display, directly draw dots, or get the value of
 
keys pressed on the Braille keyboard. Libbraille supports a wide range
 
of Braille displays with a serial or USB connection and can
 
auto-detect most of them. Libbraille supports the terminals of the
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