@@ -38,49 +38,59 @@ does semi-regular compliance work for its BusyBox, Evergreen, Git, Inkscape, Mer
Samba, Sugar Labs, QEMU and Wine member projects. If you are a copyright holder
in any member project of Conservancy, please contact the project's leadership committtee,
via <a href="mailto:PROJECTNAME@sfconservancy.org"><PROJECTNAME@sfconservancy.org></a>
for more information on getting involved in compliance efforts in that project.
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<h2>GPL Compliance Project For Linux Developers</h2>
<p>In May
2012, <a href="/news/2012/may/29/compliance/">Conservancy
launched</a> 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>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. In addition,
some developers have directly assigned their copyrights on Linux to Conservancy,
so Conservancy also enforces the GPL on Linux via its own copyrights in Linux.</p>
<p>Linux copyright holders who wish to assign copyright to or sign an enforcement agreement with
Conservancy should contact <a href="mailto:linux-services@sfconservancy.org"><linux-services@sfconservancy.org></a>.</p>
Conservancy should
contact <a href="mailto:linux-services@sfconservancy.org"><linux-services@sfconservancy.org></a>.
In 2016,
Conservancy <a href="/news/2016/nov/03/linux-compliance-agreements/">made
public the template agreements used as part of this project</a>; both the
<a href="/docs/blank_linux-enforcement-agreement.pdf">non-anonymous</a> and
<a href="/docs/blank_anonymous-linux-enforcement-agreement.pdf">anonymous</a>
versions are available. However, please <strong>do not</strong> sign these
unilaterally without contacting and discussing
with <a href="mailto:linux-services@sfconservancy.org"><linux-services@sfconservancy.org></a>
first.</p>
<h2>The Debian Copyright Aggregation Project</h2>
<p>In August 2015, <a href="/news/2015/aug/17/debian/">Conservancy announced the Debian Copyright Aggregation
Project</a>. This project allows Debian contributors to assign copyrights to
Conservancy, or sign enforcement agreements allowing Conservancy to enforce
Free and Open Source (FOSS) licenses on their behalf. Many Debian contributors
have chosen each of these options already, and more continue to join.</p>
<p>Debian contributors who wish to assign copyright to or sign an enforcement agreement with
Conservancy should contact <a href="mailto:debian-services@sfconservancy.org"><debian-services@sfconservancy.org></a>.</p>
<h2>Conservancy's Commitment to Copyleft License Compliance</h2>
<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. In this spirit, Conservancy has co-published,
with the Free Software Foundation (FSF), <a href="/linux-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>,