Studies in GPL Enforcement</a>”, which explain the typical
process that both the FSF and Conservancy follow in their GPL
enforcement actions. (Shorter descriptions of these processes appear
in blog posts written
by <a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/compliance-situations">the
FSF</a>
and <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2012/feb/01/gpl-enforcement/">Conservancy</a>.)</p>
Studies in GPL Enforcement</a>”. 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
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@@ -63,7 +57,8 @@ licenses. We must take care, in copyleft enforcement,
to focus on the ultimate freedom-spreading purpose of copyleft,
and not fall into an overzealous or punitive approach, or into
legitimizing inherently unjust aspects of the copyright regime.
Therefore Conservancy and the FSF do enforcement according to community-oriented principles originally formulated by the FSF in 2001.
Therefore Conservancy does enforcement according to community-oriented
principles originally formulated by other community leaders in 2001.
</p>
<h4>Guiding Principles in Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement</h4>
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@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ Therefore Conservancy and the FSF do enforcement according to community-oriented
<li><strong>Our primary goal in GPL enforcement is to bring about GPL
goal is to make respect of users' freedoms the norm.
The FSF designed the GNU GPL's text towards this end.
The GNU GPL's text is designed towards this end.
Copyleft enforcement done in this spirit focuses on stopping
incorrect distribution, encouraging corrected distribution, and
addressing damage done to the community and users by the past
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@@ -191,11 +186,11 @@ communities.
</p>
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