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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.</p>
would appeal the lower court's ruling</a>.</p>
Support Conservancy's and Christoph's efforts in this area
by <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/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>
<p>We asked allies to help us make contact in friendly and professional
ways.</p>
<p>Everyone asked us to give companies as many chances as possible and as