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<h2>The time has come to stand up for the GPL.</h2>
<p><em>Last month, Conservancy <a href="/news/2015/mar/05/vmware-lawsuit/">announced Christoph Hellwig's
lawsuit against VMware in Germany</a>. Help us meet our anonymous match to
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
much help as possible to comply with copyleft, so we did.</p>
<p>We've worked for years to help VMware comply with the GPL, but they
refuse. Negotiations broke down for the last time when they insisted on an
NDA just to discuss settlement terms!</p>