An enforcement clarification from the kernel community [LWN.net]

The Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory board, in response to concerns about exploitative license enforcement around the kernel, has put together this patch adding a document to the kernel describing its view of license enforcement. This document has been signed or acknowledged by a long list of kernel developers. In particular, it seeks to reduce the effect of the "GPLv2 death penalty" by stating that a violator's license to the software will be reinstated upon a timely return to compliance. "We view legal action as a last resort, to be initiated only when other community efforts have failed to resolve the problem. Finally, once a non-compliance issue is resolved, we hope the user will feel welcome to join us in our efforts on this project. Working together, we will be stronger."

See this blog post from Greg Kroah-Hartman for more information.

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