As you may have seen at @fosdem this past weekend, we announced a new community tool for fixing GPL compliance issues: Use The Source. We encourage people to upload, share, and comment on source code candidates for products which run copylefted software so we can find out which products (and companies) give us the required software right to repair, and which ones still need work. Join us and help improve things for everyone!
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/feb/03/use-the-source-launched/
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/feb/03/use-the-source-launched/
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Relatedly, as an effort to help corporate teams better respond to copyleft compliance, we are recommending that companies create a "Copyleft Compliance Incident Response Team" (CCIRT). An area that often falls in between the cracks of engineering, support, and legal teams; a dedicated team responsible for handling the obligations of copyleft compliance will help both end users contact and get the source they are entitled to, and help companies be streamlined in handling licensing and distribution of their copyleft products. You can read more about our suggestions here:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/feb/03/ccirt-security-and-software-right-to-repair/
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/feb/03/ccirt-security-and-software-right-to-repair/