<div> <pre>FTF and gpl-violations release a guide to reporting and fixing licence<br>
violations<br>
<br>
2008-12-08, Zürich, Graeme West, FSFE<br>
<br>
FSFE's Freedom Task Force (FTF) and GPL-Violations.org today released a<br>
guide to reporting and fixing licence compliance issues.<br>
<br>
This guide will help users and developers to deal with license violation<br>
reports. It explains how to make a report, what information is useful to<br>
include, and offers suggestions for how projects or businesses can deal<br>
with reports once they are received.<br>
<br>
The guide is released as part of the strategic partnership between the<br>
FTF and GPL-Violations.org, who work together to improve licensing<br>
awareness and compliance in Europe. It is
located on the new FTF<br>
website, <a href="http://www.fsfeurope.org/ftf">http://www.fsfeurope.org/ftf</a>, along with information on how<br>
projects and businesses can get help with understanding Free Software<br>
licences. Translations into several European languages will be made<br>
available during coming weeks from the FTF website.<br>
<br>
"The best way to solve compliance issues is to prevent them happening in<br>
the first place", says Shane Coughlan, FTF Coordinator. "We work to<br>
support this by educating the community at large. When problems do<br>
occur, we want people to be able to share information and resolve them<br>
effectively."<br>
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About the Freedom Task Force:<br>
<br>
The Freedom Task Force is a project run by Free=2
0Software Foundation<br>
Europe to help people understand Free Software licensing and the<br>
opportunities it presents. We offer educational services, facilitate<br>
larger infrastructure activities and manage FSFE's legal affairs.<br>
Our goals are to share knowledge about Free Software law, to<br>
safeguard the interests of Free Software projects, to connect experts<br>
in this field and to help other groups achieve similar goals. We<br>
believe in positive, constructive dialogue and seek at all times to<br>
support the long-term sustainability of Free Software.</p><br>
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The FTF's homepage can be found at <a href="http://www.fsfeurope.org/ftf">http://www.fsfeurope.org/ftf</a><br>
You can contact us vi
a email: ftf @ fsfeurope.org<br>
<br>
You can phone us at:<br>
Belgium: +32 2 747 03 57 Ext. 22<br>
Germany: +49 700 373 38 76 73 Ext. 22<br>
Sweden: +46 31 7802160 Ext. 22<br>
Switzerland: +41 43 500 03 66 Ext. 22<br>
UK: +44 29 200 08 17 7 Ext. 22<br>
<br>
Press contact: Shane Coughlan, FTF Coordinator, FSFE extension: 408<br>
<br>
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About gpl-violations.org:<br>
<br>
In the past 40 months, gpl-violations.org has helped uncover and<br>
negotiate more than 100 GPL violations and has obtained numerous<br>
out-of-court settlement agreements. The gpl-violations.org project<br>
is a not-for-profit effort=2
0to bring commercial users and vendors of<br>
Free Software into compliance with the licence conditions as set<br>
forth by the original authors. The project was founded and is<br>
managed by Mr. Harald Welte, a Linux Kernel developer and Free<br>
Software enthusiast.<br>
<br>
For more information on the project, its mission, milestones and<br>
goals, please see <a href="http://gpl-violations.org">http://gpl-violations.org</a><br>
<br>
<br>
About the Free Software Foundation Europe:<br>
<br>
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit<br>
non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and<br>
involved in many global activities. Access to software determines<br>
particip
ation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in <br>
the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free<br>
Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the<br>
furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,<br>
modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these<br>
issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving<br>
people Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central<br>
issues of the FSFE.<br>
<br>
FSFE's homepage can be found at <a href="http://www.fsfeurope.org">http://www.fsfeurope.org</a><br>
<br>
You can reach the FSFE switchboard from:<br>
Belgium: +32 2 747 03=2
057<br>
Germany: +49 700 373 38 76 73<br>
Sweden: +46 31 7802160<br>
Switzerland: +41 43 500 03 66<br>
UK: +44 29 200 08 17 7<br>
<br>
Further information: <a href="http://www.fsfeurope.org">http://www.fsfeurope.org</a><br>
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