Linux.com: FSF Hires New GPL Compliance Engineer

“The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has hired long-time
volunteer Brett Smith as compliance engineer for the GNU Public
License (GPL). Smith replaces David Turner, who has held the
position for more than five years. Both Smith and Turner say they
expect a smooth changeover, with continued development of existing
policies.

“The position of GPL compliance engineer is one of the more
public faces of the FSF. Overseeing the FSF’s compliance lab, the
compliance engineer is responsible for investigating reports of
violations of the GPL and for bringing violators into compliance.
According to Turner, who was the first to hold the position and
largely defined it, about half the reports turn out to be true. The
rest, in his experience, are ‘either unverifiable or false.’ Many
involve dealing with a free software project or a company
developing GPL software, but a growing number of cases involve
standard end-user license agreements that are incompatible with the
GPL…”

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