GPL Cooperation Commitment - Company

See a list of companies that have adopted the GPL Cooperation Commitment

Company adoption of the GPL Cooperation Commitment

1. No Agreement. There are no agreements or other documents to sign.

2. No Fees. There are no fees or payments required to participate.

3. Post the Commitment.
   • Copy the GPL Cooperation Commitment verbatim from the file “GPL Cooperation Commitment-Company-Template.md”. You can open this file with this link
   • Search and replace “YOUR COMPANY” with your company name.
   • Post the Commitment on your company’s web page or other publicly facing document(s) (e.g., it could be on your company’s Github home page).
   • Here are some examples:
     
   • Red Hat’s Commitment
   • Google’s Commitment
4. Publicize your Commitment.
   • Use social media, press releases, or other methods to tell your customers and the broader open source community of the positive steps you made to make open source even safer. Here are some examples:
     
   • Red Hat’s blog
     
   • HPE’s blog
     

• Add your company name to the Company-List.md file in this repository and add a link to your GPL Cooperation Commitment text. You do this by initiating a pull request to the Company-List.md file in this repository.

  Alternatively, you may click here which will automatically generate an email requesting the administrator to add your company to commitment.

• Red Hat plans to issue additional press releases announcing the names of the new companies that have agreed to adopt the GPL Cooperation Commitment. Details:

  • Red Hat will provide you with a draft of the press release for your internal review.
    
  • The press release would include your Company’s name.
    
  • We would encourage you to provide a quote for inclusion in the press release.
    
  • For example, here are links to the March 2018, July 2018, and November 2018 press releases.

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