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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by daptaq on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:53AM (#29593852)
I remember reading that it should be able for users to sue instead of the author, if they cannot ccess the source of GPL'ed software.
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by pabs3 on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:21PM (#29600911)
The Software Freedom Conservancy are trying to set that precedent right now in their lawsuit against Vizio for GPL violations in their televisions:

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by daptaq on Saturday December 18, 2021 @06:11AM (#29603605)
Yes, that was what I had in mind. Thank you!
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by vlovich123 on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:05AM (#29594031)
I’m fact it’s only the users who have standing to request the source. The author’s have standing to sue for copyright infringement.
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by colejohnson66 on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:08AM (#29594078)
Not at all true. It's copyright infringement if you're not following a license contract, of which the GPL is.
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by vlovich123 on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:32AM (#29594448)
The GPL contract only says you have to distribute source to the users you give binaries to. The only people who can ask for said source are the people receiving those binaries and the only people who have standing to sue when that doesn’t happen is the copyright owners.

That’s why you can use GPL software in your private CI system and not need to give anyone the source code.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by pabs3 on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:22PM (#29600919)
Hopefully the SFC lawsuit against Vizio will set the precedent that any recipient of GPL binaries has standing to sue:

https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by colejohnson66 on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:11PM (#29595054)
I see I misread your comment. My apologies.
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