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Re:Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source cod... by jcarrano on Thursday December 18, 2025 @09:03AM (#46312790)
They "conveyed" the software, according to GPL wording. They violation is towards the original software's authors.
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Re:Judge hints Vizio TV buyers may have rights to source cod... by db48x on Thursday December 18, 2025 @12:14PM (#46315571)
That’s true, but the contract thing is also separately true. The TV came with a notice stating that it used GPL’d software and offering to convey the source to anyone who wrote them. That’s a valid contract, which the SFC tried to act on. Vizio rebuffed them, so one of the issues before the court is a literal contract violation.
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