December 17, 2025
After the positive tentative ruling in our case against Vizio, we gathered in Orange County with our lawyers for what is likely the last hearing of 2025. Going into the hearing, the judge was leaning toward concluding that a request for source code — pursuant to an offer under the GPLv2 or LGPLv2.1 — constitutes a contract obligating the vendor to provide that code to the purchaser. The hearing yielded excellent press coverage, including from Tom Claburn of The Register and by Christine Hall in FOSS Force. As always, you can find more about the case on our Copyleft Compliance page.
The trial is coming right up on January 12. We look forward to arguing that we (and all end users of copylefted software) are third party beneficiaries under the GPL and have contractual rights to complete and corresponding source code. We are excited to host some Q&As about the case and our work generally. Join us Thursday (tomorrow!) and Friday December 18th and 19th on BigBlueButton:
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