Conservancy News

People are talking about the Vizio suit!

Q&A with SFC staff tomorrow

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.

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