Conservancy News

SFC Files Updated Motion for Summary Adjudication in Historic Vizio Case

July 10, 2025

Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) announces that we seek summary adjudication on a key issue in our case against the TV manufacturer, Vizio. This Motion for Summary Adjudication (“MSA”) is an important next step in SFC's ongoing case against Vizio — who has been in violation of the copyleft terms of the General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2) and Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (LGPLv2.1) for many years. SFC's renewed MSA specifically asks Judge Sandy N. Leal of the Superior Court of California in Orange County to rule — as a matter of law — that SFC has a right as a third-party beneficary under GPLv2.

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