Villa: Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL?

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Villa: Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL?

Luis Villa writes about the recent ruling in the Software Freedom Conservancy's GPL-violation lawsuit against Vizio, wherein the judge refused to agree that the SFC lacks standing to sue.

https://lwn.net/Articles/958682/Open link View original on kbin.social

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Rentlar

lemmy.ca

I'm glad the judge has actually looked at the GPL and understands its purpose, the benefits to the licensee and in exchange the obligations it puts upon the licensee to both the licensor and the public.

conciselyverbose

kbin.social

The actual blog post