Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
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Yes, go ahead and rule that software licenses aren’t contracts, I dare you.
What's the point of this argument even, like they wouldn't have to abide by the licence of the software they're using?
...as would the users...
I'd love to see this happen. Suddenly every proprietary software license would be voided.
Do it. Stalin would be proud.
That argument is about whether any customer of a product can sue over a failure to follow a licence, whether the FSF can sue as a customer of Vizio's or whether they have to be representing a rights holder for one of the licences that are being breached
It's unusual for a third party to be able to sue, so it could go either way