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They can't sue to enforce GPLv3, because Linux isn't under a "GPLv2 or later" license. However, Conservancy established "Principles of Community-oriented Enforc
by bonzini 3y ago
They can't sue to enforce GPLv3, because Linux isn't under a "GPLv2 or later" license. However, Conservancy established "Principles of Community-oriented Enforcement" (https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.htm...), and these include extending the 30 days provision to GPLv2-only works. This is a concession by Conservancy and not a requirement of the license, but it's a part of the Principles that has been widely lauded and adopted by others including Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/gplv3-enforcement-statement https://www.redhat.com/en/about/gplv3-enforcement-statement).
- richardfontana 3y agoThe lawsuit does not ask for source code solely for the kernel, but also for several userspace components under GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1 (at least some of which are at least in large part under "or-later" licensing). They don't recite any noncompliance wrt any *GPLv3 components, perhaps (though I'm just guessing) because Vizio doesn't include any in their TVs.
- bonzini 3y ago> also for several userspace components True, though from the filing it's clear that Linux is the most interesting to them (it's the only one that is described separately, in paragraphs 41-45 of the complaint).