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The only licence Vizo had to use the GPL software and distribute it to their users required them to make the code available to them on request. If they don't d
by MattPalmer1086 10mo ago
The only licence Vizo had to use the GPL software and distribute it to their users required them to make the code available to them on request.
If they don't do that, they are in violation of copyright (since nothing else gives them permission to copy and distribute it).
- charcircuit 10mo agoThis article is not about whether Smartcast TV has all the neccessary licenses to be distributed. It's not the copyright owner of a dependency suing them.
- microtherion 10mo agoThey are being sued by the SFC, which has been deputized by the actual copyright holders to act on their behalf: https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/#linux https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/#linux
- pabs3 10mo agoExcept in this case, SFC are not suing on behalf of copyright holders, but as a third-party beneficiary of the GPL contract between copyright holders and Vizio.