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Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL? (blog.tidelift.com)
submitted 10 months ago by eldritch_lich@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[-] assembly@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

Thanks so much I had not been tracking this case but it pissed me off to no end when I heard that Vizio was refusing to uphold the GPL. They are more than happy to greatly benefit from the labors of open source development but the second they have to do the smallest step in support of the GPL, they fight it. I doubt there is anything overly interesting that they could release. My mind is assuming they don’t want anyone to see the actual level of their data gathering.

[-] eldritch_lich@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

The best outcome would be setting a precedent that allows FOSS organisations to send threatening letters to companies that violate the license. An individual dev maintaining a small library may theoretically be able to win a lawsuit, but practically? lmao good luck

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

It might be worth something for the open source community to consider open funding for a group that would help devs to do just that. It wouldn't help everyone. But it might help enough to make an impact for everyone.

[-] eldritch_lich@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I think this could even be related to the idea of post-open source that Bruce Perens talked about. An organisation which helps its members handle the business-y parts of running large community projects. They could handle funding, legal representation, marketing and any other support that members may want. A large number of members would make it that much more effective as well.

[-] anon5621@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing.This is really important.

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

Fascinating read. Thanks for sharing.

[-] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

This was well written and makes me miss Groklaw once more

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Now do John Deer

[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

I now want to become a kernel contributor just so that it would be possible for me to use the copyright excuse too

[-] eldritch_lich@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

If I understand correctly, this applies to users, not just contributors. As a user of the software you are entitled to a copy of the source code.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Exactly. What are contributors? If not, also users?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Reading this article made me giggle with glee.

[-] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Really good article, based af 😎🔥💯

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