These two @lwn articles are prime examples of why good journalism matters and why you should pay money to make sure it thrives:

They both look beyond the shiny statements from the different parties involved and outside commentators such as @torvalds in this case and explain just how it is from a mostly neutral[1] point of view so that you can make your own judgments.

* GPLv2 and installation requirements – https://lwn.net/Articles/1052842/

* SFC v. VIZIO: who can enforce the GPL? – https://lwn.net/Articles/1052734/

[1] We are humans, and even if we try, we are never completely neutral – and a publication like #LWN that targets the FLOSS community obviously will somewhat look at things from the view of its target audience.

#gpl #Linux #kernel #VIZIO #sfc

Unfortunately, due to a conflict in the court's schedule, the judge has delayed the #Vizio trial and it will not be starting on Monday. It's disappointing news, but hopefully it will be scheduled soon! We'll keep you all posted as we get more information.

Unfortunately, due to a conflict in the court's schedule, the judge has delayed the #Vizio trial and it will not be starting on Monday. It's disappointing news, but hopefully it will be scheduled soon! We'll keep you all posted as we get more information.

@skyfaller

As for LLMs, I do have some ideas of what #copyleft- @next can do to deal with the issue and how it impacts copyleft in general.

I'm hoping to work more on this after the #Vizio trial is over.

#SFC

Strange to see Linus Torvald spending his Christmas Eve dunking on the only organization doing active GPL enforcement.

#SFLC has collaborated with other kernel developers, representing them in court. Their ideas are not fringe and they are not the assholes he paints them out to be. #Floss #Vizio

Breaking news: the tentative ruling for today's #Vizio hearing just came out in favor of SFC's summary adjudication motion! This isn't a final ruling, but indicates how the judge is leaning in advance of the hearing. The hearing will begin at 10am pacific and will likely begin with other cases scheduled to be heard today.

https://www.occourts.org/sites/default/files/oc/default/tentative-rulings/slealrulings.pdf

😲 👀 … Judge Leal in #SFC's landmark impact litigation against #Vizio (regarding their violations of #GPLv2 & #LGPLv2_1) is leaning toward partially granting our motion for summary adjudication.

Such motions are difficult to win, so this is amazing.

Her decision is tentative; join the hearing today (details in linked post) to hear the oral arguments in real time.

I'll live updates of the hearing in this thread.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/04/tentative-vizio-ruling-in-favor-of-sfc/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #SoftwareFreedom

#SFC lawyers argue correctly that the Judge got it right in the tentative ruling: the contract we accepted when we exercised the new offer when #Vizio updated their offer during the case.

#Vizio's lawyer dubiously claims that because we said the offer was invalid when the case *started* means we can never test the offer for source later when they fixed it during the case.

Effectively, Vizio is effectively saying if you're in a #GPL lawsuit, you lose your right to even ask for source at all!!!

Breaking news: the tentative ruling for today's #Vizio hearing just came out in favor of SFC's summary adjudication motion! This isn't a final ruling, but indicates how the judge is leaning in advance of the hearing. The hearing will begin at 10am pacific and will likely begin with other cases scheduled to be heard today.

https://www.occourts.org/sites/default/files/oc/default/tentative-rulings/slealrulings.pdf

😲 👀 … Judge Leal in #SFC's landmark impact litigation against #Vizio (regarding their violations of #GPLv2 & #LGPLv2_1) is leaning toward partially granting our motion for summary adjudication.

Such motions are difficult to win, so this is amazing.

Her decision is tentative; join the hearing today (details in linked post) to hear the oral arguments in real time.

I'll live updates of the hearing in this thread.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/04/tentative-vizio-ruling-in-favor-of-sfc/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #SoftwareFreedom

A window into how hectic & 14-hour-day-inducing it is to work for a tiny charity like #SFC:

Right now, I'm (a) listening to live deposition of #Vizio's expert witness in our landmark impact litigation regarding #GPL, (b) generating a fundraising email to ask our donors to please renew as #SoftwareFreedom #Conservancy sustainers <https://sfconservancy.org/sustainers/>, & (c) desperately copying files to my new laptop as my current one is failing in real time.
All happening in real time. Welcome to my world.

I'll add it low priority on our agenda, but we've a single sysadmin , @paulv, covering all of SFC needs—internal & external.

My job in part is to prioritize limited resources right,so the salient question is: ∃ ppl who'd never see https://giveupgithub.org b/c it has no AAAA record?

#GiveUpGitHub

I suspect surprise at this …
https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn/115010692432308881
… is b/c most don't know #LinuxFoundation has (for 10 yrs) slowly become less of a #FOSS org. LF has developed multiple proprietary platforms (e.g., https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/mar/13/lf-community-bridge/ ). Mike Dolan of LF is a friendly witness for #Vizio — a known #GPL violator (See https://sfc.ngo/vizio — we expect to release Dolan's transcript soon).

Cc: @derderwish @jwildeboer @celesteh @hipsterelectron @richlv @hrw @tobi @shine @alltherum @nirro @haui
@ikuturso

#copyleft- @next will move slowly & steadily. I must focus on the final days of the #Vizio case before trial, but I'm looking forward to my “vacation” after the Vizio trial to be work on #copyleft -next!

Watch https://sfc.ngo/vizio/ for more info on #Vizio case!

Cc: @richardfontana @next @andre @dentangle @neil @jdp23

#copyleft- @next will move slowly & steadily. I must focus on the final days of the #Vizio case before trial, but I'm looking forward to my “vacation” after the Vizio trial to be work on #copyleft -next!

Watch https://sfc.ngo/vizio/ for more info on #Vizio case!

Cc: @richardfontana @next @andre @dentangle @neil @jdp23