Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) sued Vizio in October 2021 because Vizio did not provide the required source code for the GPL and LGPL works that Vizio chose to use in its TVs, preventing SFC from making privacy and security enhancing changes, among other improvements that the GPL and LGPL require that companies allow in devices they sell. SFC brought the case as a third-party beneficiary of these copyleft agreements, to demonstrate how users of copylefted software can directly enforce the agreements if a company fails to comply.
The case finally made it to trial two weeks ago, after several long years of negotiation, hearings, and source candidate reviews. Join us to learn how that long-awaited trial went: what the arguments were, how Vizio tried to make its case, and what the likely outcomes may be, both for Vizio and for software freedom as a whole. We look forward to your questions and discussion around this historic case for user rights!