Whether or not the GPL family of licenses ought to fall under copyright law or contract law is now central to the outcome of Software Freedom Conservancy v. Vizio.
Whether or not the GPL family of licenses ought to fall under copyright law or contract law is now central to the outcome of Software Freedom Conservancy v. Vizio.
And hopefully it comes out on the side that any user can sue to get GPL code. The GPL was always about users having the freedom to alter their software after the fact. It was never about getting...
And hopefully it comes out on the side that any user can sue to get GPL code. The GPL was always about users having the freedom to alter their software after the fact. It was never about getting changes back upstream.
I would love to actually use my Vizio TV with some custom firmware that wipes all the garbage and lets me load Kodi and/or Jellyfin.
And importantly, this would probably perpetualize the concept of the GPL – even if the FSF/Conservancy were to bite the dust one day, the idea behind it could still be sued for (in software using...
And hopefully it comes out on the side that any user can sue to get GPL code. The GPL was always about users having the freedom to alter their software after the fact. It was never about getting changes back upstream.
And importantly, this would probably perpetualize the concept of the GPL – even if the FSF/Conservancy were to bite the dust one day, the idea behind it could still be sued for (in software using the correspondence license, of course) by anyone.
Whether or not the GPL family of licenses ought to fall under copyright law or contract law is now central to the outcome of Software Freedom Conservancy v. Vizio.
And hopefully it comes out on the side that any user can sue to get GPL code. The GPL was always about users having the freedom to alter their software after the fact. It was never about getting changes back upstream.
I would love to actually use my Vizio TV with some custom firmware that wipes all the garbage and lets me load Kodi and/or Jellyfin.
And importantly, this would probably perpetualize the concept of the GPL – even if the FSF/Conservancy were to bite the dust one day, the idea behind it could still be sued for (in software using the correspondence license, of course) by anyone.