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We've got a roundup of some of the Vizio related news recently:
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People are talking about the Vizio suit!
After the positive tentative ruling in our case against Vizio, we gathered in Orange County with our lawyers for what is likely the last hearing of...
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After our hearing last week in the Vizio case, Christine Hall has a great write up in FOSS Force. You can read it here:
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Judge Signals Win for Software Freedom Conservancy in Vizio GPL Case - FOSS Force
A California judge has tentatively sided with SFC in its GPL case over Vizio’s SmartCast TVs, but the final outcome is still pending.
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Just over a week in and we've already raised over $12,000! Thanks to all of you who are renewing your Sustainerships and helping us meet our match challenge. Your support yesterday during the Vizio hearing was also so great to see. If you like the work we are doing, you can support copyleft compliance efforts like that and much more by donating or becoming a Sustaining member:
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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. πŸ“„.pdf
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@npub1te88...u0yq just keynoted at #SFSCON in Bolzano, Italy. You can find her speaking on local (German) news station in this video:
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Director of Compliance Denver Gingerich has recently worked with the @npub1qhc4...nfdz to announce the bounty program for continuing the Right to (Software) Repair for GPL devices. Denver noted that β€œNest chose to use software with a built-in right to repair in its thermostats. But they took those rights away when they locked down the Nest devices and failed to provide the complete source code for Linux" Read more here:
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RELEASE: First-of-its-kind repair bounty program targets Google Nest, Xbox, more to restore ownership rights
New advocacy group pledges up to $100,000 for software fixes that would give consumers more control For immediate release: Thursday, October 23, 2...