Judge in Vizio Case Rules on Issue Irrelevant to Rights Under Copyleft (opens in new tab)

On 23 December 2025, Judge Leal granted a motion brought by Vizio that sought a ruling on a position that SFC has not actually taken. Vizio asked the court to rule on something that no one believes the GPLv2 requires. Specifically, Vizio said in their motion for summary adjudication: Defendant VIZIO, Inc. [moves] this Court for summary adjudication [re] whether … GPLv2 … and … LGPLv2.1 … require the licensee [under the GPL Agreements] to provide information necessary to install modif...