Why doesn't VIZIO just comply?

Posted Jan 9, 2026 13:14 UTC (Fri) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Why doesn't VIZIO just comply? by Wol
Parent article: SFC v. VIZIO: who can enforce the GPL?

> If they'd come clean and said "We didn't know, our supplier hasn't given us the source, please help us comply" the SFC wouldn't have taken this action, but I think Visio has a reputation for ignoring/fobbing off requests for source, which is why they were targetted.

No, Vizio would never actually say that, for the simple reason that it's an admission of guilt. And per the SFC this suit was filed after 2-3 years of attempts to go about this the nice way.

Vizio is shipping GPL-covered binaries; *they* have the obligation to produce the complete corresponding source code one in one of the ways enumerated in the GPL. "But we don't have access to it!" doesn't absolve them of that legal requirement.