Is the contract restricted to the buyers, or to the "any 3rd party" of the GPL?
Is the contract restricted to the buyers, or to the "any 3rd party" of the GPL?
Posted Jan 9, 2026 13:21 UTC (Fri) by pizza (subscriber, #46)In reply to: Is the contract restricted to the buyers, or to the "any 3rd party" of the GPL? by milesrout
Parent article: SFC v. VIZIO: who can enforce the GPL?
> The question here is whether there is a contract between Vizio and the SFC [... ] there needs to be consideration [...]
Given that the SFC purchased a Vizio TV, there's clearly _some_ sort of consideration changing hands here.
(Ok, ok, sure, the SFC didn't purchase it directly from Vizio, so there are probably a couple of middlemen involved. But in numerous contexts, the law allows [if not requires!] these layers of indirection to be short-circuited directly back to the manufacturer. Meanwhile, if you turned the TV on and there's a click-through "contract" with Vizio's name on it, then there's clearly a direct relationship too...)