Is the contract restricted to the buyers, or to the "any 3rd party" of the GPL?

Posted Jan 9, 2026 14:14 UTC (Fri) by daroc (editor, #160859)
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?

I'm not fully certain what the consideration in question is, actually. The judge's tentative ruling doesn't spell that out, but it does say:

Therefore, Plaintiff adequately stated a basis for its contract argument in its FAC and discovery responses.

... so I'm not sure, but the judge seems to think that a contract could exist here, presumably for reasons that are obvious to a member of California bar but that are not obvious to me.