Why doesn't VIZIO just comply?

Posted Jan 14, 2026 20:16 UTC (Wed) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418)
In reply to: Why doesn't VIZIO just comply? by marcH
Parent article: SFC v. VIZIO: who can enforce the GPL?

> Shareholders read the news too

There are no shareholders of Vizio. LWN is doing a favor to Walmart and arguably it's readers by still referring to the historical company named Vizio, but it isn't accurate and I personally don't appreciate it. The entire article should be s/Vizio/Walmart/.

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Company names

Posted Jan 14, 2026 20:22 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

We used the same name as appears in the court filings, including in the SFC's complaint. To have done anything else would have been confusing at best. I don't quite see how Walmart would benefit from this..?

Company names

Posted Jan 15, 2026 7:40 UTC (Thu) by IanKelling (subscriber, #89418) [Link]

> I don't quite see how Walmart would benefit from this..?

Vizio is just a brand name owned by Walmart now. There are 1000 reasons Walmart wouldn't want to be known as the one funding this lawsuit. Remember that Microsoft funded SCO lawsuits and then they put out an ad campaign about how they <3 Linux? Don't be dense.