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SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

Posted May 17, 2022 6:08 UTC (Tue) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts by k8to
Parent article: SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

> I think the lesson business people will take is to refuse even harder to incorporate copyleft code,...

- _When_ there is an alternative then yes, absolutely. Non-copyleft has already been a preference for some time anyway in many companies. Will things change that much?

- On other hand, when there is no alternative then this will help "professional" companies who make an effort to do the right thing and who know how to produce a proper Bills of Materials which is a legal requirement for many other licenses than the GPL anyway and which is also becoming a regulatory requirement for national security reasons. Enough already with "low-cost" software and USB sticks thrown over the wall, it's not the 80s anymore.


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SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

Posted May 17, 2022 21:07 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link] (3 responses)

Non-copyleft is preferred by softwaqre companies, because it's *developer* friendly.

Copyleft *should* be preferred by user companies, because it's *user* friendly.

The question companies should be asking is "am I developer, or user?", and make the decision based on that. Hardware makers are users.

Cheers,
Wol

SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

Posted May 18, 2022 4:44 UTC (Wed) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

IMO, most software companies are both, really. They just don't think they're users.

SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

Posted May 18, 2022 6:18 UTC (Wed) by eduperez (guest, #11232) [Link] (1 responses)

> Non-copyleft is preferred by software companies, because it's *developer* friendly.

As a professional developer, I could not disagree more... nothing is more infuriating that having to use buggy closed-source libraries or utilities to develop your product; perhaps you meant that "non-copyleft is preferred by software companies, because it's *company* friendly"?

SFC v. Vizio remanded back to California state courts

Posted May 18, 2022 6:25 UTC (Wed) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

Closed-source software was never part of this discussion. Wol is comparing copyleft restrictions with "really free", BSD-like licensing


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