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<h2 id="vmware">Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al</h2>
<h1>Previous Copyleft Litigation</h1>
<p>Pursuant to our <a href="/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles of
Community-Oriented GPL enforcement</a>, Software Freedom Conservancy sees
litigation as an last resort when other methods to achieve copyleft
compliance fail. Below, we discuss the outcome of past compliance
lawsuits where Conservancy played a role.</p>
<h2 id="best-buy-et-al">Software Freedom Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al</h2>
<p>On 14 December 2009, Software Freedom Conservancy filed a federal copyright
lawsuit against 14 defendants, including Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, and
JVC.
The <a href="https://ia600207.us.archive.org/21/items/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978/gov.uscourts.nysd.355978.docket.html">docket
of that lawsuit is available (on archive.org)</a> and