<p class="mb0" style="font-size: 18px">Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization
centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the right to
repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and defend these rights
through fostering free and open source software (FOSS) projects, driving
initiatives that actively make technology more inclusive, and advancing policy
strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft). <a href="/about" class="orange">Learn more.</a></p>
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<p>Software Freedom Conservancy has filed a Motion for Remand in our lawsuit against Vizio for their flagrant GPL & LGPL violations</p>
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<p>We recently filed <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808/gov.uscourts.cacd.837808.14.0.pdf">a Motion for Remand in our
lawsuit against Vizio</a> for their flagrant GPL violations, alleged
with great detail in <a href="/docs/software-freedom-conservancy-v-vizio-complaint-2021-10-19.pdf">our complaint in California state
court</a>. This skirmish in what will likely be a long lawsuit is of particular interest, because the issues explored
directly address one fundamental legal truth of the GPL: it simultaneously operates as a copyright license granted by the copyright holders and as a contract that benefits everyone in the software supply chain — most importantly, the consumers at the end of that supply chain. <a href="/blog/2021/dec/28/vizio-update-1/">Read more…</a></p>
<p>We've written an open letter to The White House to address concerns around the recent meeting about FOSS infrastructure. We believe there should be more of a voice given to consumer rights and not just addressing the needs of Big Tech. <a href="/blog/2022/feb/01/biden-foss-security-sbom-copyleft-right-to-repair/">Read the letter here.</a></p>