License Violations 2021-ongoing Incident #66

SFC v. Vizio

Estimated Financial Impact
$2B+ company at risk
Blast Radius
Third-party beneficiary enforcement precedent

What Happened

The Software Freedom Conservancy sued Vizio for failing to release SmartCast OS source code as required by GPL/LGPL. The case introduces a novel "third-party beneficiary" theory: if it succeeds, it could expand who can bring GPL enforcement actions from copyright holders alone to potentially any third party worldwide.

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Risk Guard: Caught

LICENSE_RESTRICTION_DERIVATIVE_WORK_COPYLEFT.

Risk Guard Check Codes That Flag This Incident

LICENSE_RESTRICTION_DERIVATIVE_WORK_COPYLEFT

How Every Tool Performed

5 Caught 1 Partial 0 Missed
Tool Verdict Details
OSS Risk Guard Caught LICENSE_RESTRICTION_DERIVATIVE_WORK_COPYLEFT.
Socket Partial Has license scanning but not primary focus
Snyk Caught License compliance scanning
Sonatype (Nexus) Caught License compliance in Lifecycle product
Black Duck Caught Industry-leading license compliance; largest knowledge base
Endor Labs Caught License compliance scanning
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