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Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial (arstechnica.com)

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That argument is about whether any customer of a product can sue over a failure to follow a licence, whether the FSF can sue as a customer of Vizio's or whether they have to be representing a rights holder for one of the licences that are being breached

It's unusual for a third party to be able to sue, so it could go either way