Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
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- Vizio smart TV users have little control over software tracking habits and ads.
- Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) sued Vizio to release its Linux-based TV OS source code.
- A California jury will decide in August if Vizio must provide executable code to SFC and owners.
- Case outcome may impact user control over Linux-based smart TVs, enabling ad limits or modifications.
- SFC claims rights to code as TV owners and because OS is based on Ubuntu under GPL/LGPL licenses.
- Vizio and Walmart declined comment; Vizio disputes GPL/LGPL requirements for source code sharing.