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<h3 id="specific-performance">specific performance</h3>
<p>Fulfilling the requirements of a contract in exactly the way the contract specifies. When most contracts are disputed in court, the plaintiff expects to receive money, that they can use to remedy the harm that the other party caused them in not holding up their side of the deal. When a plaintiff seeks specific performance, they want something that money can’t replace.</p>
<h3 id="standing">standing</h3>
<p>Legal standing is a property of a party seeking legal remediation, needed to demonstrate that they are sufficiently affected by and connected to a case. ie, you must show that you are directly affected by the issue at hand.</p>
<h3 id="summary-judgment">Summary Judgment</h3>
<p>In a <em>summary judgment</em> motion, a party in a lawsuit asks the Court
to rule immediately on some (or all) of the claims made in <a
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<h3 id="third-party-beneficiary">third-party beneficiaries of the GPL</h3>
<p>People who aren’t a party to a <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> agreement, but who would benefit from the contract if the parties to the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> do as they promise under the agreement. An example of such a benefit might be the receipt of the source code of the GPL’d software. See also General Public License (GPL).</p>
<p>Here's an example unrelated to software that explains the concept of “third party beneficary” (“3PB”): Imagine if Alice is a carpenter with a niece named Charlotte, who is just about to start college. Bob wants Alice to fix his stairs. Alice wants to help Charlotte pay tutition for school, so she alters her standard contract so Bob has to pay Charlotte the fee that would normally go to Alice. If Bob reneges on this promise, Charlotte would have the right enforce her claim to that fee against Bob, even though Charlotte isn't a party to the carpentry contract between Alice and Bob.</p>
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strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft). <a href="/about" class="orange">Learn more.</a></p>
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<h2 class="f4 ttu">LGPL win for routers!</h2>
<p>SFC funded lawsuit wins rights in Germany! Users of AVM routers
in Germany are now able to take advantage of the LGPL software on
their routers to allow them to reinstall and reconfigure their
FRITZ!Box routers. To read more about the case and why this software
right-to-repair is important.</p>
<a href="/news/2025/jan/09/avm-copyleft-lawsuit-resolved-with-install" class="f5 dib pa2 ttu b
<h2 class="f4 ttu">SFC files updated MSA in Vizio</h2>
<p>Recently, in the historic Vizio lawsuit, SFC has filed a new Motion for Summary Adjudication. Seeking to establish the right of "third-party beneficiaries" to the GPL. This is the right we are hope to enshrine for all users and recievers of copyleft software. Follow along as we move to trial later this year in this landmark lawsuit.</p>
<a href="/news/2025/jul/10/sfc-updates-motion-for-summary-adjudication-vizio/" class="f5 dib pa2 ttu b
btn-orange">Check it out!</a>
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<h3 class="ttu">Featured Term</h3>
<h4 id="foss-commons">amicus curiae</h4>
<p>“Amicus curiae” literally means “friend of the court” and is what you call someone who isn’t a party to the case but,because of their strong interest or expertise in the subject matter of the case, has information or argument that the court would find useful in reaching a decision.</p>
<p><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#amicus" class="orange ttu">Visit our glossary of terms</a></p>
<h4 id="foss-commons">third-party beneficiary</h4>
<p>People who aren’t a party to a <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> agreement, but who would benefit from the contract if the parties to the <acronym title="General Public License">GPL</acronym> do as they promise under the agreement. An example of such a benefit might be the receipt of the source code of the GPL’d software. See also General Public License (GPL).</p>
<p><a href="/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#third-party-beneficiary" class="orange ttu">Visit our glossary of terms</a></p>
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