[AntiMS]

The article says early on that under California law, third parties intended to benefit from a contract can enforce those terms and that's "the crux" of Conservancy's lawyers' argument. But near the end it says that depending on the ruling in Conservancy v. Visio, we may get precedent that "anyone in the United States who wants GPL source code can sue for it, contributor or not." Any idea how it is that this case about California law could set precedent relevant to little old me who lives in Not-California, U.S.A.?

Of course it would be relevant to me because if someone sues some other hardware vendor for GPL'd source code and wins pointing at precedent set by Conservancy v. Visio, they'll likely publish that source online where I can get it, but that's not what I'm asking about.