>"If this suit is successful, it'll no longer be necessary to prove sufficient standing as a copyright holder of GPLed code in order to enforce the license;"
Would such a decision have any usefulness outside of California? This specific lawsuit is filed in a California state court, against a California defendant.
The Software Freedom Conservancy is a business which can do business in many states and be subject to the jurisdiction of courts in all of them, unlike an individual, who can be resident in only one state. (And even then, an individual could also sue in California if the event being sued over - like a purchase or an accident - occurred in California)
Presumably the suit is federal because it’s a copyright case. So, yeah, it would have some significance within the 9th circuit until the appeals shake out.
Would such a decision have any usefulness outside of California? This specific lawsuit is filed in a California state court, against a California defendant.
/not a lawyer