Kungiyar kare hakkin dan adam Kula da 'Yanci na Software (CFS) ya shigar da kara kotu kamfanin Viziotare da shi rashin yarda da bukatun GPL don rarraba firmware zuwa dandamali na SmartCast dangane da TV masu kaifin baki.
Hanyoyin suna abin lura saboda wannan ita ce ƙara ta farko a tarihi, ba a madadin ɗan takara ba na ci gaban da ya mallaki haƙƙin mallaka na code, amma ta mabukaci, wanda ba a ba da lambar tushe na abubuwan da aka rarraba a ƙarƙashin lasisin GPL ba.
Don kiyaye 'yancin software, ta amfani da lambar da ke ƙarƙashin lasisin haƙƙin mallaka a cikin samfuran ta, mai sana'anta ya wajaba ya samar da lambar tushe, gami da lambar ayyuka na asali da umarnin shigarwa. Idan ba tare da irin waɗannan ayyuka ba, mai amfani ya rasa iko akan software, ba zai iya gyara kurakurai da kansa ba, ƙara sabbin abubuwa, da cire abubuwan da ba dole ba.
Ana iya buƙatar canje-canje don kare sirrin ku, gyara al'amuran cikin gida waɗanda masana'anta suka ƙi gyarawa, da kuma tsawaita rayuwar na'urar bayan goyan bayanta na hukuma ta ƙare ko kuma tsufa na wucin gadi don haɓaka siyan sabon ƙira.
The Freedom Conservancy software ta sanar a yau cewa ta shigar da kara a kan Vizio Inc. saboda abin da ta kira gazawar da aka yi akai-akai don biyan ko da ainihin bukatun Babban Lasisi na Jama'a (GPL).
Ƙarar ta yi zargin cewa samfuran TV ɗin Vizio, bisa tsarinsa na SmartCast, sun ƙunshi software da Vizio ya ɓaddi daga wata al'umma na masu haɓakawa waɗanda ke nufin masu amfani su sami takamaiman haƙƙin gyara, haɓakawa, raba, da sake shigar da gyare-gyaren sigar software.
GPL lasisin hagu ne wanda ke ba da tabbacin masu amfani da ƙarshen yancin gudanar da bincike, raba, da gyara software. Copyleft nau'in lasisin software ne wanda ke cin gajiyar haƙƙin haƙƙin mallaka, amma tare da niyyar haɓaka rabawa (amfani da lasisin haƙƙin mallaka don amfani da gyara software kyauta).
Da farko, SFC ta yi ƙoƙarin yin shawarwari cikin lumana, amma ayyukan ta hanyar lallashi da bayanai ba su dace ba kuma wani yanayi ya tashi a cikin masana'antar na'urorin Intanet tare da rashin kula da bukatun GPL. Don fita daga cikin wannan yanayi da kafa misali, an yanke shawarar yin amfani da tsauraran matakan shari'a don gurfanar da masu laifi a gaban shari'a tare da shirya shari'ar izgili akan daya daga cikin mafi munin laifuka.
Shari'ar ba ta samar da biyan diyya na kuɗi ba, SFC kawai ta nemi kotu ta tilasta wa kamfanin ya bi sharuɗɗan GPL akan samfuransa kuma ya sanar da masu amfani game da haƙƙin da aka bayar ta lasisin haƙƙin mallaka. A yayin da aka gyara abubuwan da suka faru, duk abubuwan da ake bukata sun cika, kuma an ba da wani wajibi na gaba don biyan GPL, SFC yana shirye don rufe karar nan da nan.
An fara sanar da Vizio game da cin zarafin GPL a watan Agusta 2018. Kimanin shekara guda kenan ana kokarin sasanta rikicin ta hanyar diflomasiyya, amma a watan Janairun 2020. Kamfanin ya janye gaba daya daga tattaunawar kuma ya daina amsa wasiku daga wakilan SFC. A cikin Yuli 2021, an kammala zagayen tallafi na samfurin TV, firmware wanda aka gano yana da lahani, amma wakilan SFC sun gano cewa ba a la'akari da shawarwarin SFC ba kuma an keta sharuddan GPL a cikin samfuran. na sababbin na'urori.
Musamman, samfuran Vizio ba sa ba da damar mai amfani don neman lambar tushe na abubuwan GPL na Linux kernel-based firmware da kuma yanayin tsarin da aka saba inda aka gano fakitin GPL kamar U-Boot, Bash, gawk, GNU tar, glibc, FFmpeg, Bluez, BusyBox, Coreutils, glib, dnsmasq, DirectFB, libgcrypt , da kuma tsarin. Bugu da ƙari, kayan bayanan ba su ambaci amfani da software a ƙarƙashin lasisin haƙƙin mallaka da haƙƙoƙin da waɗannan lasisin suka bayar ba.
A game da Vizio. Yarda da GPL yana da mahimmanci musamman idan aka ba da ƙarar da ta gabata inda aka zargi kamfanin da keta sirri da aika bayanan sirri game da masu amfani da na'urorin, ciki har da bayanan fina-finai da shirye-shiryen talabijin da suke kallo.
Source: https://sfconservancy.org
A takaice, ya fi dacewa don kauce wa siyan kayan aikin alamar Vizio.