A watan Satumba na shekarar da ta gabata wani taron da ba a taba yin irinsa ba, wanda wani kamfani mai suna Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ya bayyana buƙatar zuwa GNOME, wanda a ciki aka zarge ta da keta doka ta 9,936,086 a cikin manajan hoto na Shotwell.
Patent wanda Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC yayi ikirarinsa, yana da kwanan wata 2008 kuma ya bayyana wata dabara don haɗawa da na'urar ɗaukar hoto ta hanyar waya (waya, kyamaran yanar gizo) a na'urar karbar hoto (kwamfuta) sannan kuma zazzage hotuna tare da tacewa ta kwanan wata, wuri da sauran sigogi. A cewar mai shigar da karar, saboda keta dokar mallakar, ya isa a samu aikin shigowa daga kyamara, ikon hada hotuna bisa wasu ka'idoji da aika hotuna zuwa shafukan yanar gizo (misali, zuwa ga hanyar sadarwar jama'a ko sabis na daukar hoto ).
Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC sigar gargajiya ce wacce ke raye mafi yawa na ƙananan kamfanoni da kamfanonin da basu da albarkatu don dogon karar kuma sun ga ya fi sauƙi su biya diyya. A cikin shekaru 6 da suka gabata, an shigar da irin waɗannan kararraki 714 tare da wannan lambobin mallakar.
Rothschild Patent Imaging LLС kawai ya mallaki kayan ilimi, amma baya aiwatar da ayyukan ci gaba da samarwa, ma'ana, ba za'a iya kai kararsa ba saboda keta sharuɗɗan amfani da haƙƙin mallaka akan kowane samfuri. Mutum na iya kawai ƙoƙari don tabbatar da rashin ingancin haƙƙin mallaka ta hanyar tabbatar da gaskiyar amfani da fasahar da aka bayyana a cikin haƙƙin mallaka.
Muna raba wannan shari'ar tare da duk masu karatun mu a lokacin kuma yanzu muna farin cikin raba muku nasarar da GNOME ta sanarWannan daidai ne mutane, GNOME ya yi nasara a wannan yanayin.
Kuma shi ne cewa Gidauniyar GNOME ta sanar da nasarar warware karar da Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ya shigar, wanda ya zargi aikin da keta hakkin mallaka.
Fiye da watanni 8 kawai, GNOME yayi iyakar ƙoƙarin sa don ba da damar yin wannan rashin adalci ba kuma a lokacin ya sami tallafi ba kawai daga al'umma ba har ma daga sauran ƙungiyoyi.
A ƙarshe, ɓangarorin biyu sun cimma yarjejeniya a inda mai shigar da kara ya dakatar da dukkan tuhume-tuhumen da ake yiwa GNOME kuma ya kara yarda da cewa "ba zai ƙara gurfanar da wani ƙetaren haƙƙin mallaka ba" kuma a nasa ɓangaren Rothschild Patent Imaging ya yi alƙawarin ba da ƙarar wani aikin tushen buɗewa lambar da aka bayar a ƙarƙashin lasisin buɗewar da OSI ya amince da shi. Commitmentaddamarwar ta shafi duk kundin tsarin mallakar Rothschild. Ba a bayyana cikakkun bayanai game da yarjejeniyar ba.
Ka tuna cewa mai gabatar da kara ya ba da shawarar janye karar don siyan lasisi don amfani da lamban kira, amma GNOME bai yarda da yarjejeniyar ba kuma ya yanke shawarar yin gwagwarmaya har zuwa ƙarshe, kamar yadda rabon zai kawo cikas ga wasu ayyukan budewa wadanda zasu iya zama wadanda abin ya shafa game da kungiyar. Don daukar nauyin kariyar GNOME, an kirkiro GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund, wanda ya tara sama da $ 150,000 na $ 125,000 da ake bukata.
Shearman & Sterling ne Gidauniyar GNOME ta dauki haya don tara kudade don kare ta kuma sun shigar da kara a kotu don kore karar baki daya, saboda takaddama a cikin lamarin ba ta da inganci kuma fasahar da aka bayyana a ciki ba ta da amfani don kare kayan ilimi na software. Bugu da ƙari, an yi shakkar yiwuwar yin amfani da wannan haƙƙin mallaka don yin da'awa game da software kyauta. A ƙarshe, an shigar da kara don karyata ikon mallakar.
Daga baya, Open Invention Network (OIN) ya shiga cikin tsaro don kare tsarin halittar Linux na haƙƙin mallaka OIN ta tattara ƙungiyar lauyoyi don soke haƙƙin mallaka kuma ta ƙaddamar da wani shiri don nemo gaskiya game da amfani da fasahar da aka bayyana a cikin haƙƙin mallaka (Yankin fasaha).
A ƙarshe, idan kuna son ƙarin sani game da shari'ar, kuna iya tuntuɓar cikakkun bayanai A cikin mahaɗin mai zuwa.