NgoSeptemba wonyaka ophelileyo umsitho ongazange ubonwe, apho inkampani egama linguRothschild Patent Imaging LLC ibhengeze ibango kwiGNOME, apho wayetyholwa ngolwaphulo mthetho lwe patent 9,936,086 kumphathi wezithombe wase Shotwell.
Ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza apho iRothschild Patent Imaging LLC yenze khona ibango layo, yango-2008 kwaye ichaza ubuchule bokuqhagamshela ngaphandle kwamacingo isixhobo sokubamba umfanekiso (ifowuni, ikhamera yewebhu) a isixhobo esifumana umfanekiso (ikhompyuter) emva koko ukhethe ngokukhethekileyo ukuhambisa imifanekiso ngokucoca ngomhla, indawo kunye nezinye iiparameter. Ngokommangali, ngokophula umthetho welungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza, kwanele ukuba nomsebenzi wokungenisa ngaphakathi kwikhamera, ukubanakho ukuhlela imifanekiso ngokwemigaqo ethile kunye nokuthumela imifanekiso kwiindawo zangaphandle (umzekelo, kwinethiwekhi yoluntu okanye inkonzo yokufota ).
URothschild Patent Imaging LLC yitroll patent yeklasikhi ehlala ubukhulu becala yamashishini amancinci kunye neenkampani ezingenazo izixhobo ityala elide kwaye bakufumanisa kulula ukuhlawula imbuyekezo. Kule minyaka mi-6 idlulileyo, i-714 yezimangalo ezinjalo ziye zafakwa kule troll yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi.
Ukujonga i-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLС kungumnini wepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda, kodwa ayiyenzi imisebenzi yophuhliso kunye nemveliso, oko kukuthi, ayinakubekwa tyala ngokwaphula imigaqo yokusetyenziswa kwamalungelo abenzi kuyo nayiphi na imveliso. Umntu unokuzama ukubonakalisa ukungabinanto kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza ngokungqina ubunyani bokusetyenziswa kobuchwephesha kwangaphambi kokuchazwa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi.
Sabelana ngale meko nabo bonke abafundi bethu ngelo xesha kwaye ngoku sonwabile ukwabelana nawe ngolu loyiso lubhengezwe yi-GNOMEKulungile bafo, i-GNOME iphumelele kule meko.
Kwaye ukuba i-GNOME Foundation ibhengeze isisombululo esiphumeleleyo seRothschild Patent Imaging LLC, etyhola iprojekthi yokophula umthetho welungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza.
Ngaphezulu nje kweenyanga ze-8, i-GNOME yenze konke okusemandleni ayo ukungavumeli oku kungabikho kokusesikweni kwenziwe kwaye ngeli xesha ifumene inkxaso hayi kuluntu kuphela kodwa nakweminye imibutho.
Ekugqibeleni, omabini amaqela afikelele kwisivumelwano apho ummangali azirhoxisa zonke izityholo ngokuchasene ne-GNOME kwaye wavuma kwakhona ukuba "angaphindi amangalele nakuphi na ukophula umthetho welungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza" nakwinxalenye yakhe Ukujonga i-Patent ye-Rothschild kuthembise ukungabamangaleli nayiphi na iprojekthi evulekileyo ikhowudi yayo enikezwe phantsi kwelayisensi evulekileyo evunywe yi-OSI. Ukuzibophelela kugubungela ipotifoliyo yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi weRothschild. Iinkcukacha zemigaqo yesivumelwano azichazwanga.
Khumbula ukuba ummangali ucebise ukurhoxisa ityala ukuze kuthengwe iphepha-mvume ukusebenzisa ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza, kodwa i-GNOME ayisamkelanga isivumelwano kwaye yagqiba kwelokuba ilwe kude kube sekupheleni, nanjengoko ulwabiwo luzakubeka emngciphekweni ezinye iiprojekhthi ezivulekileyo ezinokuthi zibe ngamaxhoba etroll patent. Ukuxhasa ngemali ukukhuselwa kwe-GNOME, iNgxowa-mali yoKhuselo ye-Patent Troll yenziwa, iphakamisa ngaphezulu kwe- $ 150,000 ye- $ 125,000 efunekayo.
UShearman kunye noSterling baqeshwe yiGNOME Foundation ukukhulisa imali ukuyikhusela kwaye wafaka isimangalo enkundleni ukuba alichithe ngokupheleleyo ityala, njengoko ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza lingekho semthethweni kwaye ubuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulo abusebenzi ukukhusela ipropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda yesoftware. Ukongeza, ukubakho kokusebenzisa eli patent ukwenza amabango ngesoftware yasimahla kwabuzwa. Ukuququmbela, kuye kwafakwa ibango eliphikisayo ukuze ipatent ingasasebenzi.
Emva kwexesha, i-Open Invention Network (OIN) yajoyina ezokhuseleko ukukhusela i-Linux ecosystem zamabango welungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza. I-OIN iqokelele iqela lamagqwetha ukuze liphathe amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kwaye lisungule inyathelo lokufumana inyani malunga nokusetyenziswa kobuchwephesha obuchazwe kwilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza (State of the art).
Okokugqibela, ukuba ufuna ukwazi ngakumbi malunga neli tyala, unganxibelelana neenkcukacha Kule khonkco ilandelayo.