Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo siye sabelana apha kwiblogi iindaba malunga nokumangalelwa ngu I-Software yoLondolozo lweNkululeko (CFS) uye wamangalela nkampani Viziokunye naye ukungathotyelwa kweemfuno ze-GPL ukusabalalisa i-firmware kwi-platform ye-SmartCast esekelwe kwii-TV ezihlakaniphile.
Ngoku, ulwazi olutshanje luye lwakhutshwa kwaye lwapapashwa ngumbutho wamalungelo abantu iSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) malunga nekhosi yokumangalelana kunye neVizio ehambelana nokuphulwa.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, U-Vizio akazange abonise umnqweno wokususa ukuphulwa kwe-GPL, akazange axoxisane ukuze asombulule iingxaki ichongiwe kwaye ayizange izame ukubonisa ukuba iintlawulo azichanekanga kwaye ikhowudi ye-GPL elungisiweyo ayisetyenziswanga kwi-firmware. Kunoko, uVizio wathumela isicelo kwinkundla ephakamileyo ukuba imise inkqubo ngesizathu sokuba abathengi abaxhamli kwaye abanalo ilungelo lokuzisa amabango anjalo.
Isimangalo esichasene neVizio siphawuleka ngenxa yokuba ayiziswanga egameni lomthathi-nxaxheba wophuhliso ophethe amalungelo obunikazi kwikhowudi, kodwa egameni lomthengi ongakhange abonelelwe ngekhowudi yomthombo wamacandelo ahanjiswe phantsi kwelayisenisi ye-GPL.
Ngokutsho kukaVizio, umthetho wokukopisha, kuphela abanini-copyright bekhowudi abanegunya lokufaka izikhalazo ngokophulwa kwelayisensi, kwaye abathengi abanakumangalela ikhowudi yemvelaphi nokuba umenzi akazihoyi iimfuno zelayisensi yaloo khowudi. Isicelo sokuchitha ityala sibhekisa kwinkundla ephezulu yaseVizio e-US ngaphandle kokuzama ukusombulula umcimbi kwinkundla yelizwe laseCalifornia, eyathunyelwa kuqala ukuba ibango leSoftware Freedom Conservancy.
Isimangalo esichasene noVizio safakwa emva kweminyaka emithathu yonyanzeliso loxolo ye GPL. IVizio Smart TV firmware iveze iipakethi zeGPL ezifana neLinux kernel, U-Boot, Bash, gawk, GNU tar, glibc, FFmpeg, Bluez, BusyBox, Coreutils, glib, dnsmasq, DirectFB, libgcrypt kunye nesystemd, kodwa inkampani ayizange unikeze amandla omsebenzisi ukuba acele iikhowudi zomthombo wamacandelo e-GPL ye-firmware, kwaye kwizinto zolwazi azizange zikhankanye ukusetyenziswa kwesofthiwe phantsi kweelayisensi ze-copyleft kunye namalungelo anikezelwe ngala mvume.
Ityala alizange libonelele ngentlawulo yembuyekezo yemali, Umbutho we-SFC wacela kuphela inkundla ukuba inyanzelise inkampani ukuba ihambelane nemigaqo ye-GPL kwiimveliso zayo kwaye yazise abathengi malunga namalungelo anikwe iilayisensi ze-copyleft.
Ukugcina inkululeko yesofthiwe, usebenzisa ikhowudi phantsi kweelayisensi ze-copyleft kwiimveliso zayo, umenzi unyanzelekile ukuba anike imibhalo yomthombo, kuquka ikhowudi yemisebenzi ephumayo kunye nemiyalelo yokufakela. Ngaphandle kwezenzo ezinjalo, umsebenzisi ulahlekelwa ukulawula isofthiwe, akakwazi ukulungisa ngokuzimeleyo iimpazamo, ukongeza imisebenzi emitsha kunye nokususa imisebenzi engadingekile. Utshintsho lunokufuneka ukuze ukhusele ubumfihlo bakho, ukusombulula iingxaki zangaphakathi ala ukuzilungisa umenzi, kunye nokwandisa ubomi besixhobo emva kwenkxaso yaso esemthethweni okanye ukungabikho kokwenziwa ukuvuselela ukuthengwa kwemodeli entsha.
Ekugqibeleni, Kuyafaneleka ukukhankanya ukuba ukuhlaziywa kwengxabano phakathi kwe-SFC kunye neVizio yenziwa ifumaneka ngeliso legqwetha UKyle E. Mitchell, olikholelwayo ibango leCFS ithatha izenzo zikaVizio njengokwaphulwa kwesivumelwano phantsi komthetho wekhontrakthi kunepropati echaphazelekayo ekwaphulweni kwelayisensi. Kodwa Ubudlelwane bekhontrakthi bunokuba phakathi komphuhlisi kunye neVizio kuphela, kwaye amaqela esithathu, anje nge-SFC, akanakuba ngabaxhamli, kuba engengowawo nawaphi na amaqela kwikhontrakthi kwaye, ngenxa yoko, Abanalo ilungelo lokumangalela ngokophula isivumelwano, ukuba ityala alikhathazeki ngeenzuzo ezilahlekileyo ngenxa yokuphulwa kwesivumelwano kunye nomntu wesithathu.
Okokugqibela, ukuba unomdla wokwazi okungakumbi ngayo, unokujonga kwi iinkcukacha kwikhonkco elilandelayo.