Ngenyanga edlule sikhulumile lapha kubhulogi mayelana nesimangalo esitholwe yi-Gnome Foundation ngenye ingxenye IRothschild Patent Imaging LLC (umholi womsebenzi we-patent troll) emelene nabo. Lapho icala libonisa ukwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi 9,936,086 kumphathi wezithombe waseShotwell.
Futhi muva nje, ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa esenzekile isisekelo IGnome ikhishwe imininingwane mayelana necala lezomthetho kusukela IRothschild Patent Imaging LLC iphakamise ukuhoxisa icala ngenhloso yokuthenga ilayisense ukusebenzisa i-patent ku-Shotwell.
Ngaphezu kokukhombisa ukuthi ngingajabula ukuthola isamba esincane enxephezelweni lokuzungeze »inani eliphakeme lamanani amahlanu», isimo esingaphezu kwe- ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala ezicasulayo iGnome Foundation futhi ngathatha isinqumo sokuyithatha le ndaba unomphela.
Kungakho iSisekelo IGnome idale i- "GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund" yokuya eRothschild Patent Imaging LLC.
AbakwaRothschild Patent Imaging, LLC bathembise ukusivumela ukuthi sikhokhele inani eliphakeme elingu-XNUMX, abazolihoxisa leli cala bese besinika ilayisense yokuqhubeka nokwenza iShotwell. Lokhu bekungaba lula ukukwenza; bekuzodala umsebenzi omncane, kubize imali encane, futhi kunikeze iSisekelo ukucindezeleka okuncane kakhulu. Kepha futhi kuzobe kungalungile.
Kusukela uthathe indlela elula ukwamukela imibandela ebekwe yile troll yelungelo lobunikazi, iSisekelo UGnome uphawule ngokuthi lesi senzo sizobeka engozini amanye amaphrojekthi umthombo ovulekile ongaba izisulu, ngoba ungasetshenziswa njengesisekelo sokuhlasela ezinye izinkampani ezincane noma eziphakathi nendawo noma intuthuko.
Njengoba i-patent ingeyango-2008 futhi ichaza inqubo yokuxhuma ngokungenantambo idivayisi yokuthwebula isithombe (ifoni, i-webcam) kwidivayisi ethola isithombe (ikhompyutha) bese idlulisa ngokukhetha izithombe ngokuhlunga ngosuku, indawo neminye imingcele.
Ngokusho kommangali, ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi, kwanele ukuba nomsebenzi wokungenisa kusuka kukhamera, amandla okuhlanganisa izithombe ngokuya ngemibandela ethile nokuthumela izithombe kumasayithi angaphandle (ngokwesibonelo, kwinethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu noma insizakalo yezithombe ).
Isikhwama seGNOME Patent Troll Defense siyasekela yiGnome Foundation ukukhokhela ukuvikelwa kwe-GNOME enkantolo futhi wenze ilungelo lobunikazi lingasebenzi.
Kuze kube manje iGnome Foundation isivele izithumele izikhalazo zayo imibhalo emithathu yayo yathunyelwa enkantolo:
- Isicelo sokuchithwa ngokuphelele kwecala. Abezokuvikela babheka ukuthi ilungelo lobunikazi elivela kuleli cala alikho emthethweni, futhi ubuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulo abusebenzi ekuvikeleni impahla yengqondo kusoftware.
- Impendulo enkantolo, ebuza ukuthi i-GNOME kufanele ibe ngummangalelwa kulezi zimangalo. Lo mbhalo uzame ukufakazela ukuthi ilungelo lobunikazi elishiwo enkantolo alinakusetshenziswa ukwenza izimangalo ezibhekiswe kuShotwell kanye nanoma iyiphi enye isoftware yamahhala.
- Isiphikiso esizovimbela iRothschild Patent Imaging LLC ekuhoxisweni bese ukhetha isisulu esinenkani esingasihlasela uma uqonda ubucayi bezinhloso ze-GNOME zokulwa nokwenza ilungelo lobunikazi lingasebenzi.
Ekugcineni iGnome Foundation yenza ucingo kubo bonke labo basebenzisi bemvelo kanye yabo bonke abafuna futhi abangasekela isisekelo ngomnikelo omncane ongawungenisa isixhumanisi esilandelayo.
"Sifuna ukuthumela umyalezo kuwo wonke ama-software patent troll: Sizolwa necala labo, sizowina futhi ilungelo labo lobunikazi lizokwenziwa lingasebenzi," kusho iGNOME Foundation esitatimendeni sayo.
Ngendlela efanayo, kulabo abanentshisekelo yokwazi kabanzi ngesikhangiso nokusekela ukwabelana ngenothi kumanethiwekhi abo omphakathi ukuze inothi lifinyelele kubantu abaningi, bangenza kanjalo. Kulesi sixhumanisi esilandelayo.
Kumele silinde ukuxazululwa kwale nkinga nokuthi yonke into ihambe ngasohlangothini lweGnome Foundation bese sibeka le troll patent endaweni yakhe.
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