Ulwazi lwakhishwa lokho iphrojekthi ye-stockfish, (injini edumile yomthombo ovulekile ye-UCI chess yamapulatifomu amaningi asuka kwenye injini ye-GPL ebizwa nge-Glaurung) imemezele ukuthi isixazulule icala neChessBase.
Inkinga isuka ekutheni I-ChessBase isolwa ngokwephula ilayisensi ye-GPLv3 ngokufaka ikhodi evela enjinini ye-Stockfish chess emikhiqizweni yayo yobunikazi i-Fat Fritz 2 kanye ne-Houdini 6 ngaphandle kokuvula ikhodi yomthombo yemisebenzi ephuma kokunye ngaphandle kokwazisa amakhasimende ngokusetshenziswa kwekhodi ye-GPL.
Esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule, abathuthukisi abakhulu benjini ye-Stockfish chess, u-Tord Romstad kanye no-Stéphane Nicolet, ngokwesekwa okubanzi okuvela kumphakathi wonjiniyela, bafaka icala ngokumelene ne-ChessBase GmbH eNkantolo Yesifunda yase-Munich I (Az. 42 0 9765/21) ukuze phoqelela ukuhlinzekwa kokuqedwa kwe-GNU General Public License v3 (GPL), isola ukwephula okuphindaphindiwe kwe-ChessBase kwemigomo yelayisense nemikhiqizo yayo i-Fat Fritz 2 ne-Houdini 6.
Siyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi sesifinyelele isivumelwano esiqinisa iphrojekthi ye-Stockfish emgomweni wayo wokunikeza injini ye-chess engu-#1 emhlabeni njengesofthiwe yamahhala futhi sivumela i-ChessBase ukuthi isabalalise isofthiwe yethu esikhathini esizayo.
Njengengxenye yesivumelwano okufinyelelwe kuso, I-ChessBase izoyeka ukudayisa izinhlelo ze-chess ezisebenzisa injini ye-Stockfish futhi izokwazisa amakhasimende ngokuthumela ulwazi kuwebhusayithi yayo.
Amakhasimende akhona azokwazi ukuqhubeka esebenzisa izinhlelo asezithengile futhi bazokwazi nokulanda amakhophi asebewathengile uma i-ChessBase ilungisa inqubo yokudawuniloda ibe yizidingo ze-GPL.
Ngemva konyaka yokusayinwa kwesivumelwano, abathuthukisi beI-e Stockfish izohoxisa ilayisensi ye-GPL futhi ivumele i-ChessBase ukuthi isebenzise amakhodi abo, ukuthi ibone ukubaluleka namandla esoftware yamahhala futhi yazibophezela ukuhlonipha imigomo yayo.
I-GPL ihlinzeka ngethuba lokuhoxiswa kwelayisensi yomephula umthetho futhi unqamule wonke amalungelo omnikazi welayisensi okunikeza le layisensi. Ngokwemithetho yokunqanyulwa kwelayisense eyamukelwe ku-GPLv3, uma ukwephulwa kutholwa okokuqala futhi kususwa phakathi kwezinsuku ezingama-30 kusukela osukwini lwesaziso, amalungelo elayisensi ayabuyiselwa futhi nelayisensi ayihoxiswa. ngokuphelele (inkontileka ihlala injalo).
Amalungelo abuyiselwa ngokushesha futhi uma kwenzeka kususwa ukwephulwa, uma umnikazi we-copyright engazange akwazise ukwephulwa kwe-copyright phakathi kwezinsuku ezingu-60. Uma izikhathi zokugcina seziphelile, khona-ke ukwephulwa kwelayisensi kungahunyushwa njengokwephulwa kwenkontileka, okungatholakala ngayo izigwegwe enkantolo.
Nokho, phakathi nonyaka, u-Tord no-Stéphane bazobuyisela ilayisensi ye-ChessBase. Sizwa sengathi lokhu kusemoyeni weSoftware Yamahhala futhi kuzuzisa umphakathi.
I-ChessBase manje iye yaqaphela ukubaluleka namandla esofthiwe yomthombo ovulekile, kanye ne-Stockfish ikakhulukazi, futhi yenze ukuzibophezela okucacile ekusekeleni imigomo yesofthiwe yamahhala. Ukuze kuvinjwe ukwephulwa kwesikhathi esizayo, i-ChessBase izodala isikhundla Sokuthobela I-Software Compliance Officer futhi igcine isizinda [foss.chessbase.com] esiklelisa imikhiqizo yayo equkethe Isoftware Yamahhala Nevuliwe (FOSS).
Ukuze ugweme ukwephulwa komthetho okungenzeka esikhathini esizayo, I-ChessBase izoqoka umuntu ozimele ozoqapha ukuthotshelwa kwezidingo ze-GPL. Inkampani izophinde yakhe iwebhusayithi, foss.chessbase.com, ezothumela ulwazi ngemikhiqizo yomthombo ovulekile.
Futhi, I-ChessBase izovula ngaphansi kwe-GPL noma ukuqaliswa okuhambisana nelayisense kwamanethiwekhi e-neural ahlinzekelwe ukusetshenziswa ne-Stockfish. Lesi sivumelwano asicabangi ngesinxephezelo sezimali noma umonakalo, njengoba ithimba lephrojekthi ye-Stockfish limele umphakathi ongenzi nzuzo ofune ukuhambisana ne-GPL namalungelo ayo.
Isivumelwano sihlinzekela ukuhoxiswa kwelayisensi ye-GPL ye-ChessBase yekhodi ye-Stockfish futhi sivumela i-ChessBase ukuthi isabalalise isofthiwe yayo.
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