Kwaphuma izindaba ukuthi I-Amazon isibe yilungu le-Open Invention Network (OIN), inhlangano ezinikele ekuvikeleni i-ecosystem ye-Linux ezimangalweni zelungelo lobunikazi.
Amalungu e-OIN vuma ukungenzi izimangalo zelungelo lobunikazi futhi uvumele ngokukhululekile ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bobunikazi kumaphrojekthi ahlobene ne-ecosystem ye-Linux. Amalungu e-OIN afaka izinkampani ezingaphezu kwezi-3500, imiphakathi, nezinhlangano ezisayine isivumelwano selayisense yokwabelana ngelungelo lobunikazi.
Phakathi kwabahlanganyeli abakhulu be-OIN abaqinisekisa ukwakhiwa kwechibi lelungelo lobunikazi elivikela i-Linux yizinkampani ezifana ne-Google, IBM, NEC, Toyota, Renault, SUSE, Philips, Red Hat, Alibaba, HP, AT&T, Juniper, Facebook, Cisco , Casio, I-Huawei, i-Fujitsu, i-Sony ne-Microsoft.
Izinkampani ezisayina isivumelwano uthole ukufinyelela kumalungelo obunikazi aphethwe yi-OIN ukuze uthole isithembiso sokungamangaleli for the ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obusetshenziswa ku-ecosystem ye-Linux. Ikakhulukazi, njengengxenye yokujoyina i-OIN, iMicrosoft idlulisele ilungelo lokusebenzisa amalungelo awo obunikazi angaphezu kuka-60 kubahlanganyeli be-OIN, yathembisa ukuthi ngeke iwasebenzise ngokumelene ne-Linux nesofthiwe yomthombo ovulekile.
I-Amazon, enye yezinsimbi ezisindayo ijoyina i-OIN
Ngokujoyina i-OIN, inkampani ikhombise ukuzibophezela kwayo ekusunguleni ngokubambisana kanye nokususwa okungenalunya kwamalungelo obunikazi. I-Amazon ikholelwa ukuthi i-Linux kanye nomthombo ovulekile kungumshayeli oyinhloko wokwenza izinto ezintsha yenkampani.
Kuyaphawulwa ukuthi inhloso ye-Amazon yokujoyina i-OIN ukuqinisa imiphakathi yemithombo evulekile nokusiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obufana ne-Linux buyaqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa futhi buhlale butholakala kubo bonke.
"I-Linux kanye namanye amaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile abe yisisekelo sezinto ezintsha ezenzekayo kuzo zonke izimboni ezihlanganisa ukuthengisa kanye ne-e-commerce, i-cloud computing nokuzijabulisa," kusho uKeith Bergelt, oyi-CEO ye-Open Invention Network. "Siyajabula ukuthi i-Amazon izibophezele ekunikezeni ilungelo lobunikazi ukungabi nobudlova ku-Linux kernel kanye nobuchwepheshe bomthombo ovulekile oseduze."
"E-Amazon, sihlala sifuna izindlela zokusungula izinto ezintsha egameni lamakhasimende ethu ngokutshala imali ezinhlelweni nobuchwepheshe obusivumela ukuthi sibakhonze kangcono futhi sibaqonde," kusho uNithya Ruff, umqondisi weHhovisi le-Amazon Open Source Programme e-Amazon. "I-Linux kanye nomthombo ovulekile kubalulekile kumakhasimende ethu amaningi kanye nomshayeli oyinhloko wokuqamba izinto ezintsha e-Amazon. Siyaziqhenya ngokusekela inqwaba yamaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile, izisekelo, nozakwethu, futhi sizibophezele empumelelweni yesikhathi eside nokusimama komthombo ovulekile uwonke. Ngokujoyina i-OIN, siyaqhubeka nokuqinisa imiphakathi yemithombo evulekile futhi sisize ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obufana ne-Linux buyaqhubeka buchuma futhi bufinyeleleka kubo bonke. "
Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi isivumelwano selungu le-OIN sisebenza kuphela ezingxenyeni zokusabalalisa eziwela ngaphakathi kwencazelo yesistimu ye-Linux ("Isistimu ye-Linux"). Ngaphezu kwalokho izibopho ze akukho ubudlova, ukuze uthole ukuvikelwa okwengeziwe, i-OIN yenze iqoqo lamalungelo obunikazi, kufaka phakathi amalungelo obunikazi ithengwe noma inikelwe ababambiqhaza Okuhlobene ne-Linux.
Iqembu le-OIN's Patent ihlanganisa amalungelo obunikazi angaphezu kwe-1300. Ezandleni ze-OIN kuneqembu lamalungelo obunikazi, aqukethe okunye ukukhuluma kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kobuchwepheshe bokudala okuqukethwe kwewebhu okuguquguqukayo, obekulindeleke ukukhuphuka kwamasistimu afana ne-Microsoft's ASP, Sun/Oracle's JSP, kanye ne-PHP.
Omunye umnikelo obalulekile ukutholwa ngo-2009 kwamalungelo obunikazi angu-22 e-Microsoft ngaphambilini ayedayiselwe i-AST consortium njengamalungelo obunikazi ahlanganisa imikhiqizo "yemithombo evulekile".
Wonke amalungu e-OIN anethuba lokusebenzisa lawa malungelo obunikazi mahhala. Ukuphumelela kwesivumelwano se-OIN kwaqinisekiswa yisinqumo soMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US, esasidinga ukuthi izithakazelo ze-OIN zicatshangelwe ngokwemibandela yesivumelwano sokuthengisa amalungelo obunikazi akwa-Novell.
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