Emasontweni ambalwa edlule sabelana lapha kubhulogi izindaba mayelana necala le I-Freedom Conservancy Software (CFS) uvule icala eliphikisayo inkampani Viziokanye naye ukungahambisani nezidingo ze-GPL ukusabalalisa i-firmware kuplathifomu ye-SmartCast esekelwe kuma-smart TV.
Manje, ulwazi lwakamuva lukhululiwe futhi lwakhululwa yinhlangano yamalungelo abantu iSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwamacala no-Vizio okuhlobene nokuphulwa komthetho.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, U-Vizio akazange aveze isifiso sokususa ukwephulwa kwe-GPL, akazange axoxisane ukuze axazulule izinkinga ikhonjwe futhi ayizange izame ukufakazela ukuthi izindleko bezingalungile nokuthi ikhodi ye-GPL eguquliwe ayisetshenziswa ku-firmware. Esikhundleni salokho, uVizio wathumela isicelo enkantolo ephakeme ukuba imise ukuqhubeka kwecala ngesizathu sokuthi abathengi ababona abahlomuli futhi abanalo ilungelo lokufaka izicelo ezinjalo.
Icala elibhekene ne-Vizio liyaphawuleka ngoba alizange lifakwe egameni lomhlanganyeli wentuthuko ongumnikazi wamalungelo obunikazi bekhodi, kodwa egameni lomthengi lapho ikhodi yomthombo yezingxenye ezisatshalaliswa ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-GPL ayizange inikezwe.
Ngokusho kukaVizio, umthetho we-copyright, abanikazi bamalungelo empahla kuphela abanegunya lokufaka izicelo ngokwephulwa kwelayisensi futhi abathengi abakwazi ukumangalela ikhodi yomthombo ngisho noma umkhiqizi eziba izimfuneko zelayisensi zaleyo khodi. Imfuneko yokuchitha icala iqondiswe ku-Vizio US Superior Federal Court ngaphandle kokuzama ukuxazulula udaba eNkantolo Yesifundazwe yase-California, eyathunyelwa ekuqaleni ukuze ifune i-Software Freedom Conservancy.
Icala elibhekene noVizio lafakwa ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu yokuphoqelela umthetho ngokuthula we GPL. I-firmware ye-Vizio Smart TV yembule amaphakheji e-GPL afana ne-Linux kernel, i-U-Boot, i-Bash, i-gawk, i-GNU tar, i-glibc, i-FFmpeg, i-Bluez, i-BusyBox, i-Coreutils, i-glib, i-dnsmasq, i-DirectFB, i-libgcrypt, ne-systemd, kodwa inkampani ayizange inikeze ikhono lomsebenzisi lokucela amakhodi omthombo wezingxenye ze-GPL ze-firmware, futhi ezintweni zolwazi ayizange ikhulume ngokusetshenziswa kwesofthiwe ye-copyleft namalungelo anikezwa yilawa malayisense.
Icala alizange lihlinzekele ukukhokhwa kwesinxephezelo semali, inhlangano ye-SFC icele kuphela inkantolo ukuthi iphoqelele inkampani ukuthi ihambisane nemibandela ye-GPL emikhiqizweni yayo futhi yazise abathengi ngamalungelo anikezwa amalayisensi e-copyleft.
Ukuze kulondolozwe inkululeko yesofthiwe, usebenzisa ikhodi engaphansi kwamalayisensi e-copyleft emikhiqizweni yayo, umenzi unesibopho sokuhlinzeka ngemibhalo yomthombo, okuhlanganisa nekhodi yemisebenzi esuselwe kanye nemiyalelo yokufaka. Ngaphandle kwezenzo ezinjalo, umsebenzisi ulahlekelwa ukulawula isofthiwe, akakwazi ukulungisa iziphazamisi ngokuzimela, engeza izici ezintsha, futhi asuse izici ezingadingekile. Izinguquko zingase zidingeke ukuze kuvikelwe ubumfihlo bakho, kuxazululwe izinkinga zangaphakathi umkhiqizi anqabayo ukuzilungisa, futhi andise impilo yedivayisi ngemva kokusekelwa kwayo okusemthethweni noma ukuphelelwa yisikhathi kokwenziwa ukuze ukhuthaze ukuthengwa kwemodeli entsha.
Ekugcineni, Kuhle ukusho ukuthi ukubuyekezwa kwengxabano phakathi kwe-SFC ne-Vizio kwenziwa itholakala ngeso lommeli UKyle E. Mitchell, okholelwa ukuthi isimangalo se-SFC ithatha izenzo zika-Vizio njengokwephulwa kwenkontileka ngaphansi komthetho wenkontileka kunempahla esebenza ekuphuleni amalayisensi. Kodwa ubudlelwano benkontileka bungaba phakathi konjiniyela ne-Vizio kuphela, futhi abantu besithathu, njenge-SFC, abakwazi ukuba ngabahlomuli, njengoba bengebona abathintekayo benkontileka futhi, ngenxa yalokho, abanalo ilungelo lokumangalela ngokwephula isivumelwano, uma icala lingakhathaleli inzuzo elahlekile ngenxa yokwephulwa kwenkontileka nomuntu wesithathu.
Ekugcineni, uma unentshisekelo yokwazi okwengeziwe ngakho, ungaxhumana ne- imininingwane kusixhumanisi esilandelayo.