I-Open Invention Network (OIN), ehlose ukuvikela imvelo yeLinux ezimangalisweni zamalungelo obunikazi, umemezele ukuthi iMicrosoft ijoyine amalungu e-OIN.
Ngale ndlela iyavuma ukungafaki izimangalo ze-patent nokuvumela ukusetshenziswa kwamahhala kobuchwepheshe obuthile bokuthengisa kumaphrojekthi ahlobene nohlelo lwe-Linux.
Njengomnikelo odabeni olujwayelekile, uMicrosoft udlulise ilungelo lokusebenzisa amalungelo akhe obunikazi angaphezu kwama-60,000 kubahlanganyeli be-OIN.
Mayelana ne-Open Invention Network
Abahlanganyeli be I-OIN ifaka izinkampani ezingama-2.650, imiphakathi kanye nezinhlangano Basayine isivumelwano selayisense sokushintshana ngamalungelo obunikazi.
phakathi Amalungu amakhulu e-OIN abambe iqhaza ekwakheni iqembu lamalungelo obunikazi avikela i-Linux akhona izinkampani ezifana neGoogle, IBM, NEC, Toyota, SUSE, Philips, Red Hat, HP, Juniper, Facebook, Cisco, Fujitsu ne-Sony.
Izinkampani ezisayina zithola ukufinyelela kumalungelo obunikazi e-OIN ezandleni zazo, ngokushintshana nesibopho sokungazenzi izimangalo ezisemthethweni zokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obusetshenziswa ku-ecosystem ye-Linux.
Isivumelwano phakathi kwamalungu e-OIN sisebenza kuphela ezingxenyeni zokwabiwa ezifakiwe encazelweni yohlelo lwe-Linux ("Linux System").
Njengamanje uhlu lufaka amaphakheji angama-2728, kufaka phakathi i-Linux kernel, ipulatifomu ye-Android, KVM, Git, nginx, CMake, PHP, Python, Ruby, Go, Lua, OpenJDK, WebKit, KDE, GNOME, QEMU, Firefox, LibreOffice, Qt, systemd, X.Org, Wayland, njll.
Ngaphezu kwalokho izithembiso zokungabi nobudlova, kwakhiwa ichibi lobunikazi ngaphansi kwe-OIN, okubandakanya amalungelo obunikazi athengiwe noma anikelwe ahlobene neLinux ngabahlanganyeli. Iqembu le-OIN lamalungelo obunikazi lifaka amalungelo obunikazi angaphezu kuka-1300.
Ngokuphawulekile, esinye sezizathu zokuvela kwe-OIN ngesinye isikhathi kwakuyinqubomgomo yolaka yeMicrosoft kuLinux.
Ngokuyinhloko, iMicrosoft yathi amalungelo obunikazi angaphezu kwamakhulu amathathu aphulwe kuLinux, yize ingazange iveze uhlu lwalawa malungelo obunikazi futhi iwasebenzisele ukucindezela izakhiwo zezentengiselwano nokwenza izivumelwano zamalungelo obunikazi.
Ngemuva kwesikhashana, izimangalo ze-patent zaqala ukuthuthuka ngokumelene ne-Android futhi le nkundla yamukelwa ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kwe-OIN.
Ukuphikisa iMicrosoft, Amalungu e-OIN athenge iqula lamalungelo obunikazi afaka okukodwa kokuqala okushiwo ubuchwepheshe bokwenza okuqukethwe kwewebhu okunamandla, obekulindele ukuvela kwezinhlelo ezinjenge-Microsoft's ASP, Sun / Oracle's JSP, ne-PHP.
IMicrosoft ijoyina imbangela bese ibeka eceleni izingxabano zayo neLinux
Manje iMicrosoft isishintshe ngokuphelele isikhundla sayo futhi usebenze ohlangothini lwabameli bohlelo lwe-Linux kanye nesoftware yomthombo ovulekile.
IMicrosoft manje uyavuma ukungasebenzisi amalungelo akho obunikazi ngokumelene neLinux nesoftware yomthombo ovulekile, futhi ibona imodeli yentuthuko ebambisanayo njengento esemqoka yokwakha izinto ezintsha.
Ukubamba iqhaza kweMicrosoft ku-OIN kunciphisa kakhulu ubungozi bokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi ezinkampanini ezisebenzisa nokwakha imikhiqizo evulekile, futhi kuyisibonakaliso esibalulekile kwabanye abamele imboni.
UBradley M. Kuhn, umongameli weSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC), uthe ukuze aqinisekise ubuqotho bezinhloso zakhe, IMicrosoft kufanele ifake isicelo sokufaka umshayeli womthombo ovulekile ku-kernel ye-Linux.
Kuphakanyiswa ukuthi kudluliswe ikhodi ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-GPLv2 +, ezovumela izinto ezifakwe ohlwini lwelayisense le-GPL ukuthi zisetshenziswe kuyo lapho idluliswa, kanye nekhodi lamalungelo okusebenzisa amalungelo obunikazi.
Khumbula ukuthi umshayeli osebenzisa i-exFAT eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule wavulwa yi-Samsung uyatholakala ngaphansi kwe-GPLv2, kepha ayikakafakwa engxenyeni enkulu ye-Linux kernel engcupheni yokufaka isimangalo seMicrosoft kokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi okubandakanya exFAT.
Ngokungena ku-OIN, isimo asikashintshi, njengoba iMicrosoft ingazange ifake esivumelwaneni ne-OIN amalungelo obunikazi ahlobene ne-exFAT, okwenza kube lula ukuwasebenzisa njengangaphambili ukufaka ingcindezi.