Inhlangano yamalungelo abantu 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.
Izinqubo ziyaphawuleka ngoba leli yicala lokuqala emlandweni, elingafakwanga egameni lomhlanganyeli yentuthuko ephethe amalungelo endawo ekhodi, kodwa ngomthengi, okunganikezwanga kuye ikhodi yomthombo yezingxenye ezisatshalaliswe ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-GPL.
Ukugcina inkululeko yesoftware, usebenzisa ikhodi engaphansi kwamalayisensi e-copyleft emikhiqizweni yayo, umenzi unesibopho sokuhlinzeka ngekhodi yomthombo, okuhlanganisa ikhodi yokusebenza ephuma kokunye 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, kulungiswe izinkinga zangaphakathi umkhiqizi anqabayo ukuzilungisa, futhi andise impilo yedivayisi ngemva kokuphela kokusekelwa kwayo okusemthethweni noma ukuphelelwa yisikhathi kokwenziwa ukuze kusungulwe ukuthengwa kwemodeli entsha.
I-software ye-Freedom Conservancy imemezele namuhla ukuthi ivule icala ngokumelene ne-Vizio Inc. ngalokho ekubiza ngokwehluleka okuphindaphindiwe ukuthobela ngisho nezidingo eziyisisekelo ze-General Public License (GPL).
Icala lisola ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-TV ye-Vizio, esekelwe ohlelweni lwayo lwe-SmartCast, iqukethe isofthiwe i-Vizio eyisebenzise kabi emphakathini wonjiniyela ababehlose ukuthi abathengi babe namalungelo akhethekile okushintsha, ukuthuthukisa, ukwabelana, nokufaka kabusha izinguqulo ezilungisiwe zesofthiwe.
I-GPL ilayisensi ye-copyleft eqinisekisa abasebenzisi bokugcina inkululeko yokusebenzisa, ukutadisha, ukwabelana, nokuguqula isofthiwe. I-Copyleft iwuhlobo lwelayisense yesofthiwe ethatha ithuba lokuvinjelwa kwe-copyright, kodwa ngenhloso yokukhuthaza ukwabelana (ukusebenzisa amalayisensi e-copyright ukuze usebenzise ngokukhululekile futhi ulungise isofthiwe).
Ekuqaleni, i-SFC yazama ukuxoxisana ngokuthula, kodwa izenzo ngokuthonya nolwazi azizange zithethelelwe futhi kwavela isimo embonini yemishini ye-inthanethi ngokunganakwa okuvamile kwezimfuneko ze-GPL. Ukuze uphume kulesi simo futhi ubeke isibonelo, kwanqunywa ukuthi kusetshenziswe izinyathelo eziqinile zomthetho ukuletha izephulamthetho phambi kobulungiswa nokuhlela ukuqulwa kwecala eliyinhlekisa kwelinye lamacala amabi kakhulu.
Icala alihlinzeki ngokukhokhwa kwesinxephezelo semali, i-SFC icela kuphela inkantolo ukuthi iphoqe inkampani ukuthi ihambisane nemibandela ye-GPL emikhiqizweni yayo futhi yazise abathengi ngamalungelo anikezwe ilayisense ye-copyleft. Esimeni lapho ukwephulwa kwemithetho kulungiswa, zonke izidingo zifinyelelwa, futhi isibopho sesikhathi esizayo sokuhambisana ne-GPL sinikezwa, i-SFC isilungele ukuvala icala ngokushesha.
U-Vizio waqale waziswa ngokwephulwa kwe-GPL ngo-Agasti 2018. Isikhathi esingangonyaka, kwenziwa imizamo yokuxazulula ukungqubuzana ngezindlela zezokuxhumana, kodwa ngoJanuwari 2020, inkampani yahoxa ngokuphelele ezingxoxweni futhi yayeka ukuphendula izincwadi ezivela kubamele i-SFC. NgoJulayi 2021, umjikelezo wokusekela wemodeli ye-TV waqedwa, i-firmware eyatholwa inephutha, kodwa abamele i-SFC bathola ukuthi izincomo ze-SFC azizange zicatshangelwe nokuthi imigomo ye-GPL nayo yaphulwa kumamodeli. yamadivayisi amasha.
Ikakhulukazi, imikhiqizo ye-Vizio ayinikezi ikhono lomsebenzisi lokucela ikhodi yomthombo yezingxenye ze-Linux kernel-based firmware GPL kanye nesimo esijwayelekile sohlelo lapho amaphakheji e-GPL afana ne-U-Boot, Bash, gawk, GNU etholwa itiyela, glibc, FFmpeg, Bluez, BusyBox, Coreutils, glib, dnsmasq , DirectFB, libgcrypt, kanye systemd. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinto zolwazi azikhulumi ngokusetshenziswa kwesofthiwe ngaphansi kwamalayisensi e-copyleft namalungelo anikezwa yilawa malayisense.
Endabeni kaVizio, Ukuthobelana ne-GPL kubaluleke kakhulu uma kubhekwa amacala adlule lapho inkampani isolwa ngokwephula ubumfihlo kanye nokuthumela ulwazi lomuntu siqu mayelana nabasebenzisi kusuka kumadivayisi, okuhlanganisa ulwazi olumayelana namamuvi nezinhlelo ze-TV abazibukayo.
Umthombo: https://sfconservancy.org
Ngamafuphi, kungcono ukugwema ukuthenga imishini yomkhiqizo we-Vizio.