Ezamanje Abathuthukisi be-subsystem ye-Netfilter kernel bamangalele ukulungisa noPatrick McHardy, owayengumholi wephrojekthi ye-Netfilter, okwathi iminyaka eminingi yalahla isofthiwe yamahhala kanye nomphakathi ngokuhlaselwa kwabaphuli be-GPLv2, okufana nokungemthetho futhi okwenziwa ngenjongo yokuzicebisa komuntu siqu.
Ngo 2016, UMcHardy ukhishiwe ethimbeni labathuthukisi eliyinhloko le-Netfilter ngenxa yokwephulwa kwezimiso zokuziphatha, kodwa isazuza eqinisweni lokuthi ikhodi yayo iku-Linux kernel.
McHardy iphushele izidingo ze-GPLv2 kwaze kwaba sezingeni elingenangqondo kanye neziphambeko ezincane yizinkampani ezisebenzisa i-Linux kernel emikhiqizweni yazo, zicele isamba esikhulu (kufika ku-1,8 million euros), ngaphandle kokunikeza isikhathi sokuqeda ukwephulwa komthetho kanye nokwethula izimo ezingenangqondo.
Isibonelo, bekudinga abakhiqizi be-smartphone ukuthi bathumele amakhophi aqinile ekhodi ngezibuyekezo ze-firmware ezilethwe ngokuzenzakalelayo, noma kuhunyushwe igama elithi "ukufinyelela kwekhodi okulinganayo" ukuze lisho ukuthi amaseva ekhodi ahlinzeka ngesivinini sokulanda esingenensa kunamaseva wokulanda okuhamba ngakubili.
Umphumela oyinhloko ezinqubweni ezinjalo kwaba ukuhoxiswa ngokushesha kwelayisensi yomoni, ehlinzekelwe ku-GPLv2, evumela ukwephulwa kwe-GPLv2 ukuthi kuthathwe njengokwephulwa kwenkontileka, okwakungatholwa ngayo isinxephezelo semali enkantolo.
Iphrojekthi ye-netfilter imemezela isivumelwano noPatrick McHardy.
Lesi sivumelwano sibophezela ngokusemthethweni futhi silawula noma yisiphi isicelo esisemthethweni imisebenzi ephathelene nazo zonke izinhlelo nemitapo yolwazi yohlelo eshicilelwe ngu iphrojekthi ye-netfilter/iptables kuwebhusayithi yabo kanye ne-Linux Kernel.
Ukulwa nalolu dlame, eyehlisa isithunzi seLinux, abanye onjiniyela ye-kernel nezinkampani amakhodi azo asetshenziswa ku-kernel uthathe isinyathelo sokuzivumelanisa nemithetho ye-GPLv3 ku-kernel mayelana nokuhoxiswa kwelayisensi.
lemithetho vumela ukuqeda izinkinga ezikhonjwe ngokushicilelwa kwekhodi zingakapheli izinsuku ezingama-30 kusukela ngosuku lokutholwa kwesaziso, uma ukwephulwa kutholwe okokuqala. Kulokhu, amalungelo elayisensi ye-GPL abuyiselwe futhi ilayisensi ayihoxiswa ngokuphelele (inkontileka ihlala injalo).
Lesi sivumelwano siqinisekisa ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuthathwa kwezinqumo mayelana imisebenzi yokuphoqelela ehlobene nesihlungi se-netfilter kufanele isekelwe kuningi ivoti. Ngakho-ke, ilungu ngalinye leqembu eliyinhloko elisebenzayo [5] ngesikhathi se- isicelo sokubulawa sinelungelo lokuvota. Lesi sivumelwano sihlanganisa ukusebenza okwedlule nokusha, kanye nokusebenza kwezibopho
Kwakungenakwenzeka ukuxazulula ngokuthula ukungqubuzana noMcHardy futhi wayeka ukuxhumana ngemva kokuxoshwa eqenjini elikhulu le-Netfilter. Ngo-2020, amalungu eQembu Le-Netfilter Core aya ezinkantolo zaseJalimane kwathi ngo-2021 afinyelela esivumelwaneni noMcHardy esichazwa njengesibophezela ngokusemthethweni futhi esilawula noma isiphi isenzo sokuphoqelela umthetho esihlobene nekhodi yephrojekthi ye-netfilter/iptables efakwe kumongo. noma esatshalaliswa njenge izicelo kanye nemitapo yolwazi.
Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano, zonke izinqumo ezihlobene nokuphendula ukwephulwa kwe-GPL kanye nokuthobelana nezidingo zelayisensi ye-GPL kukhodi ye-Netfilter kufanele zenziwe ngokuhlanganyela.
Iphrojekthi ye-netfilter iyaqhubeka nokusekela "Izimiso ze Ukuthobelana kwe-GPL Okugxile Emphakathini”. Ngakho-ke, lesi sivumelwano bangakhululi abantu besithathu ezibophweni zabo zokuthobela ilayisensi ukuya phambili.
Isinqumo sizovunyelwa kuphela uma iningi lamalungu asebenzayo eQembu Eliyinhloko livotela ukuvumelana nalo. Isivumelwano asihlanganisi nje kuphela ukwephulwa kwemithetho entsha, kodwa singasebenza nasezinkambisweni zangaphambilini. Ngokwenza kanjalo, iphrojekthi ye-Netfilter ayilahli isidingo sokuphoqelela i-GPL, kodwa kunalokho izohambisana nemigomo yesenzo esizuzisa umphakathi kanye nokunikezwa kwesikhathi sokususa ukuphulwa.
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