Masu haɓaka tsarin kernel na Netfilter na yanzu sun yi shawarwari tare da Patrick McHardy, tsohon shugaban aikin Netfilter, wanda shekaru da yawa ya zubar da software na kyauta da kuma al'umma tare da hare-haren baƙar fata a kan masu cin zarafin GPLv2 don riba. A cikin 2016, an cire McHardy daga ainihin ƙungiyar ci gaban Netfilter saboda keta ɗa'a, amma ya ci gaba da samun riba daga samun lambar sa a cikin Linux kernel.
McHardy ya ɗauki abubuwan da ake buƙata na GPLv2 zuwa ga rashin hankali kuma ya buƙaci manyan kudade don ƙananan cin zarafi da kamfanoni masu amfani da Linux kernel a cikin samfuran su, ba tare da ba da lokaci ba don gyara cin zarafi da kuma sanya sharuɗɗan ban dariya. Misali, yana buƙatar masu kera wayoyin hannu su aika takaddun takarda na lamba don isar da sabuntawar firmware ta OTA ta atomatik, ko fassara kalmar “daidai da damar yin lamba” don ma'anar cewa sabar lambar dole ne ta samar da saurin saukarwa ba ƙasa da sabobin don zazzage taron binaryar ba.
Babban matsi na matsin lamba a cikin irin wannan shari'ar shine soke lasisin wanda ya keta doka a cikin GPLv2 nan da nan, wanda ya ba da damar magance rashin bin GPLv2 a matsayin cin zarafin kwangilar, wanda za a iya samun diyya ta kuɗi daga kotu. Don magance irin wannan zalunci, wanda ya zubar da mutuncin Linux, wasu daga cikin masu haɓaka kernel da kamfanoni waɗanda ake amfani da lambar su a cikin kwaya sun ɗauki matakin daidaita ka'idodin GPLv3 game da soke lasisi ga kwaya. Waɗannan ƙa'idodin suna ba da damar kawar da matsalolin da aka gano tare da buga lambar a cikin kwanaki 30 daga ranar da aka karɓi sanarwar, idan an gano cin zarafi a karon farko. A wannan yanayin, ana dawo da haƙƙoƙin lasisin GPL kuma ba a soke lasisin gaba ɗaya ba (yarjejeniyar ta ci gaba da kasancewa).
Ba zai yiwu a warware rikici tare da McHardy cikin lumana ba kuma ya daina sadarwa bayan an kore shi daga babbar kungiyar Netfilter. A cikin 2020, membobin Netfilter Core Team sun je kotu kuma a cikin 2021 sun cimma yarjejeniya tare da McHardy, wanda aka ayyana azaman doka ta doka kuma yana gudanar da duk wani aikin tilasta bin doka da ke da alaƙa da lambar aikin netfilter/iptables wanda aka haɗa a cikin ainihin ko rarraba azaman aikace-aikace daban. da dakunan karatu.
A ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyar, duk shawarar da ke da alaƙa da amsa cin zarafin GPL da aiwatar da buƙatun lasisi na GPL a cikin lambar Netfilter dole ne a yi tare. Za a amince da yanke shawara kawai idan yawancin membobin Core Team masu aiki suka zabe ta. Yarjejeniyar ta shafi ba kawai sababbin laifuka ba, amma kuma za a iya amfani da su a kan shari'ar da ta gabata. A yin haka, Netfilter Project ba ya watsar da bukatar tilasta aiwatar da GPL, amma zai bi ka'idodin da aka mayar da hankali kan yin aiki don amfanin al'umma da ba da lokaci don gyara abubuwan da suka faru.
source: budenet.ru