The Open Source Initiative (OSI), wanda ke bitar lasisi don bin ka'idodin Buɗaɗɗen Tushen, ya buga nazarin hukuncin kotu a shari'ar da ta shafi PureThink da ke da alaƙa da take haƙƙin mallaka na Neo4j Inc.
Bari mu tuna cewa PureThink ya ƙirƙiri cokali mai yatsa na aikin Neo4j, wanda aka fara bayarwa a ƙarƙashin lasisin AGPLv3, amma sai aka raba shi cikin bugu na Al'umma kyauta da sigar kasuwanci ta Neo4 EE. Don sigar kasuwanci, an ƙara ƙarin sharuɗɗan "Commons Clause" zuwa rubutun AGPL, yana iyakance amfani a cikin ayyukan girgije. Tunda lasisin AGPLv3 ya ƙunshi jumlar da ke ba da izinin cire ƙarin hani waɗanda ke keta haƙƙin da lasisin AGPL ya bayar, PureThink ya ƙirƙiri cokali mai yatsu na ONgDB bisa lambar samfurin Neo4 EE, amma an rarraba shi ƙarƙashin lasisin AGPL na yau da kullun kuma ya tallata shi azaman gaba daya bude sigar Neo4 EE.
Kotun ta ayyana haramtacciyar cire ƙarin sharuɗɗan da Neo4j Inc ya ƙara zuwa rubutun lasisin AGPL a cikin cokali mai yatsu, saboda gaskiyar cewa canjin rubutun lasisin ya kasance mai mallakar haƙƙin mallaka ga lambar kuma Ayyukansa da gaske sun yi daidai da canja wurin aikin zuwa sabon lasisin mallakar mallaka wanda aka ƙirƙira bisa tushen AGPL.
Kotun ta amince da mai gabatar da kara cewa batun AGPL game da ikon cire ƙarin sharuɗɗan ya shafi mai lasisi ne kawai, kuma mai amfani shine mai lasisi wanda dole ne ya bi sashe na 7 da 10, waɗanda ke hana mai lasisin gabatar da ƙarin hani, amma ba hana mai ba da lasisi yin hakan. Duk wani fassarar waɗannan fassarori zai yi hannun riga da ainihin ƙa'idodin dokar haƙƙin mallaka, waɗanda ke ba marubuta keɓaɓɓen haƙƙin lasisi na samfuran su ƙarƙashin sharuɗɗan zaɓin da suka zaɓa.
A lokaci guda, mawallafin lasisin AGPL sun sanya sashe na ba da izinin cire ƙarin hani (duba bayanin kula 73) da farko azaman ma'auni don magance cin zarafi ta masu haƙƙin lambar, kamar ƙara ƙarin buƙatun da ke hana amfani da kasuwanci. Amma kotun ba ta yarda da wannan matsayi ba kuma, bisa ga sakamakon da aka yi la'akari da shi a baya "Neo4j Inc v. Graph Foundation", ya yanke shawarar cewa sashi a cikin lasisin AGPL don magance ƙaddamar da ƙarin ƙuntatawa ya dace da ayyukan masu amfani (lasisi), da masu haƙƙin mallaka ga lambar (masu lasisi) suna da yanci don sake ba da izini.
A lokaci guda, kamar da, lasisin za a iya canza shi zuwa sabon lamba kawai, kuma tsohuwar sigar lambar da aka buɗe a baya ƙarƙashin AGPL tana nan a ƙarƙashin lasisin da ta gabata. Wadancan. Wanda ake tuhuma zai iya haɓaka cokali mai yatsa na lambar a ƙarƙashin AGPL mai tsabta a cikin jihar kafin marubucin ya canza lasisin, amma kafa cokali mai yatsa a kan sabon lamba tare da canza lasisi, ɗaukar shi azaman lambar ƙarƙashin AGPL mai tsabta, ba abin karɓa ba ne.
source: budenet.ru