GNOME Imachitapo kanthu Kulimbana ndi Patent Troll Attack

GNOME Foundation adanena za zomwe achita kuti atetezedwe mlandu, yoperekedwa ndi Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC, kutsogolera ntchito patent troll. Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC idadzipereka kusiya mlanduwu kuti igule laisensi yogwiritsira ntchito patent kuchokera kwa Shotwell. Kuchuluka kwa chilolezo kumawonetsedwa mu nambala ya manambala asanu. Ngakhale kuti kugula laisensi kungakhale njira yosavuta yotulukira, ndipo milandu ingafune ndalama zambiri komanso zovuta, GNOME Foundation idasankha kusavomereza mgwirizanowu ndikumenya nkhondo mpaka kumapeto.

Kuvomereza kungawononge mapulojekiti ena otseguka omwe atha kukhala msampha wa patent troll. Malingana ngati patent yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pamilandu, yophimba njira zowonekera komanso zogwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri zosokoneza zithunzi, zimakhalabe zogwira ntchito, zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chida chochitira zina. Kupereka ndalama zoteteza GNOME kukhothi ndikugwira ntchito yoletsa chilolezocho (mwachitsanzo, potsimikizira zowona zakugwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje ofotokozedwa mu patent), thumba lapadera "GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund".

Kampani yalembedwa ntchito kuti iteteze GNOME Foundation Shearman & Sterling, yomwe yatumiza kale zikalata zitatu kukhoti:

• Pemphani kuti mlanduwu uthetsedwe kwathunthu. Chitetezo chimakhulupirira kuti patent yomwe ikukhudzidwa ndi mlanduwu ndi yopanda ndalama, ndipo matekinoloje omwe akufotokozedwamo sagwiritsidwa ntchito pachitetezo cha chidziwitso mu mapulogalamu;
• Yankho ku mlandu wofunsa ngati GNOME iyenera kukhala woyimbidwa milandu ngati imeneyi. Chikalatacho chikuyesera kutsimikizira kuti patent yomwe yafotokozedwa pamlanduwo singagwiritsidwe ntchito kunenera Shotwell ndi pulogalamu ina iliyonse yaulere.
• Kutsutsa komwe kungalepheretse Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC kubwereranso ndikusankha wozunzidwa pang'ono kuti aukire akazindikira kuzama kwa cholinga cha GNOME chomenyera ufulu wa patent.

Monga chikumbutso, GNOME Foundation kutengera kuphwanya ufulu waumwini 9,936,086 mu Shotwell Photo Manager. Patent idalembedwa mu 2008 ndipo imafotokoza njira yolumikizira popanda zingwe chida chojambulira zithunzi (foni, kamera yapaintaneti) ku chipangizo cholandirira zithunzi (kompyuta) kenako ndikusamutsa mwasankha zithunzi zosefedwa potengera tsiku, malo ndi magawo ena. Malinga ndi wodandaulayu, pakuphwanya patent ndikokwanira kukhala ndi ntchito yotumizira kuchokera ku kamera, kuthekera kophatikiza zithunzi molingana ndi mawonekedwe ena ndikutumiza zithunzi kumalo akunja (mwachitsanzo, malo ochezera a pa Intaneti kapena ntchito ya zithunzi).

Source: opennet.ru