gulu (INU), kuteteza chilengedwe cha Linux ku zonena za patent, kutenga nawo mbali poteteza polojekiti ya GNOME kuchokera patent troll Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Pamsonkhano womwe ukuchitika masiku ano mkulu wa OIN ananena kuti bungwe kale anasonkhanitsa gulu la maloya amene adzafufuza umboni wa kale ntchito matekinoloje tafotokozazi patent (Preor art), zomwe zingathandize kukwaniritsa invalidation wa patent.
OIN sangagwiritse ntchito dziwe la patent lomwe linapangidwa kuti liteteze Linux kuteteza GNOME, popeza Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ili ndi chidziwitso chokha, koma sichichita ntchito zachitukuko ndi kupanga, i.e. Sizingatheke kuti abweretse chigamulo chotsutsana ndi kuphwanya malamulo ogwiritsira ntchito ma patent pazinthu zilizonse. Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ndi njira yachikale ya patent, yomwe imakhala makamaka poyimba milandu yaying'ono yoyambira ndi makampani omwe alibe zothandizira kuyesa kwanthawi yayitali ndipo amatha kulipira chipukuta misozi mosavuta. Pazaka 6 zapitazi, Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC yapereka milandu 714 ngati imeneyi.
Malinga ndi mkulu wa OIN, poyamba bungweli lidayang'ana kwambiri pakupanga malo omwe amateteza Linux ku makhalidwe oipa a makampani omwe amapanga ntchito zopanga. Popeza mapulojekiti otseguka ayamba kufunidwa kwambiri m'madera onse, pali makampani ocheperako. Chifukwa chake, OIN tsopano ikhozanso kulabadira kuopsa kobwera chifukwa cha ntchito zamakampani osachita, omwe ndi ma patent troll omwe amakhala chifukwa cha milandu ndi malipiro. Posachedwapa, OIN ikufunanso kulengeza mgwirizano watsopano ndi makampani awiri akuluakulu omwe ali ndi chidziwitso cholimbana ndi ma patent omwe alephera ndikulepheretsa ma patent oterowo.
Monga chikumbutso, GNOME Foundation kuphwanya ufulu waumwini 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).
Wodandaulayo adadzipereka kusiya mlanduwo kuti agule chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito patent, koma GNOME sanavomereze mgwirizanowu ndipo kumenya nkhondo mpaka kumapeto, chifukwa kuvomereza kungawononge mapulojekiti ena otseguka omwe atha kukhala msampha wa patent troll. Kuti athe kulipirira chitetezo cha GNOME, GNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund idapangidwa, yomwe idapangidwa kale 109 madola zikwi pa zofunikira 125 zikwi.
Source: opennet.ru