GNOME Foundation za kuthetsedwa bwino kwa mlandu womwe unabwera ndi Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC, yomwe idadzudzula pulojekitiyi chifukwa chakuphwanya patent. Maphwandowa adafika pachigwirizano pomwe wodandaulayo adasiya milandu yonse yotsutsana ndi GNOME ndipo adagwirizana kuti asabweretse zonena zina zokhudzana ndi kuphwanya ma patent omwe ali nawo. Komanso, Rothschild Patent Imaging walonjeza kuti sadzasumira pulojekiti iliyonse yotseguka yomwe code yake imatulutsidwa pansi pa chilolezo chovomerezeka cha OSI. Kudziperekaku kumakhudza gawo lonse la patent la Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Tsatanetsatane wa mfundo za mgwirizano sizinaululidwe.
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 kuposa 150 madola zikwi pa chofunika 125 zikwi.
Pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe zinasonkhanitsidwa kuti ziteteze GNOME Foundation, kampaniyo Shearman & Sterling inalembedwa ntchito, yomwe inapereka chigamulo ku khoti kuti lithetseretu mlanduwo, popeza chivomerezo chokhudzidwa ndi mlanduwu sichingagwirizane, ndipo matekinoloje omwe akufotokozedwamo sakugwira ntchito. kuteteza luntha mu mapulogalamu. Kuthekera komweko kogwiritsa ntchito patent iyi kunena zotsutsana ndi pulogalamu yaulere kudafunsidwanso. Potsirizira pake, chigamulo chotsutsa chinaperekedwa kuti chiwononge patent.
Pambuyo pa chitetezo Open Invention Network (OIN), bungwe lodzipereka kuteteza chilengedwe cha Linux ku zonena za patent. OIN inasonkhanitsa gulu la maloya kuti afufuze kuti patent isagwiritsidwe ntchito ndipo inayambitsa njira yofufuzira umboni wogwiritsira ntchito kale matekinoloje ofotokozedwa mu patent (Prior art).
Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ndi njira yachikale ya patent, yomwe imakhala makamaka poyimba milandu yaying'ono yoyambira ndi makampani omwe alibe zothandizira pakuyesa kwanthawi yayitali ndipo ndiosavuta kubweza. Pazaka 6 zapitazi, troll uyu wapereka milandu yofanana 714. 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. Mutha kuyesa kutsimikizira kusagwirizana kwa patent potsimikizira zowona zakugwiritsa ntchito kale matekinoloje ofotokozedwa mu patent.
Source: opennet.ru