Isiseko se-GNOME malunga nokulungiswa ngempumelelo kwesimangalo esiziswe yiRothschild Patent Imaging LLC, eyayityhola iprojekthi yokuphulwa kwelungelo lomenzi. Amaqela afikelele kwisigqibo apho ummangali waye walahla zonke izityholo ezichasene ne-GNOME kwaye wavuma ukuba angazisi nawaphi na amabango anxulumene nokophulwa kwawo nawaphi na amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza. Ngaphezu koko, i-Rothschild Patent Imaging ithembise ukuba ayizumangalela nayiphi na iprojekthi yomthombo ovulekileyo ikhowudi yayo ikhululwe phantsi kwelayisensi evunyiweyo ye-OSI. Isibophelelo sigubungela yonke i-patent portfolio ye-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Iinkcukacha malunga nemigaqo yesivumelwano azikabhengezwa.
Njengesikhumbuzo, iSiseko se-GNOME Ukophulwa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza kuMphathi weeFoto zeShotwell. Ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza labhalwa ngo-2008 kwaye lichaza ubuchule bokudibanisa ngaphandle kwamacingo isixhobo sokuthatha umfanekiso (ifowuni, ikhamera yewebhu) kwisixhobo sokufumana umfanekiso (ikhompyutha) kwaye ngokukhetha ukusasaza imifanekiso ehluzwe ngomhla, indawo kunye nezinye iiparamitha. Ngokutsho kommangali, ukuphulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi kwanele ukuba ube nomsebenzi wokungenisa kwikhamera, ukukwazi ukuhlanganisa imifanekiso ngokweempawu ezithile kunye nokuthumela imifanekiso kwiindawo zangaphandle (umzekelo, inethiwekhi yoluntu okanye inkonzo yesithombe).
Ummangali unikezele ukulahla ityala ukuze athenge ilayisenisi yokusebenzisa ipatent, kodwa i-GNOME ayizange ivume isivumelwano kunye ukulwa kude kube sekupheleni, njengoko imvume ingabeka emngciphekweni ezinye iiprojekthi zomthombo ovulekileyo ezinokuthi zibe lixhoba le patent troll. Ukuxhasa ngemali ukhuselo lwe-GNOME, iGNOME Patent Troll Defense Fund yenziwa, leyo ngaphezulu kwe-150 lamawaka eedola kwi-125 lamawaka elifunekayo.
Ukusebenzisa imali eqokelelwe ukukhusela i-GNOME Foundation, inkampani i-Shearman & Sterling yaqeshwa, eyafaka isimangalo kwinkundla ukuba ichithe ngokupheleleyo ityala, ekubeni i-patent ebandakanyekayo kwimeko ayinakwenzeka, kwaye iteknoloji echazwe kuyo ayisebenzi. ukukhusela ubunini bengqondo kwisoftware. Elona thuba lokusebenzisa eli patent ukwenza amabango ngokuchasene nesoftware yasimahla nayo yabuzwa. Ekugqibeleni, ibango eliphikisayo lafakwa ukwenza ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi libe lingasebenzi.
Kamva ukuzikhusela Open Invention Network (OIN), umbutho ozinikele ekukhuseleni i-ecosystem ye-Linux kumabango elungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza. I-OIN ihlanganise iqela lamagqwetha ukuba ifune ukungasebenzi kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza kwaye yaqalisa inyathelo lokukhangela ubungqina bokusetyenziswa kwangaphambili kweetekhnoloji ezichazwe kwilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza (Ubugcisa obuPhambili).
I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC yi-patent troll yakudala, ehlala ikakhulu ngokumangalela abaqalisi abancinci kunye neenkampani ezingenazo izixhobo zovavanyo olude kwaye kulula ukuhlawula imbuyekezo. Kwiminyaka emi-6 edlulileyo, le patent troll iye yafaka amatyala afanayo angama-714. I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ingumnikazi wepropathi yengqondo kuphela, kodwa ayiqhubeki imisebenzi yophuhliso kunye nemveliso, i.e. Akunakwenzeka ukuba azise ibango eliphikisayo elinxulumene nokwaphulwa kwemiqathango yokusetyenziswa kwamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kuzo naziphi na iimveliso. Ungazama kuphela ukubonisa ukungangqinelani kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza ngokungqina iinyani zokusetyenziswa kwangaphambili kweetekhnoloji ezichazwe kwilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza.
umthombo: opennet.ru