Inhlangano yamalungelo oluntu iSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) ifake isimangalo ngokumelene neVizio ngenxa yokungaphumeleli ukuthobela iimfuno zelayisensi ye-GPL xa uhambisa i-firmware ye-smart TV esekelwe kwi-platform ye-SmartCast. Ityala liyaphawuleka kuba liyisimangalo sokuqala kwimbali efakwe kungekhona egameni lomthathi-nxaxheba wophuhliso ophethe amalungelo epropati kwikhowudi, kodwa ngumthengi ongakhange abonelelwe ngekhowudi yomthombo wamacandelo ahanjiswe phantsi kwelayisenisi ye-GPL.
Xa usebenzisa ikhowudi yelayisensi ye-copyleft kwiimveliso zayo, umenzi, ukwenzela ukugcina inkululeko yesofthiwe, unyanzelekile ukuba anikeze ikhowudi yomthombo, kubandakanywa ikhowudi yemisebenzi ephuma kunye nemiyalelo yokufakela. Ngaphandle kwezenzo ezinjalo, umsebenzisi ulahlekelwa ulawulo kwisofthiwe kwaye akakwazi ukulungisa ngokuzimeleyo iimpazamo, ukongeza iimpawu ezintsha okanye ukususa ukusebenza okungadingekile. Kusenokufuneka wenze utshintsho ukukhusela ubumfihlo bakho, ukulungisa iingxaki ezingaphakathi endlini umenzi alayo ukuzilungisa, kwaye wandise umjikelo wobomi besixhobo emva kokuba singasaxhaswanga ngokusemthethweni okanye siphelelwe lixesha ukukhuthaza ukuthengwa kwemodeli entsha.
Ekuqaleni, umbutho we-SFC wazama ukufikelela kwisivumelwano ngoxolo, kodwa izenzo ngokucenga kunye nolwazi azizange zizithethelele kwaye imeko yavela kwishishini lesixhobo se-Intanethi ngokungahoywa ngokubanzi kweemfuno ze-GPL. Ukuphuma kule meko kunye nokwenza umzekelo, kwagqitywa ekubeni kusetyenziswe amanyathelo asemthethweni angqongqo ngakumbi ukuzisa abo baphule umthetho kwaye kuququzelelwe umboniso wetyala lomnye wabona baphuli-mthetho babi.
Isimangalo asifuni imbuyekezo yemali, i-SFC icela kuphela inkundla ukuba ibophe inkampani ukuba ihambelane nemimiselo ye-GPL kwiimveliso zayo kwaye yazise abathengi ngamalungelo anikezela iilayisensi ze-copyleft. Ukuba ukuphulwa kulungiswa, zonke iimfuno zifezekisiwe, kwaye isithembiso sokuthobela i-GPL sinikezelwa kwixesha elizayo, i-SFC ilungele ukugqiba iinkqubo zomthetho ngokukhawuleza.
UVizio waqala ukwaziswa ngokuphulwa kweGPL ngo-Agasti 2018. Kangangonyaka, iinzame zenziwa ukusombulula le ngxabano ngokwezopolitiko, kodwa ngoJanuwari 2020, inkampani yarhoxa ngokupheleleyo kwiingxoxo kwaye yayeka ukuphendula kwiileta ezivela kubameli be-SFC. NgoJulayi 2021, umjikelo wenkxaso wemodeli yeTV wagqitywa, kwi-firmware apho ukwaphulwa kwachongwa, kodwa abameli be-SFC bafumanisa ukuba iingcebiso ze-SFC azizange zithathelwe ingqalelo kwaye iimodeli zesixhobo ezitsha nazo zaphula imigaqo ye-GPL.
Ngokukodwa, iimveliso zeVizio aziboneleli ngesakhono somsebenzisi ukuba acele ikhowudi yomthombo wezixhobo ze-GPL ze-firmware esekwe kwi-Linux kernel kunye nemeko yenkqubo eqhelekileyo apho iipakethe ze-GPL ezifana ne-U-Boot, i-Bash, i-gawk, i-GNU tar, glibc, FFmpeg, Bluez, BusyBox, Coreutils, glib, dnsmasq, DirectFB, libgcrypt kunye ne-systemd. Ukongeza, izixhobo zolwazi aziqulathanga nakuphi na ukukhankanywa kokusetyenziswa kwesoftware phantsi kweelayisensi ze-copyleft kunye namalungelo anikezelwe ngala mvume.
Kwimeko kaVizio, ukuthotyelwa kwe-GPL kubaluleke kakhulu kumatyala adlulileyo apho inkampani yatyholwa ngokuphula ubumfihlo kunye nokuthumela ulwazi lomntu malunga nabasebenzisi bezixhobo, kuquka ulwazi malunga neefilimu kunye nemiboniso yeTV abayibukeleyo.
umthombo: opennet.ru