Inyanga eyodwa edlule i-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC wafaka icala lobunikazi ngokumelene ne-GNOME Foundation ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi kusiphathi sesithombe seShotwell.
I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ithembise ukukhokhela i-GNOME Foundation isamba "esiyizibalo ezinhlanu" ukuze asule icala kanye nelayisensi uShotwell ukuze aqhubeke nokuyithuthukisa.
I-GNOME ithi: “Ukuvumelana nalokhu kungaba lula futhi kungabiza imali encane kakhulu, kodwa akulungile. Lesi sivumelwano sizovumela le patent ukuthi isetshenziswe njengesikhali ngokumelene namanye amaphrojekthi amaningi. Sizomelana ngokuqinile nalokhu kuhlasela okungenasisekelo hhayi ku-GNOME nakuShotwell kuphela, kodwa nakuwo wonke ama-software omthombo ovulekile.
UMqondisi Omkhulu we-GNOME Foundation uNeil McGovern uyalele umeluleki wezomthetho kwaShearman & Sterling ukuthi afake amaphepha amathathu enkantolo yaseCalifornia:
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Okokuqala, isiphakamiso sokuchithwa kwecala ngokuphelele. I-GNOME ayivumi ukuthi leli lungelo lobunikazi livumelekile noma ukuthi izinhlelo zingakwazi noma kufanele zibe namalungelo obunikazi ngale ndlela. Ngakho-ke iphrojekthi ifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi leli lungelo lobunikazi ngeke lisetshenziswe kunoma ubani omunye.
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Okwesibili, impendulo yesikhalo. Yenqaba ukuthi i-GNOME kufanele iphendule lo mbuzo. Le phrojekthi ifuna ukukhombisa ukuthi i-Shotwell nesofthiwe yamahhala ngokuvamile azithintwa yile patent.
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Okwesithathu, ukuphikisa. I-GNOME ifuna ukukhombisa ukuthi lokhu akulona nje icala, ukuze uRothschild aqonde ukuthi bazolwa nalokhu.
I-GNOME iphinde yathi: "Ama-patent trolls, sizolwa namacala akho, siwine futhi senze amalungelo akho obunikazi angasebenzi."
Ukwenza lokhu, i-GNOME yacela usizo emphakathini - "sicela usize i-GNOME Foundation ikwenze kucace ukuthi ama-patent troll akufanele neze aphikisane nesofthiwe yamahhala ngokunikela Isikhwama Sokuvikela se-GNOME Patent Troll. Uma ungeke ukwazi, sicela usabalalise lokhu kubangani bakho nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana. amanethiwekhi."
Source: linux.org.ru