I-GNOME Foundation mayelana nokuxazululwa ngempumelelo kwecala elethwe yi-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC, eyasola iphrojekthi ngokuphulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi. Abathintekayo bafinyelele esivumelwaneni lapho ummangali ehoxise khona wonke amacala ayebekwe i-GNOME futhi wavuma ukuthi ngeke alethe ezinye izimangalo ezihlobene nokuphulwa kwanoma yimaphi amalungelo obunikazi anawo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Rothschild Patent Imaging ithembise ukuthi ngeke imangalele noma iyiphi iphrojekthi yomthombo ovulekile ikhodi yayo ekhishwa ngaphansi kwelayisensi evuliwe egunyazwe yi-OSI. Ukuzinikela kuhlanganisa yonke iphothifoliyo yelungelo lobunikazi eliphethwe yi-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Imininingwane mayelana nemibandela yesivumelwano ayikadalulwa.
Njengesikhumbuzo, i-GNOME Foundation ukwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi ku-Shotwell Photo Manager. Ilungelo lobunikazi langonyaka ka-2008 futhi lichaza isu lokuxhuma ngokungenantambo idivayisi yokuthwebula isithombe (ifoni, ikhamera yewebhu) kudivayisi yokwamukela isithombe (ikhompyutha) bese idlulisa ngokukhetha izithombe ezihlungiwe ngedethi, indawo kanye namanye amapharamitha. Ngokusho kommangali, ngokuphulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi kwanele ukuba nomsebenzi wokungenisa ovela kukhamera, ikhono lokuqoqa izithombe ngokuvumelana nezici ezithile futhi uthumele izithombe kumasayithi angaphandle (isibonelo, inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu noma isevisi yesithombe).
Ummangali uthembise ukusula icala ukuze athenge ilayisense yokusebenzisa ilungelo lobunikazi, kodwa i-GNOME ayizange ivume isivumelwano futhi ukulwa kuze kube sekugcineni, njengoba imvume izobeka engcupheni amanye amaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile okungenzeka abe yisisulu se-patent troll. Ukuxhasa ngezimali ukuvikela kwe-GNOME, kwasungulwa i-GNOME Patent Troll Defence Fund, okwathi ngaphezu kwenkulungwane ye-150 zamadola ku-125 ayizinkulungwane ezidingekayo.
Isebenzisa izimali eziqoqwe ukuze kuvikelwe i-GNOME Foundation, kwaqashwa inkampani uShearman & Sterling, eyafaka isicelo enkantolo sokuthi ilichithe ngokuphelele icala, njengoba ilungelo lobunikazi elihilelekile ecaleni alinakugunyazwa, futhi nobuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulo abusebenzi. ukuvikela impahla yengqondo ku-software. Ukuthi kungenzeka ukusebenzisa leli lungelo lobunikazi ukwenza izimangalo ngokumelene nesofthiwe yamahhala nakho kwabuzwa. Ekugcineni, isimangalo esiphikisayo safakwa ukuze kungasebenzi ilungelo lobunikazi.
Kamuva ukuzivikela I-Open Invention Network (OIN), inhlangano ezinikele ekuvikeleni i-ecosystem ye-Linux ezimangalweni zelungelo lobunikazi. I-OIN ihlanganise ithimba labameli ukuze ifune ukungasebenzi kwelungelo lobunikazi futhi yaqala umkhankaso wokufuna ubufakazi bokusetshenziswa kwangaphambilini kobuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulungelo lobunikazi (Ubuciko bangaphambili).
I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC iyi-troll ye-patent yakudala, ephila ikakhulukazi ngokumangalela iziqalo ezincane nezinkampani ezingenazo izinsiza zesivivinyo eside futhi kulula ukukhokha isinxephezelo. Eminyakeni engu-6 edlule, leli gunya lobunikazi lifake amacala afanayo angama-714. I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ingumnikazi wempahla yengqondo kuphela, kodwa ayenzi imisebenzi yokuthuthukisa nokukhiqiza, i.e. Akwenzeki ukuthi alethe isimangalo esihlobene nokwephulwa kwemigomo yokusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi kunoma yimiphi imikhiqizo. Ungazama kuphela ukufakazela ukungahambisani kwelungelo lobunikazi ngokufakazela amaqiniso okusetshenziswa kwangaphambilini kobuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulungelo lobunikazi.
Source: opennet.ru