Inhlangano yamalungelo abantu iSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) ifake icala enkantolo ngokumelene ne-Vizio ngokwehluleka ukuthobela izimfuneko zelayisensi ye-GPL lapho isabalalisa i-firmware yama-smart TV asekelwe kunkundla ye-SmartCast. Icala liyaphawuleka ngoba yicala lokuqala emlandweni elifakwe hhayi egameni lomhlanganyeli wentuthuko ongumnikazi wamalungelo endawo ekhodini, kodwa ngumthengi ongazange anikezwe ikhodi yomthombo yezingxenye ezisatshalaliswa ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-GPL.
Uma usebenzisa ikhodi enelayisensi ye-copyleft emikhiqizweni yayo, umenzi, ukuze agcine inkululeko yesofthiwe, ubophekile ukunikeza ikhodi yomthombo, okuhlanganisa nekhodi yemisebenzi ephuma kokunye kanye nemiyalelo yokufaka. Ngaphandle kwezenzo ezinjalo, umsebenzisi ulahlekelwa ukulawula isofthiwe futhi akakwazi ukulungisa amaphutha ngokuzimela, engeza izici ezintsha noma asuse ukusebenza okungadingekile. Ungase udinge ukwenza izinguquko ukuze uvikele ubumfihlo bakho, uzilungisele wena izinkinga umkhiqizi anqabayo ukuzilungisa, futhi wandise umjikelezo wempilo wedivayisi ngemva kokuba ingasasekelwa ngokusemthethweni noma ingasasetshenziswa ngokomthetho ukuze ukhuthaze ukuthengwa kwemodeli entsha.
Ekuqaleni, inhlangano ye-SFC yazama ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni ngokuthula, kodwa izenzo ngokuncenga nolwazi azizange zizithethelele futhi kwavela isimo embonini yemishini ye-inthanethi ngokunganaki okuvamile kwezidingo ze-GPL. Ukuze siphume kulesi simo futhi senze isibonelo, kwanqunywa ukuthi kusetshenziswe izinyathelo zomthetho eziqinile ukuze kulethwe abephula umthetho futhi kuhlelwe ukuqulwa kwecala lokubonisa omunye wabaphula umthetho kakhulu.
Icala alifuni isinxephezelo semali, i-SFC icela kuphela inkantolo ukuthi ibophe inkampani ukuthi ihambisane nemibandela ye-GPL emikhiqizweni yayo futhi yazise abathengi ngamalungelo anikezwa amalayisensi e-copyleft. Uma ukwephulwa komthetho kulungiswa, zonke izimfuneko ziyahlangatshezwa, futhi isithembiso sokuthobela i-GPL sinikezwa ngokuzayo, i-SFC izimisele ukuphetha izinyathelo zomthetho ngokushesha.
U-Vizio waqale waziswa ngokwephulwa kwe-GPL ngo-Agasti 2018. Isikhathi esingangonyaka, kwenziwa imizamo yokuxazulula ukungqubuzana ngokobuzwe, kodwa ngoJanuwari 2020, inkampani yazikhipha ngokuphelele ezingxoxweni futhi yayeka ukuphendula izincwadi ezivela kubameleli be-SFC. NgoJulayi 2021, umjikelezo wosekelo lwemodeli ye-TV waqedwa, ku-firmware okwatholwa ukwephulwa kwayo, kodwa abamele i-SFC bathola ukuthi izincomo ze-SFC azizange zinakwe futhi amamodeli edivayisi amasha nawo aphula imigomo ye-GPL.
Ikakhulukazi, imikhiqizo ye-Vizio ayinikezi ikhono lomsebenzisi lokucela ikhodi yomthombo yezingxenye ze-GPL ze-firmware esekelwe ku-Linux kernel kanye nemvelo evamile yesistimu lapho amaphakheji e-GPL afana ne-U-Boot, Bash, gawk, GNU tar, glibc, FFmpeg, Bluez, BusyBox, Coreutils, glib, dnsmasq, DirectFB, libgcrypt ne-systemd. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinto zolwazi aziqukethe noma yikuphi okushiwo ngokusetshenziswa kwesofthiwe ngaphansi kwamalayisensi e-copyleft namalungelo anikezwa yilawa malayisense.
Odabeni luka-Vizio, ukuthobela i-GPL kubaluleke kakhulu uma kucatshangelwa amacala adlule lapho inkampani yasolwa ngokwephula ubumfihlo nokuthumela imininingwane yomuntu siqu mayelana nabasebenzisi bemishini, okuhlanganisa ulwazi olumayelana namamuvi nezinhlelo ze-TV abazibukele.
Source: opennet.ru