UVizio umangalelwe ngokwephula iGPL.

I-Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) ivule icala ngokumelene ne-Vizio ngokwehluleka ukuthobela ilayisensi ye-GPL lapho isabalalisa i-firmware yama-smart TV asekelwe kuplathifomu ye-SmartCast. Icala liyaphawuleka ngoba yicala lokuqala elake lafakwa hhayi unjiniyela ongumnikazi wamalungelo obunikazi bekhodi, kodwa umthengi ongazange anikezwe ikhodi yomthombo yezingxenye ezisatshalaliswa ngaphansi kwe-GPL.

Ukuze kugcinwe inkululeko yesofthiwe, abakhiqizi abasebenzisa ikhodi enelayisensi ye-copyleft emikhiqizweni yabo kudingeka banikeze ikhodi yomthombo, okuhlanganisa imisebenzi ephuma kokunye nemiyalelo yokufaka. Ngaphandle kokunikezwa okunjalo, abasebenzisi balahlekelwa ukulawula isofthiwe futhi abakwazi ukulungisa amaphutha ngokuzimela, bengeze izici ezintsha, noma ukususa ukusebenza okungadingekile. Ukulungiswa kungase kudingeke ukuze kuvikelwe ubumfihlo, kuxazululwe izinkinga umkhiqizi anqabayo ukuzilungisa, futhi andise ubude bempilo yedivayisi ngemva kokuphela kosekelo olusemthethweni noma isiyekiswe ukusebenza ukuze kukhuthazwe ukuthengwa kwemodeli entsha.

Ekuqaleni, i-SFC yazama ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni esinokuthula, kodwa ukuncenga kanye nolwazi lwehlulekile ukwenzeka, okuholele ekunganakeni okusabalele kwezidingo ze-GPL embonini yamadivayisi we-inthanethi. Ukuze kuxazululwe lesi simo futhi kubekwe isibonelo, kunqunywe ukuthi kusetshenziswe izinyathelo zomthetho eziqinile ukuze kubanjwe abephula umthetho futhi kubanjwe ukuqulwa kwecala lokubonisa omunye wabaphula umthetho kakhulu.

Icala alifuni isinxephezelo semali; i-SFC imane icela inkantolo ukuba iphoqe inkampani ukuthi ihambisane ne-GPL emikhiqizweni yayo futhi yazise abathengi ngamalungelo anikezwa amalayisensi e-copyleft. Uma ukwephulwa komthetho kulungiswa, zonke izimfuno zihlangatshezwana nazo, futhi ukuzibophezela kokuthobela i-GPL esikhathini esizayo kunikezwa, i-SFC ilungele ukunqamula icala ngokushesha.

U-Vizio waqale waziswa ngokwephulwa kwe-GPL ngo-August 2018. Imizamo yokuxazulula le ngxabano ngokwezikhulu zenziwa isikhathi esingangonyaka, kodwa ngoJanuwari 2020, inkampani yahoxa ngokuphelele ezingxoxweni futhi yayeka ukuphendula izincwadi ezivela kubameleli be-SFC. NgoJulayi 2021, imodeli ye-TV okwatholakala ukuthi i-firmware yayo yephula yayingasasekelwa, kodwa abamele i-SFC bathola ukuthi izincomo ze-SFC azizange zilandelwe, namamodeli amasha nawo ayephula i-GPL.

В частности, продукты Vizio не предусматривают возможности запроса пользователем исходных текстов GPL-компонентов прошивки, основанной на ядре Linux и типовом системном окружении, в котором выявлены такие GPL-пакеты, как U-Boot, Bash, gawk, GNU tar, glibc, FFmpeg, Bluez, BusyBox, Coreutils, glib, dnsmasq, DirectFB, libgcrypt и systemd. Кроме того, в информационных материалах отсутствует упоминание использования программного обеспечения под копилефт-лицензиями и предоставляемых данными лицензиями прав.

Odabeni luka-Vizio, ukuthobela i-GPL kubaluleke kakhulu uma kubhekwa amacala adlule lapho inkampani iye yamangalelwa ngokwephula ubumfihlo nokuthumela imininingwane yomuntu siqu emayelana nabasebenzisi, okuhlanganisa amamuvi nezinhlelo ze-TV abazibukayo, kusukela kumadivayisi abo.

Source: opennet.ru