Inhlangano yamalungelo abantu iSoftware Freedom Conservancy (SFC) isu elisha lokuqinisekisa ukuthobela ilayisensi ye-GPL kumadivayisi i-firmware yawo yakhelwe ku-Linux. Ukuze kuqaliswe lolu hlelo oluhlongozwayo, i-ARDC (Amateur Radio Digital Communications) Foundation isivele yabele i-SFC uxhaso luka-$150.
Umsebenzi uhlelwe ukuthi wenziwe ngezindlela ezintathu:
- abakhiqizi ukuthi bahambisane ne-GPL futhi baqede ukwephulwa okukhona.
- Ukwenza ngokubambisana nezinye izinhlangano ukukhuthaza umbono wokuthi ukuthobela umkhiqizo ne-GPL kuyimininingwane ebalulekile yokuvikela ubumfihlo namalungelo abathengi.
- Ukuthuthukiswa kwephrojekthi ukudala enye i-firmware.
NgokukaBradley M. Kuhn, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-SFC, imizamo yangaphambili yokunxenxa isidingo sokuhambisana ne-GPL, ngemfundo nolwazi, ayizange ikhokhe, futhi namuhla kukhona ukunganakwa okuvamile kokuhambisana nezidingo ze-GPL. embonini yedivayisi ye-IoT. Ukuze uphume kulesi simo, kuhlongozwa ukuthi kusetshenziswe izinyathelo zomthetho eziqinile ukuze kuthweswe abephula umthetho ngokwehluleka ukuthobela imibandela yamalayisensi e-copyleft.
Uma usebenzisa ikhodi ngaphansi kwamalayisensi e-copyleft emikhiqizweni yakhe, umenzi kufanele anikeze ngekhodi yomthombo, okuhlanganisa nekhodi yemisebenzi ephuma kokunye nemiyalelo yokufaka, ukuze kulondolozwe inkululeko yesofthiwe. Ngaphandle kwezenzo ezinjalo, umsebenzisi ulahlekelwa ukulawula isofthiwe. Ukuze kulungiswe amaphutha ngokwawo, kususe ukusebenza okungadingekile ukuze kuvikelwe ubumfihlo babo, noma esikhundleni se-firmware, umsebenzisi kufanele akwazi ukwenza izinguquko futhi afake kabusha isofthiwe kumadivayisi.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-SFC iveze uchungechunge lokwephulwa kwe-GPL yizinkampani zama-elekthronikhi ezishumekiwe ezingakwazi ukuxoxisana ngazo ngokuthula futhi ukumangalelana kudingekile. Kuhlelelwe ukukhetha oyedwa walaba baphula umthetho abanganikezi ngekhodi eyanele ukwakha kabusha nokufaka i-Linux, futhi kuhlelwe isilingo sombukiso e-United States. Uma kwenzeka ukuthi ukwephulwa kommangalelwa kulungiswa, zonke izimfuneko ziyahlangatshezwa, futhi ukuzibophezela kokuhambisana ne-GPL esikhathini esizayo kunikezwa, i-SFC ilungele ukuqeda icala ngokushesha.
Ngaphezu kokusebenzela ukuphoqelela ukuthotshelwa kwe-GPL, iphrojekthi ye-Firmware Liberation ihlela ukukhetha isigaba esithile semikhiqizo esigabeni sezixazululo ezishumekiwe ezisekelwe ku-Linux futhi idale enye i-firmware yamahhala yazo ngokusekelwe kukhodi etholwe umenzi ngenxa yokuqeda ukwephulwa kwe-GPL. , njengoba kwakunjalo kudala iphrojekthi ye-OpenWrt esekelwe kukhodi ye-firmware ye-WRT54G. Ekugcineni, isipiliyoni sokudala amaphrojekthi aphumelelayo njenge ΠΈ , kuhlelwe ukuthi idluliselwe kwezinye izigaba zamadivayisi.
Kuyaphawulwa ukuthi inhlangano ye-SFC ihlonze ukwephulwa kwe-GPL ku-firmware ye-Linux kumadivayisi afana neziqandisi, ama-nannies kagesi, abasizi ababonakalayo, imigoqo yomsindo, izinsimbi zeminyango, amakhamera okuvikela, amasistimu emoto, izamukeli ze-AV nama-TV. Ukudala enye i-firmware yamadivayisi anjalo, noma ukuhlanganisa amandla namaphrojekthi e-firmware akhona aphazanyiswa ukungatholakali kwezinguquko eziqondene nedivayisi, kuzokhulisa inkululeko yabasebenzisi balawo madivayisi.
Source: opennet.ru