Imibutho yamalungelo oluntu ye CFS (ISoftware Freedom Conservancy) kunye ne-EFF (i-Electronic Frontier Foundation) kutshanje ikhuphe uhlengahlengiso kwi "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" (DMCA) qechaza uluhlu lwezinto ezingaphandle ezingekho phantsi kwezithintelo zeDMCA kubuchwephesha bolawulo lofikelelo.
Ukususela kwiminyaka emithathu, ikomiti ekhethekileyo idibana kwiThala Leencwadi leCongress yaseUnited States, eyathi, ngexesha lengxoxo yoluntu, dGqiba ukuphonononga uluhlu lokuxolelwa oluchaza iimeko apho i-DMCA inokuthi ingasebenzi.. Olu luhlu lwenzelwe ukukhusela ukuxhatshazwa okunokwenzeka kunye nezithintelo ezingekho ngqiqweni ezinokukhuthazwa phantsi kwe-DMCA, ngaphandle kokwaphulwa kwelungelo lokushicilela.
Izinto ezingaphandle ezivunyiweyo kulo nyaka zivumela ukufakwa kwezinye ii-firmwares kwii-routers kunye nezinye izixhobo zenethiwekhi (kubandakanya ukuqhawuka kwejele kunye nekhonkco lokugqitha kwi-DRM firmware). Okungaphandle kunika umsebenzisi ukhetho lokwandisa ubomi besixhobo sabo emva kokuphelelwa kwenkxaso yomenzi ngokufaka enye i-firmware efana ne-OpenWrt.
Kwakhona Kwadlulayo kugqithiselwe ukuvumela uphando olusemthethweni lwe-firmware yesixhobo ukuze uchonge kwaye uqinisekise ukwaphulwa okunokwenzeka kweelayisensi ze-copyleft ezifuna ukuvulwa kwemisebenzi ephuma kuyo. Okushiyiweyo kusebenza kuzo zonke iintlobo zezixhobo, ngaphandle kwee-consoles zomdlalo.
Ukukhutshwa kwangaphambili okusemthethweni okunxulumene nemvume yokuvula, ukutshintsha i-firmware, ukulungisa kunye nokufaka izicelo, nokuba zivunyiwe ngumenzi okanye hayi, ngaphambili bezisebenza kwii-smartphones (i-jailbreak), iitafile kunye nezinye izixhobo eziphathwayo, zandisiwe malunga nokuba nokwenzeka kokutshintsha ngokupheleleyo isoftwe ye-smart TV.
Iindidi zezixhobo ekukho ngaphandle kwazo zandisiwe, ezithi ivumela ukwenza ukulungiswa ngokuzimeleyo. Iprojekthi yeLungelo lokuLungisa ityhala ukuba kurhoxiswe ukulungisa nasiphi na isixhobo, kwaye isondele kwinjongo yayo kulo nyaka. Izilungiso zidluliselwe ukuvumela ukuxilongwa, ukugcinwa, kunye nokulungiswa kwaso nasiphi na isixhobo somthengi, kubandakanywa i-e-readers, abadlali berekhodi, kunye nezithethi ezihlakaniphile, kunye nokulungiswa kwezithuthi, izikebhe kunye nezixhobo zonyango.
Kwizixhobo zonyango, zombini ukulungiswa kunye nokubuyiselwa kwedatha egcinwe kwisixhobo sakho kuvumelekile, nokuba isixhobo sifakelwe okanye hayi.
Kwandisiwe izinto ezingaphandle ezinxulumene nokuchazwa kweDVD, izixhobo zeBlu-Ray kunye neenkonzo ze-intanethi. esetyenziselwa ukuqamba imixube equka iiklip zevidiyo ezizimeleyo. I-DMCA iphinde yacima imidlalo yekhompyuter kunye nemidlalo yemidlalo, abavelisi bayo bayeka ukuxhasa iimveliso zayo, ngoku abalandeli bomdlalo wekhompyuter banokwenza ngokusemthethweni utshintsho kwizicelo zomdlalo ezindala kunye ne-firmware yekhonsoli yomdlalo ukunqanda amakhonkco kwiinkonzo zomdlalo wangaphandle kunye neeseva zoqinisekiso. Okungaphandle kwandisiwe ukuze kuvumeleke ukusetyenziswa kwezinto ezizezinye kubashicileli be-3D.
Isicelo sokubandakanya izifundo zabucala kwi-waiver eyandisiweyo asizange samkelwe, ukuvumela abaphandi bokhuseleko ukuba bahlalutye iimveliso zesoftware ukuchonga ubuthathaka kunye nokuzicoca abo bafunyenweyo. IKomishoni yagqiba ekubeni olo tshintsho lwalungeyomfuneko njengoko izifundo zangasese zingena ngaphakathi kwenkcazo yezifundo zokhuseleko kwaye azifuni ukukhululwa okwahlukileyo.
Izilungiso ezivumela ukulungiswa kwezixhobo zemidlalo nazo azizange zamkelwe. (ukulungiswa kwee-consoles zomdlalo kukhawulelwe kukuba nokwenzeka kokutshintshwa kwee-optical drives) kunye nezixhobo ezine-firmware ezisetyenziselwa iinjongo zorhwebo okanye zoshishino, ngaphandle kwezithuthi kunye nezixhobo zonyango. Ngokomzekelo, ukuzilungisa kunye nokutshintsha izicwangciso ze-robot vacuum cleaner kuthathwa njengento engekho mthethweni.
Phakathi kwemiba engasonjululwanga, kwakhona kuphawulwe ukuba akukho mida yokuhanjiswa kwezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa ukulungiswa: ukubonelelwa kwezixhobo ezidlula izitshixo zomenzi kusabonwa ngokungekho mthethweni.
Kuqatshelwe ukuba ikhomishini ayinalo igunya lokwamkela umkhethe kulo mba, njengoko ifuna uhlengahlengiso lomthetho. Ngaloo ndlela, kuvela imeko apho umsebenzisi unikwe ilungelo lokutshintsha ngokuzimeleyo i-firmware kunye nokudlula ikhonkco kwizixhobo ze-peripheral kwi-Xbox yakhe, kodwa ukusabalalisa ikhowudi ukwenza izenzo ezinjalo akukho mthethweni.
Gqibela Ukuba unomdla wokwazi okungakumbi ngayo, ungajonga iifayile ze- iinkcukacha kwikhonkco elilandelayo.