Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi kwenziwa icala yi-Oracle emelene neGoogle maqondana nelungelo lobunikazi ku-java API elisetshenziswa ku-Android, umphumela wokugcina ekugcineni ukhishiwe esibeke izandulela zalolu hlobo lwesimo.
Futhi lokho kuyisikhumbuzo, Ngo-2012, ijaji elinolwazi lohlelo lavumelana nesimo seGoogle futhi yavuma ukuthi umuthi wamagama owakhiwa yi-API uyingxenye yesakhiwo somyalo - isethi yezinhlamvu ehambisana nomsebenzi othile. Iqoqo elinjalo lemiyalo liphathwa ngumthetho we-copyright njengokuthi alikho ngaphansi kwe-copyright, ngoba ukuphindaphindwa kwesakhiwo somyalo kuyisimo sokuhambisana nokuphatheka.
Ngakho-ke, ubunikazi bemigqa enezincazelo zekhanda lendlela nezimemezelo akunandaba: ukusebenzisa ukusebenza okufanayo, amagama emisebenzi akha i-API kufanele afane, noma ngabe ukusebenza kukodwa kusetshenziswa ngendlela ehlukile. Njengoba kunendlela eyodwa kuphela yokuveza umbono noma umsebenzi, wonke umuntu ukhululekile ukusebenzisa izitatimende ezifanayo futhi akekho noyedwa ongalawula izinkulumo ezinjalo.
U-Oracle wafaka isicelo sokudlulisa icala futhi ngathola i-US Federal Court of Appeals ukuthi isule inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala yanquma ukuthi i-Java API iyimpahla eqondakalayo ye-Oracle. Kusuka lapho, I-Google ishintshile futhi izamile ukufakazela ukuthi ukuqaliswa kwe-Java API kungxenyekazi ye-Android ukusetshenziswa okulungile futhi lo mzamo wanikezwa umqhele ngempumelelo.
Isikhundla seGoogle ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwesoftware ephathekayo bekungadingi ilayisense le-API futhi ukuphinda i-API ukudala ozakwabo abasebenzisanayo bekungukusetshenziswa okulungile. Ngokuya nge-Google, ukuhlukaniswa kwama-API njengempahla eqanjiwe kuzothinta kabi imboninjengoba kubukela phansi ukuthuthukiswa kwamasu amasha, futhi ukwakhiwa kwama-analogs asebenzayo ahambisanayo wezingxenyekazi zesoftware kungaba yindaba yezimangalo zomthetho.
U-Oracle wafaka isikhalazo sesibili futhi leli cala laphinde laphinde lahlolwa labe selivuna yena. Inkantolo inqume ukuthi umgomo 'wokusetshenziswa ngokufanele' awusebenzi ku-Android, njengoba le nkundla yenziwa iGoogle ngezinhloso zobugovu, ezenziwa hhayi ngokuthengiswa ngqo komkhiqizo wesoftware, kodwa ngokulawulwa kwezinsizakalo ezihlobene nokukhangisa.
Ngasikhathi sinye, iGoogle igcina ukulawula abasebenzisi ngokusebenzisa i-API ephathelene nokusebenzisana nezinsizakalo zayo, ukusetshenziswa kwayo okungavunyelwe ukudala ama-analogues asebenzayo, okungukuthi, ukusetshenziswa kwe-Java API akugcini ekusetshenzisweni okungekona okokuthengisa. Ukuphendula, iGoogle ifake isicelo enkantolo ephakeme futhi iNkantolo Ephakeme yase-US iphinde yahlola udaba lwe-IPR IPR futhi yakhipha isinqumo esivuna iGoogle.
Futhi manje, Inkantolo Ephakeme yase-US ikhiphe isinqumo ngecala le-Oracle neGoogle okuqhubekayo kusukela ngo-2010 ngokusebenzisa i-Java API kungxenyekazi ye-Android. Inkantolo ephakeme ibhekene neGoogle futhi wanquma ukuthi i-Java API yayisetshenziswa kahle.
Inkantolo ivumile ukuthi inhloso yakwaGoogle ukudala uhlelo olwehlukile igxile ekuxazululeni izinkinga zemvelo ehlukile yekhompyutha kanye nokwakhiwa kwepulatifomu le-Android kusize ekuboneni nasekudumiseni le njongo. Umlando ukhombisa ukuthi kunezindlela eziningana lapho ukusetshenziswa kabusha kwesixhumi esibonakalayo kungakhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zamakhompyutha. Inhloso yeGoogle bekuwukufeza lolu hlobo lwenqubekela phambili yokudala, nokuyinto egxile kakhulu emthethweni we-copyright.
I-Google iboleke cishe imigqa eyi-11.500 izincazelo zesakhiwo se-API, okuyi-0,4% kuphela yokusetshenziswa kwe-API eyizigidi ezingama-2.86. Ngokubheka ubungako nokubaluleka kwengxenye esetshenzisiwe yekhodi, inkantolo ibheke imigqa eyi-11.500 XNUMX njengengxenye encane yayo yonke enkulu kakhulu.
Njengengxenye yesixhumi esibonakalayo sokuhlela, izintambo ezikopishiwe zixhunyaniswe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa ngenye ikhodi (engeyona eye-Oracle) esetshenziswa ngohlelo. I-Google ikopishe amazwibela ekhodi hhayi ngokuphelela kwayo noma izinzuzo zokusebenza, kepha ngoba ivumele abahleli bohlelo ukuthi basebenzise amakhono akhona endaweni entsha yekhompyutha yezingcingo.