NgoSepthemba odlule, isisekelo I-GNOME wayiswa enkantolo yi-patent troll ebizwa ngokuthi i-Rothschild Patent Imaging. Isikhalazo esivela enkampanini eyayiphethe ilungelo lobunikazi kwakungeyona into engenangqondo: phakathi kwezinsolo zayo yathi yayinelungelo lobunikazi bokuthunyelwa kwezithombe ngaphandle kwezintambo, ngakho-ke bekufanele ilahle ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu njenge-Apple noma i-Google, kodwa Akazange alinge, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokubaluleka kwazo. Izolo, sibonga uNkulunkulu, konke lokhu kuqale ukuba yingxenye yesikhathi esedlule.
Njenge kubikile IGNOME kwi-website yayo esemthethweni, amaqembu womabili afinyelele esivumelwaneni. Ngakho-ke, i-GNOME ingaqhubeka nomsebenzi wayo ku Shotwell, umsuka wengxabano, namanye amaphrojekthi futhi kuqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke kubikwe yiRothchild Patent Imaging, manje noma ngokuzayo, noma leyo yinhloso. Futhi into enhle kakhulu, bazokwazi ukuqhubeka bekwenza njengoba benzile kuze kube manje, okungukuthi, ukudala nokwethula isoftware yabo njengoMthombo Ovulekile. Eqinisweni, i-patent troll ngeke amangalele noma ngubani osebenzisa amalungelo akhe obunikazi kusoftware yomthombo ovulekile, okungathathwa njengokunqoba okukhulu.
I-GNOME ingaqhubeka nokusebenza kuMthombo Ovulekile
Kulesi sivumelwano, i-GNOME ithola ukukhululwa kanye nesivumelwano sokungamangalelwa nganoma yimaphi amalungelo obunikazi aphethwe yiRothschild Patent Imaging. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bobabili iRothschild Patent Imaging kanye noLeigh Rothschild banikeza inguqulo nesivumelwano kunoma iyiphi isoftware ekhishwa ngaphansi kwelayisense elikhona le-Open Source Initiative (kanye nezinguqulo zayo zakamuva), kufaka phakathi yonke iphothifoliyo yelungelo lobunikazi iRothschild, ngokuya kwesoftware kuyingxenye ebonakalayo yezinsolo zokwephulwa komthetho.
Ngokwami, ngicabanga ukuthi nansi into engafundwa phakathi kolayini: ukuthi bathe bazovumela ukuthi "amalungelo abo obunikazi" asetshenziswe (ake sikubeke kuzimpawu zokucaphuna, ngoba yebo) amaphrojekthi asebenza ku-Open Isoftware yomthombo isho nokuthi abakasho lutho ngamacala lapho isoftware iphethwe khona, noma okufanayo, bangahle bazimisele ukumangalela ezinye izinkampani ngesizathu esifanayo bamangalela i-GNOME. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, singacabanga nokuthi babengenalutho futhi bakhethe ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni, beshiya nemisila yabo phakathi kwemilenze yabo.
Ukuba ngu- I-patent troll, singaqiniseka ukuthi bazobuyela kumthwalo. Futhi, ngokubheka amanye amaphuzu abefakiwe enkantolo, ngithemba kuphela ukuthi ngokuzayo lapho bethatha isinqumo sokufaka icala, yiGoogle noma i-Apple. Ngicabanga ukuthi sizohleka.