Kwabaningana iminyaka kwaziwa ukuthi I-Oracle neGoogle kube nokushayisana okuningana, kufaka phakathi okwaziwa kakhulu isimangalo kusuka ku-Orcale kuya ku-Google mayelana nokusebenzisa i-Java API ku-Android lapho i-Oracle ibilwela khona ukuxolelwa kokusetshenziswa kweJava ku-Android.
Khumbula ukuthi, Ngo-2012, ijaji elinolwazi lohlelo lavumelana nesimo seGoogle futhi yavuma ukuthi isihlahla segama le-API-shaper liyingxenye yesakhiwo somyalo. Umthetho we-copyright uhumusha ukuthi iqoqo elinjalo lemiyalo alifakiwe emthethweni we-copyright, ngoba ukuphindwa kohlaka lomyalo kuyisimo esibalulekile sokuqinisekisa ukuhambisana nokuphatheka.
Ngakho-ke, ubunikazi bemigqa enezimemezelo nezincazelo zezihloko zendlela akunandaba nokwenza umsebenzi ofanayo, amagama emisebenzi yokuqeqeshwa kwe-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 udlulise icala wasibuyisela emuva lesi sinqumo e-Federal Court of Appeals kusuka e-US, lapho inkantolo yokudluliswa kwamacala yakhipha isinqumo sokuthi i-Java API iyimpahla yengqondo ka-Oracle.
Ngemuva kwalokho, I-Google ishintshe ukwenza yazama ukukhombisa lokho ukuqaliswa kwe-API kwe- IJava emsamo we-Android ilungile ngokwemvelo futhi lo mzamo uphumelele.
Isimo seGoogle bekuwukuthi ukwakha isoftware ephathekayo akudingi ilayisense le-API futhi ukuphinda i-API ukudala ozakwabo abasebenza ngokuhambisana nakho "ukusetshenziswa okulungile."
Ngokuya nge-Google, ukuhlukaniswa kwe-API njengempahla eqanjiwe kuzothinta kabi imboni, Njengoba kubukela phansi ukuthuthukiswa kokuqanjwa okusha, nokwakhiwa kwama-analogs asebenzayo ahambisanayo wezingxenyekazi zesoftware kungaba yindaba yamacala.
I-Oracle yafaka isikhalazo okwesibili futhi icala laphinde labuyekezwa lavumelana nalo. Inkantolo inqume ukuthi umgomo "wokusetshenziswa okulungile" awusebenzi ku-Android, ngoba iGoogle ithuthukisa le nkundla ngezinhloso ezingatholakali ngokuthengisa ngqo komkhiqizo wesoftware, kodwa ngokulawulwa kwezinsizakalo kanye nokukhangisa okuhlobene.
Ngasikhathi sinye, iGoogle igcina ukulawula kubasebenzisi nge-API ephathelene nokusebenzisana nezinsizakalo zayo, okungavunyelwe ukusebenzisa ukudala ama-analogues asebenzayo, okungukuthi Ukusetshenziswa kwe-Java API akukhawulelwe ekusetshenzisweni okungekona okokuhweba.
Kungakho I-IBM, iMicrosoft, Mozilla, Creative Commons, umthombo ovulekile we-Open Open, Wikimedia Foundation, Software Freedom Conservancy y ezinye izinhlangano eziningi nezinkampani zasebenza njengabahlanganyeli abazimele ekuzameni kabusha weNkantolo Ephakeme phakathi kweGoogle ne-Oracle ehlobene nokusetshenziswa kwe-Java API kungxenyekazi ye-Android.
Izinkampani zinikeze inkantolo isiphetho ngohlolo lwazo lochwepheshe yezinqubo, ukusebenzisa ilungelo lokubamba iqhaza ecaleni kusuka kumuntu wesithathu ongahlobene nelinye lamaqembu, kepha onentshisekelo yokuthi inkantolo ithathe isinqumo esifanele.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi I-IBM, inkampani ikholelwa ukuthi ukwabela ukuxhumana okuvulekile kwamakhompiyutha ku-copyright kungalimaza amabhizinisi futhi ukusungula izinto okuhamba kancane nezinkampani zanoma yisiphi isayizi kufanele zikwazi ukusebenzisa ama-API avulekile emiklamweni yazo.
IMicrosoft ikholelwa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kweJava API kwaGoogle kuhlobo lokusetshenziswa okulungile, ngenkathi iMozilla ikhomba ukuthi imithetho ye-copyright akumele isebenze kuma-API futhi onjiniyela kufanele bakwazi ukusebenzisa ama-API ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuqinisekisa ukuphatheka kweminye imikhiqizo nezixazululo.
INkantolo Ephakeme kulindeleke ukuthi ithathe isinqumo sayo ngoJuni. Uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngayo, unga hlola isixhumanisi esilandelayo.