Kurongeka kwe iyo Open Invention Network (INO), yakatsaurirwa kuchengetedzwa kweLinux ecosystem, ichatora chikamu mukudzivirira chirongwa cheGnomeIzvi zvaikonzerwa nemhosva yaakatambira kubva patent troll Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. Pamusangano we Open Open Summit kuEurope mazuva ano, director weOIN vakati sangano rakanga ratounganidza chikwata chemagweta kuti vaizoongorora chokwadi chekushandiswa kwekutanga kwehunyanzvi hwakatsanangurwa mu patent, izvo zvaizobatsira kuita kuti patent isashanda.
Rothschild Patent Kufungidzira LLC ndeyekutanga patent troll iyo anorarama kunyanya kubva kudiki bhizinesi zvirevo uye makambani kushaya zviwanikwa zvematare mazhinji uye zviri nyore kwavari kubhadhara muripo. Mumakore matanhatu apfuura, Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC yakamhan'arira 6 zvirevo zvakadaro.
Iyo Gnome Foundation inopomerwa mhosva yekutyora patent 9,936,086 muShotwell maneja wemifananidzo. Iyo patent yakanyorwa muna2008 uye inotsanangura hunyanzvi hwekubatanidza mudziyo-wekutapa mudziyo (foni, webcam) kune mudziyo-unogamuchira chishandiso (komputa) uye zvobva zvasarudza kuendesa mifananidzo nekusefa nezuva, nzvimbo, uye mamwe ma parameter.
Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC, inopokana kuti kutyorwa kwepatent kunoitwa chete nekuve nebasa rekunze kubva kamera, kugona kuunganidza mifananidzo zvinoenderana nezvimwe zvinodiwa uye kuendesa mifananidzo kunzvimbo dzekunze (semuenzaniso, kunetiweki yekutandarira kana basa rekutora mifananidzo.
Mushure mekugamuchira zvakanzi kudiwa, iyo Gnome foundation haina kugara isina basa nayo uye ini ndinozivisa kuti ini handidi kubvuma iyi patent troll uye ndaizorwa kusvikira nguva yekupedzisira kuti ishandise iyo patent.
Mushure maizvozvo, Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC Yakatsanangurwa Gnome Foundation Kudonhedza Mhosva mukutsinhana nekutenga rezinesi rekushandisa patent, asi Gnome haana kubvuma chibvumirano uye akafunga kurwira kusvika kumagumo, sezvo kupihwa kwacho kwaizokanganisa mamwe mapurojekiti akavhurika anogona kuve nyajambwa weiyo patent troll.
Ndosaka hwaro Gnome yakakumbira rubatsiro rwemunharaunda kunopa mari kuchengetedzwa yeGnome ndokusimbisa iyo Gnome Patent Troll Dziviriro Fund, iyo yakatoburitsa madhora zviuru gumi nezviuru zvemazana nemakumi masere nezvishanu zvaidiwa uye yatotumira meseji nezvayo:
“Homwe yakatsaurwa pakurwisa Patent Troll yadarika mucherechedzo we $ 100,000. Watinopikisana naye anotya. Ngatitaurei vadikitira zvimwe. Mipiro yezvemari yakaitwa paavhareji maminetsi gumi nemashanu mushure mekuvimbiswa.
Tinongoda kutenda munhu wese nemutsa uye nerupo. Isu tinotenda zvikuru kuti kurwisa vanodheerera ndicho chinhu chatinogona kukoshesa nekubatana nacho. Ngatirambei tichivaratidza kuti kurwisa mumwe wedu kurwisa isu tese uye nekuisa muenzaniso.
Kwete chete ivo havafanirwe kurwa patent hondo, asi isu ticharwa uye kubvisa avo patents kana tichigona.
Apa ndipo panopinda iyo OIN, iyo yaipa kubatsira iyo Gnome hwaro, kunyangwe iine zvimwe zvaisingakwanise sezvo isingakwanise kushandisa seti patent yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza Linux kuti ichengetedze Gnome, sezvo Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ichingova yega pfuma, asi isingaite mabasa ekuvandudza nekugadzira, ndiko kuti, haigone kupomerwa mhosva yekutyora mazwi ekushandiswa kwemvumo pane chero chigadzirwa.
Zvinoenderana nemutungamiriri we iyo OIN, sangano rakatanga rakatarisa mukugadzira mamiriro anodzivirira Linux hutsinye hunhu hwemakambani ekugadzira.
Sezvo mapurojekiti akavhurika ave akakurumbira munzvimbo dzese, makambani akadaro ari mashoma uye mashoma. Naizvozvo, ikozvino OIN inogona kuteerera kune njodzi dzinomuka semhedzisiro yechiitiko chemakambani (iyo patent trolls) iyo inorarama chete kuburikidza nematare edzimhosva uye kubviswa.
Munguva pfupi iri kutevera, OIN inotarisira zvakare kuzivisa kudyidzana kutsva nemakambani makuru maviri ane ruzivo rwekupokana patent. insolvent uye kudzikisira iwo mavheti.