Ityala likaGnome ngokuchasene neRothschild patent troll ayizange isebenze ngokuthanda iGnome

Inyathelo loMthombo oVulekileyo (OSI), ephonononga iilayisensi ngokuchasene neenqobo zomthombo ovulelekileyo, ubhengeze ukuqhubela phambili kwembali yeprojekthi yeGnome otyholwa ngokwaphula ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza 9.936.086. Ngubani ngelo xesha, iprojekthi ye-Gnome ayizange ivume ukuhlawula imali kwaye yaqalisa umsebenzi onamandla wokuqokelela iinyani ezinokubonisa ukungabikho kwe-patent.

Ukuyeka imisebenzi enjalo, I-Rothschild Patent Imaging yenza isibonelelo kwaye ngoMeyi ka-2020 yagqiba kwisivumelwano kunye neGnome ukuba inike iprojekthi ilayisensi yasimahla kumalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza asele ekhona kunye nokuzinikela ekubeni ungamangaleli nayiphi na iprojekthi yomthombo ovulelekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, oku akuzange kuthintele abanye abathanda ukuqhubekeka neenzame zabo zokucela umngeni kwilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza.

Umsebenzi wokurhoxiswa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza wenziwa ngokuzithandela nguMcCoy Smith, Umhlalutyi we-patent oneminyaka engama-30 owayesakuba yi-USPTO (i-United States Patent kunye ne-Ofisi ye-Trademark) ngoku ungumnikazi wenkampani yakhe yomthetho we-patent, emva kokuphonononga ityala le-GNOME, uMcCoy wagqiba ukuba ilungelo lobunikazi lalingalunganga kwaye iofisi ye-patent ayifanelekanga ukuba ifake. yona.

Isigqibo sakutsha nje kwi-ofisi yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza sinokunika iitroli zelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza isizathu sokuhlala kude neeprojekthi zomthombo ovulekileyo, nangaphezulu kunochaso oluqatha oluxhaswe luluntu ngenkxaso-mali kwaye lufakwe ngokuchukumisayo kwimeko.

I-patent troll eyabahlaselayo nayo yaphulukana nepatent ababeyisebenzisela uhlaselo, kulandela iinzame ezizingisileyo zikaMcCoy Smith, ingcali yezomthetho kuluntu oluvulelekileyo.

Ngo-Okthobha u-2020, UMcCoy ufake isicelo sokuphonononga patent 9.936.086 ebonisa ukuba iteknoloji echazwe kwi-patent ayilophuhliso olutsha. I-Ofisi ye-Patent yase-US kunye ne-Trademark Office yahlaziywa i-patent, yavumelana noluvo lukaMcCoy, kwaye i-patent ayisebenzi. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba emva kokungqubana ne-GNOME, le patent yasetyenziselwa ukuhlasela ezinye iinkampani ezingaphezu kwama-20.

Izenzo zikaMcCoy babonise iitroli zepatent apho uluntu lwemithombo evulekileyo lunokuzilwela ngempumelelo kuhlaselo lwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza. UMcCoy ngokwakhe wachaza izenzo zakhe ngomnqweno wokubonisa uluntu ukuba kukho iindlela ezilula nezisebenzayo zokugxotha ukuhlaselwa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi kunokuqokelela ubungqina bokusetyenziswa kwangaphambili kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza okanye ukumangalelana.

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Mandulo, uluntu sele lubonakalise isakhono salo sokuqhankqalaza ngokuchasene nohlaselo kwiiprojekthi umthombo ovulekileyo, kunye needola ezingaphezulu kwe-150 ephakanyiswe ngabathandi ukuxhasa inkxaso yeGnome. Ngokufanayo, i-Open Invention Network (i-OIN) iqalise inyathelo lokufuna ubungqina bokusetyenziswa kwangaphambili kobuchwepheshe obuchazwe kwi-patent (uBugcisa obuPhambili) ukuvala ilungelo lobunikazi (emva kokuba ibango lihoxisiwe, eli nyathelo alizange ligqitywe).

I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC yi-classic patent trollokanye, ukuhlala ubukhulu becala kumatyala achasene nabaqalisi abancinci kunye neenkampani ezingenazo izixhobo zokumangalela ixesha elide kwaye kulula ukuhlawula ukuhlaliswa.

Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, le patent troll ifake malunga newaka lamatyala. I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ingumnini wepropathi yengqondo kuphela, kodwa ayenzi imisebenzi yophuhliso kunye nemveliso, oko kukuthi. Le nkampani isenokungasokoli kuziphindezela ngokwaphula imiqathango yokusetyenziswa kwamalungelo awodwa abenzi kuyo nayiphi na imveliso. Mnye kuphela onokuzama ukubonisa ukunganyaniseki kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza.

I-Gnome Foundation yahlawuliswa ngokunyhashwa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza i-9.936.086 kumphathi weefoto zeShotwell. Ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza labhalwa ngo-2008 kwaye lichaza ubuchule bokudibanisa ngaphandle kwamacingo isixhobo sokuthatha umfanekiso (ifowuni, ikhamera yewebhu) kwisixhobo sokufumana umfanekiso (ikhompyuter) kwaye ngokukhetha ukudlulisela imifanekiso ehluzwe ngomhla, indawo, kunye nezinye iiparamitha.

Isimangalo sathi ukuphula i-patent kwanele ukuba ube nomsebenzi wokungenisa kwikhamera, ukukwazi ukudibanisa imifanekiso ngokwemiqathango ethile kunye nokuthumela imifanekiso kwiindawo zangaphandle (umzekelo, kwinethiwekhi yoluntu okanye inkonzo yesithombe).

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