I-Open Source Initiative (OSI), ebuyekeza amalayisense ngokuphikisana nemibandela yomthombo ovulekile, umemezele ukuqhubeka kwendaba yephrojekthi ye-Gnome abasolwa ngokwephula ilungelo lobunikazi 9.936.086. Ubani ngaleso sikhathi, iphrojekthi ye-Gnome engazange ivume ukukhokha imali futhi yaqala umsebenzi onamandla wokuqoqa amaqiniso angabonisa ukuhluleka kwelungelo lobunikazi.
Ukumisa imisebenzi enjalo, I-Rothschild Patent Imaging yenza isibonelelo futhi ngoMeyi 2020 lokho kwaphetha ngesivumelwano neGnome lokho inikeze iphrojekthi ilayisense yamahhala kumalungelo obunikazi akhona kanye nokuzibophezela ukuthi ungamangaleli noma iyiphi iphrojekthi yomthombo ovulekile. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akuzange kuvimbe abanye abathanda ukuthi baqhubeke nemizamo yabo yokubekela ilungelo lobunikazi inselelo.
Umsebenzi wokuhoxiswa kwelungelo lobunikazi wenziwa ngokuzithandela nguMcCoy Smith, umbuyekezi welungelo lobunikazi weminyaka engu-30 owake waba yi-USPTO (i-United States Patent and Trademark Office) osenenkampani yakhe yabameli belungelo lobunikazi, ngemva kokubuyekeza icala le-GNOME, uMcCoy uphethe ngokuthi ilungelo lobunikazi lalingalungile nokuthi ihhovisi lelungelo lobunikazi kwakungafanele lifake isicelo. yona.
Isinqumo sakamuva ehhovisi lelungelo lobunikazi lase-US singase sinikeze ama-patent trolls isizathu sokuhlala kude namaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile, ngisho nangaphezu kokumelana okuqinile umphakathi okuxhaswe ngemali futhi okufakwe ngendlela encomekayo endabeni.
I-patent troll eyabahlasela iphinde yalahlekelwa ilungelo lobunikazi ababeyisebenzisela ukuhlasela, kulandela imizamo eqhubekayo kaMcCoy Smith, uchwepheshe wezomthetho emphakathini womthombo ovulekile.
Ngo-Okthoba 2020, UMcCoy ufake isicelo sokubuyekeza selungelo lobunikazi 9.936.086 okubonisa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulungelo lobunikazi akuyona intuthuko entsha. I-US Patent and Trademark Office ibuyekeze ilungelo lobunikazi, lavumelana nombono kaMcCoy, lase lingasebenzi ilungelo lobunikazi. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ngemuva kokushayisana ne-GNOME, le patent yasetshenziswa ukuhlasela ezinye izinkampani ezingaphezu kuka-20.
Izenzo zikaMcCoy babonise ama-patent troll umphakathi womthombo ovulekile ongakwazi ukulwa nawo ngempumelelo ekuhlaselweni kwelungelo lobunikazi. UMcCoy ngokwakhe wachaza izenzo zakhe ngesifiso sokukhombisa umphakathi ukuthi kunezindlela ezilula nezisebenza kahle zokuxosha ukuhlaselwa kwelungelo lobunikazi kunokuqoqa ubufakazi bokusetshenziswa kwangaphambili kwelungelo lobunikazi noma ukumangalela.
Esikhathini esedlule, umphakathi usulikhombisile ikhono lawo lokubhikishela ukuhlaselwa kwezinhlelo umthombo ovulekile, ngemali engaphezu kuka-$150 ephakanyiswe ngabashisekayo ukuxhasa ukuvikela iGnome. Ngokuhambisanayo, i-Open Invention Network (OIN) yethule isinyathelo sokufuna ubufakazi bokusetshenziswa kwangaphambili kobuchwepheshe obuchazwe kulungelo lobunikazi (Ubuciko Bangaphambili) ukuze kwenziwe igunya lobunikazi lingasebenzi (ngemuva kokuhoxiswa kwesimangalo, lesi sinyathelo asiqedwanga).
I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC iyi-troll ye-patent yakudalanoma, ukuphila kakhulu ngamacala aphikisana nabaqalayo abancane kanye nezinkampani ezingenazo izinsiza zokuqulwa kwamacala amade futhi kulula ukuzikhokhela.
Eminyakeni yakamuva, le troll ye-patent ifake cishe amacala ayinkulungwane. I-Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC ingumnikazi wempahla yengqondo kuphela, kodwa ayenzi imisebenzi yokuthuthukisa nokukhiqiza, okungukuthi. Le nkampani ayikwazi ukuziphindiselela ngokwephula imigomo yokusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi kunoma yimuphi umkhiqizo. Munye kuphela ongazama ukufakazela ukungasebenzi kwelungelo lobunikazi.
I-Gnome Foundation ibekwe icala lokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi engu-9.936.086 kumphathi wesithombe sikaShotwell. Ilungelo lobunikazi langonyaka ka-2008 futhi lichaza isu lokuxhuma ngokungenantambo idivayisi yokuthwebula isithombe (ifoni, ikhamera yewebhu) kudivayisi yokwamukela isithombe (ikhompyutha) bese ngokukhetha ukudlulisa izithombe ezihlungiwe ngedethi, indawo, namanye amapharamitha. .
Icala lathi ukwephula ilungelo lobunikazi kwanele ukuba nomsebenzi wokungenisa kusuka kukhamera, ikhono lokuqoqa izithombe ngokwemibandela ethile futhi uthumele izithombe kumasayithi angaphandle (isibonelo, kunethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu noma isevisi yesithombe).
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