Riaan I-Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) icele umenzi wempahla yasepulazini u-John Deere ukuthi athobele izibopho zakhe ngaphansi kweGeneral Public License (GPL), edinga abasebenzisi baleyo software ukwabelana ngekhodi yomthombo.
Phakathi ku okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi eshicilelwe ngoLwesine, umqondisi wokuthobela we-SFC u-Denver Gingerich uthi ikhono labalimi lokulungisa amathuluzi abo manje lisengozini ngenxa yokuthi abakhi balawo mathuluzi basebenzise i-software enekhava ye-GPL futhi bahlulekile ukufeza izibopho zamalayisense.
“Ngokudabukisayo, abakhiqizi bempahla yasemapulazini, abahlomula kakhulu ohlelweni lwe-software olutholakala kalula abangalunikeza njengengxenye yamathuluzi okulima (ogandaganda, izinhlanganisela, njll.) abawadayisela abalimi, abahambisani nelungelo lokulungisa amalayisensi omhlaba. isoftware abakhethe ukuyisebenzisa kula mathuluzi okulima,” kusho uGingerich.
“Ngalokho abalimi balahlekelwa yimpilo yabo uma umkhiqizi wempahla yepulazi engathandi ukulungisa amathuluzi okulima lapho ehluleka nakanjani, noma umlimi engakwazi ukuzilungisa kalula yedwa, noma esizwa ngomunye umuntu. bayazi.”
U-Gingerich uqoke uMoline, u-John Deere ozinze e-Illinois njengeselelesi esibi kakhulu. Uthe sekuphele iminyaka i-SFC izama ukusebenzisana noJohn Deere ukuxazulula ukungathobeli imithetho kwenkampani, kodwa umenzi wemishini yezolimo wehlulekile ukubambisana.
“Lapho u-Deere ephendula (sizwile ngabanye ukuthi izicelo zabo ezisemthethweni zekhodi yomthombo zihlangatshezwe ngokuthula), bebelokhu behluleka ukufaka ‘imibhalo esetshenziselwa ukulawula ukuhlanganiswa nokufakwa kokusebenzisekayo,’ GPLv2,” kusho uGingerich Irejista.
“Futhi nalapho sesivele sihlanganyela nabo, futhi sicela umthombo womkhiqizo owengeziwe, kwathatha isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezingu-10 ukuthi basithumelele iphakheji lokuqala (elingaphelele), elenza umnikelo wabo womthombo ube ongenalutho.”
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Sekuyiminyaka, abagqugquzeli bokukhanda bekhala ngezithiyo ezivimbela abalimi abazimele ekulungiseni ezabo izisetshenziswa zikaJohn Deere. Kodwa muva nje, lokho kuphikisa kubonakala kunomphumela othile.
Sibhekene namacala amaningi avela kubalimi, asebenawo ukwesekwa koMnyango Wezobulungiswa kanye neWhite House, uJohn Deere ngoJanuwari wagadla isivumelwano [PDF] ne-American Farm Bureau Federation ukuhlinzeka abalimi ngokufinyelela okukhulu ekusebenzeni kwangaphakathi kwemishini yenkampani.
Ngenkathi abameli bokulungisa bebheka isivumelwano njengewini, bahlala beqaphile ngoba inkampani wenze isivumelwano esifanayo ngo-2018 lokho kubonakale kunganele – leso sivumelwano asizange sinikeze ukufinyelela kumathuluzi okusetha kabusha izingidi zokuvikeleka kanye nezikhiye ze-immobilizer.
Njengoba i-SFC ikubona, ilungelo lokukhanda lingasetshenziswa kangcono ngokuhambisana kuka-John Deere ne-GPL.
“Njengoba besilokhu siyimfihlo iminyaka eminingi, manje sesicela uJohn Deere esidlangalaleni ukuthi axazulule ngokushesha konke ukwephulwa kwe-GPL, kuyo yonke imigqa yemishini yasemapulazini, ngokuhlinzeka ngekhodi yomthombo ephelele, okuhlanganisa ‘nemibhalo esetshenziswa ukulawula ukuhlanganiswa. kanye nokufakwa kwe-executable’ edingwa yi-GPL namanye amalayisense e-copyleft, kubalimi nabanye abanelungelo lawo, ngamalayisensi uDeere akhethe ukuwasebenzisa,” kusho uGingerich eposini lakhe.
U-Gingerich usitshele ukuthi isofthiwe esetshenziswa kabanzi ehlanganiswe ne-GPL emshinini we-Deere yi-Linux. “Njengemisebenzi eminingi yokusabalalisa i-Linux, isebenzisa ezinye izinhlelo ezimbalwa ngaphansi kwamalayisensi e-copyleft (okungukuthi ilungelo lokulungisa),” esho.
UGingerich uthe i-SFC iyazeseka ezinye izinhlangano eziphonsela uJohn Deere inselelo ngezinsolo zokwephulwa kwezivumelwano nemithetho, okuhlanganisa nezinselelo zokungathembeki.
Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe i-SFC ingase icabangele yini izinyathelo zomthetho, u-Gingerich uthe, “Icala elikhona ligxile ekufinyeleleni isofthiwe esetshenziswa abadayisi ukusiza ukulungisa ogandaganda, nakho okubalulekile. I-SFC icela ikhodi ephelele yomthombo ehambisanayo yesofthiwe isebenza ngemishini yasepulazini uqobo, njengoba i-Deere idingeka ukuthi inikeze ngamalayisensi esoftware abayisebenzisayo.”
UJohn Deere akazange aphendule ngokushesha esicelweni sokuphawula. ®
