Tsarin makirci daban-daban na software a yau wanda tsarin aiki don na'urorin hannu dole ne a nutsar dashi yana da rikitarwa kuma a ciki yake yi aiki da haƙƙin mallaka da haƙƙin mallaka domin samun wasu sifofi, lambobi da kayan aiki don kawo mafi kyawun ƙwarewar mai amfani ga abokin ciniki wanda ya sayi ƙaramar kwamfutar hannu, mai iya ɗauka ko wayo. Mun riga mun san yadda kamfanonin fasaha daban-daban ke kawo su waɗanda ke shigar da kara kowane biyu da uku don amfani da wasu direbobi ko APIs. Yaƙi na yau da kullun wanda masu asara yawanci sune masu amfani yayin da kamfanoni ke ƙoƙari su guji irin wannan nakasassu kamar yadda zasu iya.
Wannan shine ainihin abin da Google ke ciki don yin hakan karar haƙƙin mallaka daga Oracle game da amfani da Java API. Ko dai saboda wannan dalili ko kuma menene zai iya zama wata yarjejeniyar sirri tsakanin su, dole Google ya cimma matsayar da ke nuna cewa, daga Android N, dandamali na wayoyin hannu zasu janye dogaro da Java daga Oracle don neman aiwatar da tushen budewa OpenJDK. Dalilin da Google ya bayar shine yanke shawara gaba ɗaya akan software na buɗe tushen, kodayake ainihin dalilin yana da alaƙa da abubuwan da suka shafi doka maimakon ƙudurin da ya dace daidai da abin da koyaushe Android ke son zama software kyauta.
Motsawa daga Java
Oracle ta sami Sun Microsystems, asalin masu mallakar yaren shirye-shiryen Java da dakunan karatun laburarenta, a shekarar 2010 kuma tun daga wannan lokacin ta tsinci kanta cikin gwagwarmaya da Google na Android. Korafin Oracle shine Android tayi amfani da Java API ba tare da izini ba. Abubuwan API ko abubuwan da ake amfani da su a cikin aikace-aikacen suna kama da ƙamus ɗin kalmomin shirye-shiryen, wanda ke ba masu haɓaka damar samun damar duk ayyukan ba tare da lambar rubutu ba. Google ya ci gaba da cewa waɗannan APIs ba za a iya haƙƙin mallaka ba, wanda ya haifar da babbar muhawara da ta raba masana'antar fasaha a fannoni daban-daban.
Har yau, wannan matsalar ba a warware ta bisa doka ba. Ko da yake a, masu yanke hukunci sun goyi bayan hangen nesan Google a 2012, kodayake wata kotun tarayya ta sauya hukuncin tana cewa APIs na iya zama haƙƙin mallaka ba tare da wata matsala ba. A watan Yunin da ya gabata, Kotun Koli ta ki sake komawa shari’ar, wanda ta sake mayar da shi zuwa kananan kotuna.
Ta yaya wannan sabon canjin zai shafi masu haɓakawa
Kamar yadda lamarin yake har yanzu, Google yana cikin tsit a wannan lokacin. A cikin abin da yake ɗaukar sabon canji ba shakka shine dawo da yanayin buɗe tushen Android, wanda ke ƙarfafa ku da amfani da dakunan karatu na buɗe tushen. An gano wannan canjin shiru saboda sabon ƙari a cikin lambar tushe wanda yanzu Google ya tabbatar ya zama batun batun sifofin Android na gaba.
Ga masu amfani na ƙarshe, kada a sami canje-canje sananne. Shin don masu haɓakawa inda zaku ga wasu bambance-bambance a zahiri, tunda ba zasu zabi tsakanin API guda biyu ba tunda suna da OpenJDK da kuma abin da zai yi aiki tare da saukakkiyar lamba. Ga Google, wannan yana buɗe ƙofa don samun babban tasiri kan yadda aiwatar da buɗaɗɗiyar tushe ta ɓullo, musamman a sabbin hanyoyin da zasu iya inganta Android.
A takaice, shi ne mai kyau dabarun tafi da Google don kawar da waɗannan korafe-korafen daga Oracle. Don haka yanzu dole ne mu san ƙarin bayanai game da aiwatarwar da za a fara a cikin sabon babban sigar Android, wanda wannan shekara mai zuwa zai zama farkon N.
