Uhlelo oluhlukahlukene lwesoftware namuhla lapho kuzofakwa khona uhlelo lokusebenza lwamadivayisi eselula luyinkimbinkimbi futhi lukulo kufanele ubhekane ne-copyright ne-copyright ukuze ube nezici ezithile, amakhodi namathuluzi wokuletha umuzwa ongcono kakhulu womsebenzisi kukhasimende elithenge ithebhulethi, okugqokekayo noma i-smartphone. Sesivele sazi ukuthi izinkampani ezahlukahlukene zobuchwepheshe ezingena enkantolo ngamacala amabili noma amathathu ngokusetshenziswa kwabashayeli abathile noma ama-API ziziletha kanjani. Umzabalazo oqhubekayo lapho abahlulekayo imvamisa bengabasebenzisi ngenkathi izinkampani zizama ukunqoba lolu hlobo lokukhubazeka ngangokunokwenzeka.
Yiyo kanye le nto iGoogle ekuyo ukuzungeza lokho icala lobunikazi elivela ku-Oracle maqondana nokusetshenziswa kwe-Java API. Kungaba ngenxa yalesi sizathu noma kungaba yisivumelwano esiyimfihlo phakathi kwalaba bobabili, iGoogle kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ifinyelele esinqumweni esisho ukuthi, kusuka ku-Android N, ipulatifomu yamadivayisi eselula izobe ihoxisa ukuncika kwayo kwiJava kusuka e-Oracle ngenhloso yokusebenzisa umthombo ovulekile i-OpenJDK. Isizathu esinikezwe i-Google ukunquma ngokuphelele kusoftware yomthombo ovulekile, noma isizathu sangempela kufanele senze okuningi ngezimo zomthetho kunokuba kube nezinhloso ezihambisana kakhulu nalokho i-Android ebilokhu ihlose ukuba yisoftware yamahhala.
Ukuqhubekela phambili kusuka eJava
I-Oracle ithole i-Sun Microsystems, abanikazi bokuqala bolimi lohlelo lweJava nemitapo yolwazi yayo yamakhodi, ngo-2010 futhi kusukela lapho isizithole isemzabalazweni oqhubekayo neGoogle ye-Android. Isikhalazo se-Oracle ukuthi i-Android isebenzisa i-Java API yayo ngaphandle kwemvume. Ama-API noma izixhumi ezibonakalayo zohlelo lokusebenza zifana namagama ezilimi ezihlelayo, avumela abathuthukisi ukuthi bakwazi ukufinyelela kukho konke ukusebenza ngaphandle kokubhala ikhodi yokubhala. I-Google igcizelela ukuthi lawa ma-API awakwazi ukuba ne-copyright, okuholele empikiswaneni enkulu ehlukanise imboni yezobuchwepheshe emikhakheni ehlukahlukene.
Kuze kube namuhla, le nkinga ayikakaxazululwa ngokomthetho. Noma kunjalo, ijaji lihambisana nombono weGoogle ku-2012, yize inkantolo yombuso yasiguqula lesi sinqumo ngokuthi ama-API anelungelo lobunikazi ngaphandle kwenkinga. NgoJuni odlule, iNkantolo Ephakeme yenqabile ukubuyela kuleli cala futhi, eyalibuyisela ezinkantolo eziphansi.
Lolu shintsho olusha luzobathinta kanjani onjiniyela
Njengoba icala lisasebenza, I-Google ithule kakhulu okwamanje. Kulokho kuthatha ushintsho olusha Yebo ukuthola imithombo evulekile ye-Android, ekukhuthaza ukuthi usebenzise imitapo yolwazi evulekile. Lolu shintsho buthule luye lwatholakala ngenxa yokwengezwa okusha kwikhodi yomthombo manje esekuqinisekiswe yiGoogle ukuthi kube yimo yezinguqulo ezizayo ze-Android.
Kubasebenzisi bokugcina, akufanele kube nezinguquko ezibonakalayo. Ikona yabathuthukisi lapho uzobona khona umehluko othile, ngoba ngeke kudingeke bakhethe phakathi kwama-API amabili njengoba ene-OpenJDK kuphela nokuthi kungaba njani ukusebenza ngekhodi elenziwe lula. Ku-Google, lokhu kuvula umnyango wokuba nomthelela omkhulu ekutheni ukuqaliswa komthombo ovulekile kuthuthukiswa kanjani, ikakhulukazi ngezindlela ezintsha ezingathuthukisa i-Android.
Ngamafuphi, kunjalo isinyathelo esihle se-Google ukususa lezo zikhalazo ezihlala njalo ezivela ku-Oracle. Ngakho-ke manje kufanele sazi imininingwane eminingi yalokho kuqaliswa okuzoqala kunguqulo entsha enkulu ye-Android, kulo nyaka ozayo ezoba yi-N yokuqala.
