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Ngo-2012, impi yezomthetho ebukwe kakhulu ehlanganisa i-Apple yileyo ene-Samsung. Inkampani yaseCalifornia yaphuma njengomnqobi, kodwa ngawo lowo nyaka nayo yashaya kanzima kanye. I-Apple bekumele ikhokhe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-368 ku-VirnetX futhi, njengoba kwenzeka, iphinde yalahlekelwa amalungelo obunikazi amaningana abalulekile we-FaceTime.

Isinqumo esiyala i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe izigidi ezingama-386 zamaRandi ku-VirnetX ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi sakhishwa ngonyaka odlule, kodwa kulo Agasti icala liqhubekile nokuhoxiswa okwengeziwe. Kuvele ukuthi i-Apple ayibheki nje kuphela usongo lwezigidi ezengeziwe zemali yelayisensi, kodwa futhi ukuthi isevisi yayo ye-FaceTime iyahlupheka ngenxa yamalungelo obunikazi angekho.

Icala le-VirnetX vs. U-Apple ufake isicelo samalungelo obunikazi amaningana amboza izingxenye ezahlukahlukene zesistimu yengxoxo yevidiyo ye-FaceTime. Nakuba i-VirnetX ingazange iwine ukuvinjelwa okugcwele kwe-FaceTime enkantolo, ijaji livumile ukuthi i-Apple kufanele ikhokhe izikweletu ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi.

Ulwazi seluvele manje ukuthi i-Apple ihlele kabusha ukwakheka kwe-backend ye-FaceTime ukuze iqhubeke ingaphuli amalungelo obunikazi be-VirnetX, kodwa ngenxa yalokhu, abasebenzisi baqale ngokuzumayo ukukhononda ngamanani amakhulu ngekhwalithi yesevisi.

Ukuqulwa kwecala enkantolo, okubandakanya ukukhokhelwa kwezimali futhi kwenzeka ngo-Agasti 15, akuzange kubikwe yinoma yimuphi abezindaba, futhi imibhalo ehlobene naleli cala isavaliwe ngokuphelele. Zonke izindaba zivela ikakhulukazi ku-VirnetX nakubatshalizimali beseva I-ArsTechnica omunye wabo kuxoxwa naye. Njengomtshali-zimali wakwa-VirnetX, u-Jeff Lease ubambe iqhaza kuzo zonke izigcawu zenkantolo futhi wagcina amanothi anemininingwane eminingi, ngokusekelwe kulokho okungenani esingalembula kancane icala lonke. U-Apple, njengeVirnetX, wenqabile ukuphawula ngalolu daba.

I-Apple ithi ayiphuli amalungelo obunikazi, kodwa yenza ngokuhlukile

Izingcingo ze-FaceTime ekuqaleni zenziwa ngohlelo lokuxhumana oluqondile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi i-Apple iqinisekise ukuthi zombili izinhlangothi zine-akhawunti evumelekile ye-FaceTime futhi yabe isizivumela ukuthi zixhumeke ngqo ku-inthanethi ngaphandle kwesidingo sanoma yiziphi iziphakeli ezidluliswayo noma zabaxhumanisi. Cishe amaphesenti amahlanu kuya kwayishumi kuphela azo zonke izingcingo ezidlule kumaseva anjalo, unjiniyela oyedwa wakwa-Apple wafakaza.

Kodwa ukuze i-Apple ingaphuli amalungelo obunikazi e-VirnetX, zonke izingcingo kuzofanele zidlule kumaseva abamba iqhaza. Lokhu kwavunyelwana ngakho yizo zombili izinhlangothi, futhi lapho i-Apple ibona ukuthi ingakhokha izinzuzo zalokhu, yahlela kabusha uhlelo lwayo ukuze zonke izingcingo ze-FaceTime zidlule kumaseva okudluliselana. Ngokusho kwe-Lease, i-Apple yashintsha indlela yezingcingo ngo-Ephreli, nakuba iqhubekile nokuphikisana enkantolo ukuthi ayikholelwa ukuthi iphula amalungelo obunikazi. Noma kunjalo, washintshela kumaseva wokudlulisela.

Izikhalazo kanye nosongo lwezimali eziphezulu

Unjiniyela wakwa-Apple uPatrick Gates uchaze ukuthi i-FaceTime isebenza kanjani enkantolo, ephika izinsolo zokuthi ukushintsha uhlelo lokudlulisela kumele kuthinte ikhwalithi yesevisi. Ngokusho kwakhe, izinga lezingcingo lingathuthuka kunokuba lonakale. Kepha kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple imane ixakeke lapha ukuze isuse ukunaka kumalungelo obunikazi e-VirnetX.

Kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya maphakathi no-Agasti, i-Apple yathola izingcingo ezingaphezu kwesigamu sesigidi ezivela kubasebenzisi abangeneme bekhala ngekhwalithi ye-FaceTime, ngokusho kwamarekhodi amakhasimende i-Apple enikeze i-VirnetX. Lokhu kuzodlala ngokuqondakalayo ezandleni ze-VirnetX, ezoba nesikhathi esilula sokufakazela enkantolo ukuthi amalungelo ayo obunikazi abaluleke kakhulu ngokwetheknoloji futhi afanele izimali eziphezulu zamalayisense.

Amanani athile akuxoxwanga ngawo, kodwa iVirnetX ifuna imali engaphezu kuka-$700 wezigidi zamarandi, ngokusho kuka-Lease, othi kunzima ukuqagela ukuthi ijaji lizonqumani ngoba kunzima ukukufunda.

I-FaceTime akuyona inkinga yokuqala i-Apple ebhekane nayo mayelana namalungelo obunikazi we-VirnetX. Ngo-Ephreli, inkampani yakwa-Apple yamemezela ukuthi izokwenza izinguquko ezithile kusevisi yayo ye-VPN On Demand ye-iOS ngenxa yokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi, kodwa yagcina izibuyisele emuva emasontweni ambalwa kamuva futhi yashiya yonke into njengoba injalo. Kodwa akucaci nakancane ukuthi uhlelo lwangempela lweFaceTime luzobuya yini.

Umthombo: I-ArsTechnica.com
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