En 11 de diciembre de 2015 en 15:03:36, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton ([email protected]) escrito: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Jean-Luc Aufranc > wrote: > > Alternatively mirror @ > > http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/12/10/allwinner-a64-android-5-1-sdk-and-linux-source-code/#comment-517449 > > > > awesome - thanks jean-luc. that will help some new friends i know > who would like to work with the A64. > > i've done a quick preliminary analysis: kernel 3.10 and u-boot source > code are there. the u-boot code i have not yet detected any GPL > violations: even the NAND source code is there. it's not properly > marked up: yet again, those fucking STUPID procedures that tom's > ex-manager set up are being run on the code, to destroy and remove all > responsibility for copyright ownership, but other than that, even the > source code for boot0 and other things such as the SPL initialiser > code are all there. > > the kernel source is a different matter: i've found two clear and > blatant GPL violations already (in modules) - one is the usual > "libnand" (despite the fact that the u-boot code contains the NAND > source code), the other is some "secure" library. > > now, product-wise, people downloading the GPL-violating A64 SDK may > simply create products that *don't use* NAND (or this "secure" > library) - booting from SPI, SD or eMMC is perfectly possible instead, > and in that way create GPL-compliant products. we already have a > clear authoritative written word from an official allwinner > representative that any code marked as "all rights reserved" may be > modified to state "GPLv2, Copyright Allwinner", although strictly > speaking we know that allwinner is supposed to make that mark-up > itself... fascinating to be working with products from a company > that's fighting itself, left hand not knowing what the right is > doing... > > anyway gotta go, >
Well… the other alternative is Snapdragon 410. There is another alternative at present. > l. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to [email protected] _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
