Hi, Luc, Allwinner is trying to fix the GPL issue taken on Cedarx. We have release the latest version of cedarx with LGPL. And just close the code of Video Engine hardware, the framework and API is opensource. We will review the code again, to fix the GPL issues still existed. We are trying to do better, if you found any GPL issue, please let us know, we will fix it and update it ASAP.
About the kernel GPL issue, we are fixing it now, we will update the code to open some drivers. Thanks. Best Regards. ________________________________ [email protected] From: Luc Verhaegen<mailto:[email protected]> Date: 2015-02-25 11:55 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CC: Meng Zhang<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Allwinner GPL violations: definitive proof. This was just posted on the allwinner github account: https://github.com/allwinner-zh/media-codec This contains: https://github.com/allwinner-zh/media-codec/blob/master/sunxi-cedarx/LIBRARY/CODEC/VIDEO/DECODER/libvdecoder.so This binary contains symbols from both ffmpeg (LGPL, but altered/hacked up) and libVP62 (anti-compiled from java, and taken off the web in 2006). The LGPL forces Allwinner to produce the full and complete source code of these binaries. How they are going to explain libVP62 to On2 Technologies, now google, is beyond me (cfr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP6) With all the previous "indiscretions", it was always possible to claim that there was some chance that Allwinner was not the source of the many violations. It was always pretty clear that Allwinner was the source, there were just too many coincidences, the violation was too all encompassing, and not a single device maker spilled the goods. The fact that they threw out a kernel tree with most code and all binaries removed, was, despite being a ludicrous and laughable action, another very clear sign that Allwinner was indeed the source of these violations. Now however, the fact that allwinner posted this very clearly shows that Allwinner is the source. It is absolutely unequivocal this time round. To top this off, it is 6 months after the last GPL violation shitstorm. This puts serious doubts behind the claims that Allwinner truly is learning and willing to cooperate. Allwinner, it is very high time to start playing nice. You've been at it for 4 years now and seem utterly incapable of or unwilling to change. Luc Verhaegen. NOTICE: This e-mail and any included attachments are intended only for the sole use of named and intended recipient (s) only. If you are the named and intended recipient, please note that the information contained in this email and its embedded files are confidential and privileged. If you are neither the intended nor named recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender and destroy the original message and all your records of this message (whether electronic or otherwise). Furthermore, you should not disclose to any other person, use, copy or disseminate the contents of this e-mail and/or the documents accompanying it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
