Am 04.03.2015, 12:57 Uhr, schrieb Luc Verhaegen <[email protected]>:
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 04:55:15AM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
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.
So now there is a LICENSE file stating that the code in
https://github.com/allwinner-zh/media-codec is LGPL?
So Allwinner believes that by sticking the LGPL on a _binary_ solves all
the problems? Just like it seems to believe that removing all binaries
from a kernel tree solves all problems with the GPL?
Really?
This is simply ridiculous.
Luc Verhaegen.
Luc, of course it is your personal decision to organize a shitstorm when
you believe that it results in compliance, but I have many doubts about
that.
However, I would hope that you organize it without referring to the sunxi
project and list, because imho the project would be more harmed than
helped!
I.Irgendeiner
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