On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:44:46 +0100 Michal Suchanek <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 26 March 2015 at 10:33, Bastiaan van den Berg <[email protected]> wrote: > > hilarious comment on a ML dedicated to linux kernel development for only > > their product :D > > > > It was only worth having this list while decent Allwinner hardware was > produced and Allwinner was somewhat cooperative with respect to > development. It seems that period of both decent hardware based on > Allwinner chips and Allwinner cooperation has ceased so there is not > much point anymore except using the existing somewhat obsolete > devices. The irony is that Allwinner is in fact trying to be more cooperative. The github repository with the documentation for all SoC variants, boot0 sources with the DRAM initialization code and libnand sources clearly show that. I had rather high hopes for the upcoming 64-bit hardware. But it would surely help if they could keep their freaking cedar skeleton in a closet and don't try so hard to embarrass themselves in public (phoronix had a lot of fun lately). They had been advised multiple times by many people to consult a lawyer (a software licensing specialist) to do the code review and find the best way out of the current situation. BTW, I'm not endorsing breaking the law. But just believe that the problem could have been resolved in a (more) civilized way. An no, it does not automatically mean that all the sources have to become open simply because some people want this and are demanding loudly. A competent specialist needs to check what is and what is not really required by the LGPL license. For example, NVIDIA is even somehow able to use a binary kernel module in the GPL (!) licensed Linux kernel. It never ends up pretty when warmongers have their way. Just look at how much shit is happening in the world :-( -- Best regards, Siarhei Siamashka -- 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.
