Am Donnerstag, 26. März 2015 12:33:46 UTC+1 schrieb Siarhei Siamashka: > 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
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