On March 4, 2015, at 8:12 AM, Luc Verhaegen <[email protected]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 04:55:57PM +0100, Irgendeiner wrote: >> Am 04.03.2015, 12:57 Uhr, schrieb Luc Verhaegen <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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! >This is not a new issue, far from it. This has been going on for years >and what you see now is the culmination of years of asking nicely and >either being ignored or getting fed bullshit excuses.
Where are all these people coming from to defend it? At least one is obviously a shill but man... Anyway, if they ignored us when asking nicely, how much worse can it get? It's kind of an all or nothing thing. You can't go to market with partial compliance. I got burned by this at Pengpod. My touch screen controller went off the market and none of the replacements had source, just binary kernels packed in Android images. It forced me to bet everything on a new oem that seemed to be as compliant as possible. Further, imagine you work for a giant tech company with the potential to buy millions of units year. Could you recommend Allwinner to your bosses? Not with the current state of compliance, legally it's impossible to do business at any real scale this way. Companies figure this out before they even contact AW, it's part of their due diligence. I think this is hurting them more than they know. >Luc Verhaegen. >-- >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. -- 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.
