Hey,
On 19-03-15 12:39, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:05:30AM +0100, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
<snip>
When Allwinner stated that they did CedarX2.0 about two months ago,
they added _more_ lgpled code. But this time they tried to trivially
disguise the code origins. This is a totally new low for Allwinner,
and it shows clearly that they have no licensing control over the
contents of their binary driver, and that no-one can believe them when
they state that they are adhering to licenses.
While you are 100% correct and true, I do want to say, this may not be
Allwinner in general, just some lone engineer* (and maybe his direct
manager) that are responsible. It very well does reflect badly on
Allwinner together, as they communicate it as such to the outside world.
I still have hope for Allwinner as a company.
*
I heard in the past, that the cedarX code was written by some engineer
who didn't really care for OSS and wanted to do his thing on his little
island. How much of this is true and how much of this is in the past, I
don't know, just some background. I myself doubt, that a manger is
pushing him to keep it closed, if anything it sounds like it would be
the reverse. This all being just my view and opinion of the case however.
Olliver
--
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.
