On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:44:40PM +0100, Olliver Schinagl wrote: > 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
Still. Allwinner could not be in a worse position with their CedarX driver. I think the time for letting Allwinner bullshit us and stall us is over completely now. 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.
