I think they couldn't post the source code because is not easy as we presume. Their hardware are rip off of other hardware implementations. So if they release the source code, the hardware companies can sue them. And it is a more serious business than a gpl violation bothering some few angry developers. I hope I'm wrong.
Em quarta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2015 00:55:25 UTC-3, Luc Verhaegen escreveu: > > This was just posted on the allwinner github account: > > https://github.com/allwinner-zh/media-codec > > This contains: > > > https://github.com/allwinner-zh/media-codec/blob/master/sunxi-cedarx/LIBRARY/CODEC/VIDEO/DECODER/libvdecoder.so > > > This binary contains symbols from both ffmpeg (LGPL, but altered/hacked > up) and libVP62 (anti-compiled from java, and taken off the web in > 2006). The LGPL forces Allwinner to produce the full and complete source > code of these binaries. How they are going to explain libVP62 to On2 > Technologies, now google, is beyond me (cfr. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP6) > > With all the previous "indiscretions", it was always possible to claim > that there was some chance that Allwinner was not the source of the many > violations. It was always pretty clear that Allwinner was the source, > there were just too many coincidences, the violation was too all > encompassing, and not a single device maker spilled the goods. The fact > that they threw out a kernel tree with most code and all binaries > removed, was, despite being a ludicrous and laughable action, another > very clear sign that Allwinner was indeed the source of these > violations. > > Now however, the fact that allwinner posted this very clearly shows that > Allwinner is the source. It is absolutely unequivocal this time round. > > To top this off, it is 6 months after the last GPL violation shitstorm. > This puts serious doubts behind the claims that Allwinner truly is > learning and willing to cooperate. > > Allwinner, it is very high time to start playing nice. You've been at it > for 4 years now and seem utterly incapable of or unwilling to change. > > 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 linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
