On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 04:55:15AM +0100, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> 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.

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.

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