Josh Branning: > There is a linux driver that is under a different license > > https://github.com/yuq/linux-lima > > This is the one stated on the sunxi wiki. > > As for mesa-lima, I don't know. If FAR 52.227-14 and DFAR252.227-7013 > are licenses then on the face of things they look very long and > complicated. At the bottom, it notes that there may be export > restrictions "as stated in the Software License agreement" which hints > to there being even more legal stuff. I don't want to jump to > conclusions, but I wouldn't be surprised if this software was non-free. > It looks as if AMD own the rights, maybe someone could politely ask > them, as it may be more complete than linux-lima (idk). > > What I do know is that it would be nice having a free, fully-functioning > Mali 3D graphics driver, as I own a few Mali devices myself.
AFAIK those are both by the same developer, and are intended to be used in tandem (one is a Linux fork, the other is a Mesa fork; both forks are required to get the Mali GPU to work). Cheers, -- -Jeremy Rand Lead Application Engineer at Namecoin Mobile email: jeremyrandmob...@airmail.cc Mobile OpenPGP: 2158 0643 C13B B40F B0FD 5854 B007 A32D AB44 3D9C Send non-security-critical things to my Mobile with OpenPGP. Please don't send me unencrypted messages. My business email jer...@veclabs.net is having technical issues at the moment.
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