[Arm-netbook] A64 SDK

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En 11 de diciembre de 2015 en 15:03:36, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl at lkcl.net) escrito:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Jean-Luc Aufranc
> wrote:
> > Alternatively mirror @
> > http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/12/10/allwinner-a64-android-5-1-sdk-and-linux-source-code/#comment-517449  
>  
> awesome - thanks jean-luc. that will help some new friends i know
> who would like to work with the A64.
>  
> i've done a quick preliminary analysis: kernel 3.10 and u-boot source
> code are there. the u-boot code i have not yet detected any GPL
> violations: even the NAND source code is there. it's not properly
> marked up: yet again, those fucking STUPID procedures that tom's
> ex-manager set up are being run on the code, to destroy and remove all
> responsibility for copyright ownership, but other than that, even the
> source code for boot0 and other things such as the SPL initialiser
> code are all there.
>  
> the kernel source is a different matter: i've found two clear and
> blatant GPL violations already (in modules) - one is the usual
> "libnand" (despite the fact that the u-boot code contains the NAND
> source code), the other is some "secure" library.
>  
> now, product-wise, people downloading the GPL-violating A64 SDK may
> simply create products that *don't use* NAND (or this "secure"
> library) - booting from SPI, SD or eMMC is perfectly possible instead,
> and in that way create GPL-compliant products. we already have a
> clear authoritative written word from an official allwinner
> representative that any code marked as "all rights reserved" may be
> modified to state "GPLv2, Copyright Allwinner", although strictly
> speaking we know that allwinner is supposed to make that mark-up
> itself... fascinating to be working with products from a company
> that's fighting itself, left hand not knowing what the right is
> doing...
>  
> anyway gotta go,
> 

Well… the other alternative is Snapdragon 410. There is another alternative at present.

> l.
>  
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