<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:32 AM, lkcl luke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke.leighton@gmail.com" target="_blank">luke.leighton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Alexey Eromenko <<a href="mailto:al4321@gmail.com">al4321@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi All !<br>
><br>
> I have read from other thread, that Freescale iMX 6 provides better<br>
> access to docs than Allwinner does.<br>
<br>
</div> yes - but so what? you're not comparing like with like. imx6 has<br>
great docs, but no silicon yet. allwinner has an A10 CPU (Cortex A8)<br>
that has been shipping in huuuuge volume for over a year. freescale<br>
are a U.S.-based corporation that anyone could sue the pants off and<br>
impound all product _and_ get them in court; allwinner are a PRC-based<br>
company where compliance with copyright, trademarks and patents are<br>
pretty meaningless (*1). </blockquote><div>Sigh, this becomes an advantage. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">allwinner are inexperienced at the software<br>
(libre) game, but everything you *need* is actually publicly available<br>
[just not quotes officially quotes / quotes directly quotes from<br>
allwinner].<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Is it enough to build Open-Source drivers for it's VPU ?<br>
<br>
</div> free software drivers, please. "open source" is a loaded term that<br>
also has a specific meaning in the intelligence community ("open" as<br>
"a source of information that is outside of the control of the<br>
intelligence community" as in "uncontrolled" as in "uncontrollable" as<br>
in "complete nightmare scenario"). the term is best completely<br>
avoided.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> If not, are there any other cheap ARM SoC vendors, that are more open ?<br>
<br>
</div> define "cheap". $11, $7, $16? but, basically... as a general rule,<br>
no. as a general rule, the two are mutually exclusive. as a general<br>
rule, any SoC vendor that has the funds to follow the linaro route<br>
typically also isn't "cheap".<br>
<br>
we are however slowly pressing allwinner to become the first SoC<br>
vendor that has a foot in both camps. once we have an A10 EOMA-68 CPU<br>
Card i will be in a stronger position to press for software freedom<br>
compliance. but not until.<br>
<br>
l.<br>
<br>
(*1) if you saw topgear series 18 last year, you will recall the<br>
rip-off BMW cars that are endemic over there. BMW decided to pursue a<br>
patent infringment case *inside* china. the PRC judge basically said<br>
"this car does not infringe BMW patents" and that really was the end<br>
of the matter.<br>
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