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nubinetwork 3 days ago

TFA says that AMD has a working 2.1 driver, but the hdmi forum goons rejected it.

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summermusic 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe one day I can pirate an HDMI driver

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machomaster 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

You wouldn't pirate a car, why would you pirate a driver!

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aleph_minus_one 3 days ago | parent [-]

> You wouldn't pirate a car, why would you pirate a driver!

I wouldn't steal a car, but I would copy one or download one from the internet and 3D-print it.

	▲	Grisu_FTP 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yea, IMO piracy is a misnomer. To steal something (or Pirate) you would have to take something which causes the original to disappear from the owner. But Piracy isnt that, you create an unlawful copy, but you didnt steal (IMO) Which is why i cant participate in the "Is AdBlocker Piracy" debate, because for me, not even piracy is piracy :P

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nicman23 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

one day you wont have to

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throwawayfour 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If they have a working driver since 2 years ago, couldn't they just release it to the community? I imagine most gamers would typically be capable/ok with that.

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some-guy 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are they rejecting the driver because of it being open source? There are specific modules I use in my AMD card that require closed proprietary driver add-ons for example such as AMF.

Not defending the HDMI forum here, but perhaps Valve / AMD have a way of including a proprietary blob in SteamOS (I don't think most gamers would care)

	▲	Groxx 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		>Valve strictly adheres to open-source drivers, but the HDMI Forum is unwilling to disclose the 2.1 specification.

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ginko 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So just drop off a patch somewhere by "accident" and have someone else merge it. What are they gonna do?

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