| ▲ | bobdvb 2 days ago | |
I need to post this everywhere: THIS ISN'T AN IP/PATENT ISSUE! This is branding and marketing issue. Anyone can implement the spec, it doesn't need to be a cleanroom implementation. It's almost certain that you could license the patents from the patent holders because HDMI doesn't develop it's own patentable stuff, they just get it from Sony, Panasonic, etc. THIS IS A MARKETING / BRANDING ISSUE. Saying they don't want an open source implementation is just a smokescreen. 99% of the implementation is in hardware anyway. | ||
| ▲ | heeen2 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
So you're saying they could just make the driver compliant without advertising compliance under the hdmi logo? similar to how e.g. oneplus shipped phones without advertising their higher IPX rating because certification would have cost too much, or chinese electronics supporting "tf card" instead of "micro sd card" but being compatible anyways | ||
| ▲ | IsTom 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
So why don't AMD and Valve release ICan'tBeliveit'sNotHDMI2.1 drivers? | ||