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HDMI Forum is unwilling to disclose the 2.1 specification for open-source (Linux): according to AMD, they had submitted a functional, HDMI 2.1-compatible driver [for linux?], which the Forum rejected. (www.heise.de)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I do not really have a body for this. I was not aware that this is a thing and still feel like this is bs, but maybe there is an actual explanation for HDMI Forum's decision that I am missing.

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[–] 109 points 10 months ago (16 children)

but maybe there is an actual explanation for HDMI Forum’s decision that I am missing.

Licensing money.

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  • [+] -9 points 10 months ago (14 children)

    Which could be paid by Valve in this case, especially since no one is expecting the Steam Box thing to be cheap.

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  • [–] 66 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    If the license holder isn't willing to accept the money, it doesn't matter if Valve is willing to pay it.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Everyone has a price. Maybe a superyacht or two from Gabe's fleet?

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It's not about liquid money. It's about "preventing piracy" by blocking anything that could allow people to use certain features via FOSS systems.

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    The license holder is attaching additional terms and conditions that are incompatible with publicly disclosing the driver source code.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    This wouldn’t work to scale. If Valve paid to license the spec for the Linux kernel, it would have to pay for every person who downloaded the driver, which is far more than the amount of people who buy the Steam Cube.

    Unless of course you’re suggesting that the kernel driver for the new spec become closed source.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Unfortunately, I am — or rather, I am suggesting that Valve be granted a license they can use.

    I like open source, but not so much that I'd prefer hardware that already exists be held back a feature because others can't benefit for free.

    I'd prefer a workaround.

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