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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 2 months ago by VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 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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[-] legion02@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

OK. Fine. Then it's going to be reverse engineered and everyone will use it anyways and they'll get nothing.

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's not, people will just convert DP to HDMI and call it a day

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