onlinepersona comments on 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.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 47 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Beuh, fuck the HDMI forum. I hope the spec is leaked and somebody just makes a kernel module which implements it.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I realize this is probably a solved problem for Windows pirates, but how do you trust the kernel if it's not from a legal reputable source?

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

What makes a legal source reputable? Do you think Microsoft is "reputable"?

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

Being reviewed and used by many people. So if it's just some guy releasing kernels by himself, then I'd be worried that it might include malware.

I know Windows is garbage, but I assume the people pirating it don't see it that way, and do care about additional malware. So I'm curious how they approach this problem. Do they just not care about malware in their OS because it's already that bad?

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

HDMI support can be released as a kernel module. It need not be an entire kernel. That can be put on a repository and reviewed, included in distribution, then built on installation using DKMS. That's how most opensource works.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Ah OK. When you said the spec would be leaked, I mistakenly assumed lawyer problems.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Oh, for sure lawyers would be pissed, but DRM was cracked multiple times and ended up in distributions. H264 is patented and still linux distributions can use it. CDs and DVDs were ripped with opensource software after their encryption was cracked (master key retrieved from CD/DVD players) and that was also distributed in order to play them. Popcorn Time was hosted on github for a good while. There are many examples.

If HDMI2 were leaked, I'm confident it would end up in a linux distro and there isn't much the lawyers could do. They could play whack a mole to take down the domains hosting it, but then somebody would just out it on a torrent or host it in a country that give a fuck about the lawyers and that would be that.

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