Liliputing reports:
Chinese chip maker Allwinner has joined the Linux Foundation as part of an effort to improve its relationship with the open source community.
While you can run Ubuntu and other Linux-based software on many tablets and TV boxes with Allwinner chips, the company has a history of violating GPL by failing to make source code available.
The company's involvement with the Linux Foundation could help change that. Maybe.
A few years ago developers discovered they could get Ubuntu and other Linux-based software to run on devices like the Mele A1000 and Rikomagic MK802, which helped make these mini PCs popular with folks looking for more than a simple TV box.
There's even a Sunxi Linux community dedicated to developing open source software for products with Allwinner processors. But the community has called out Allwinner for numerous GPL violations.
(Score: 2) by fnj on Tuesday June 16 2015, @02:48PM
The usual apologia is that the maker is subject to some form of non-disclosure agreement with some partner. Be that the case or not, GPU components, such as the Mali, are frequent offenders. Even Intel is closing down part of the GPU on Skylake [slashdot.org], the successor to Broadwell.