> Oh, so, how is it going with getting hdmi 2.1 support upstreamed into the kernel tree these days?
About as lousy as getting Vulkan upstreamed into MacOS, for much the same reason. Corporate interests and licensing feuds regularly supersede what the community would prefer, or even is capable of making for themselves. Big platforms will gladly reject a free solution if it means they lose out on licensing costs; just look at iOS and the way Apple rejects common-sense standardization so they can eke-out the last vestiges of cash from their victims.
If HDMI® Licensing Administrator, Inc. let AMD provide a free interface to their IP, how could they strongarm Apple and Microsoft into paying for a license to their kingdom? Is this colloquial "big platform" protecting consumer interests now?
About as lousy as getting Vulkan upstreamed into MacOS, for much the same reason. Corporate interests and licensing feuds regularly supersede what the community would prefer, or even is capable of making for themselves. Big platforms will gladly reject a free solution if it means they lose out on licensing costs; just look at iOS and the way Apple rejects common-sense standardization so they can eke-out the last vestiges of cash from their victims.
If HDMI® Licensing Administrator, Inc. let AMD provide a free interface to their IP, how could they strongarm Apple and Microsoft into paying for a license to their kingdom? Is this colloquial "big platform" protecting consumer interests now?