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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 3 days 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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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

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

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

It still boggles my mind things can be licensed/copyrighted without being forced to disclose source code. The lack of transparency we're okay with in society is absolutely unsustainable.