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I wonder why they are using the Allwinner A64 if they are concerned with FOSS though? It's one of the more serial offenders when it comes to GPL violations[1],

I wonder why they are using the Allwinner A64 if they are concerned with FOSS though? It's one of the more serial offenders when it comes to GPL violations[1], and it has a backdoor in its custom kernel config that could be used to take over the system[2]. I'm not trying to crap on your efforts, it's just smart to vet any system even if they claim to be FOSS or open hardware friendly. [1] http://linux-sunxi.org/GPL_Violations http://linux-sunxi.org/GPL_Violations [2] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/chinese-arm-vendor-left-developer-backdoor-in-kernel-for-android-pi-devices/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/chine...

madez 9y ago
Active mainlining of Allwinner chips is under way.[0] I only use the devices with kernels from trustable sources, like Debian. The A20-Olinuxino-Micro works already quite good with Debian out of the box. It is even recommended by FreedomBox.[1] Because mainling for the A64 isn't at a usable state right now, I'm holding back on buying a Teres-1. [0] http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort http://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort [1] https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Hardware https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Hardware