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Just curious, is this stuff open source? Meaning, I use them for commercial production and I won't be sued for just using these boards(assuming I don't infringe

• ajross 14y ago
  That's not what open source means. But surely they wouldn't be legally able to sell them if the devices were encumbered somehow; the hardware isn't any different than what's in phones you can already buy. But as far as open source goes: not quite. The Exynos runs linux, but with a driver suite that is partially closed. You'll be able to run whatever versions of whatever distros are supported, and not much else.
• tinco 14y ago
  Yes, it's built using industry standard stuff. But that's not at all what open source means. None of the schematics are freely available or reproduceable without permission, nor is the embedded software opensource. The embedded software does expose 'open' standardized API's so the device works with opensource software.
• donpark 14y ago
  All I could find at the site (I can read Korean) was a rather ambiguous statement: "Full Schematics will be publically released on 31-January-2013." Nothing explicitly stating that their circuit board design will be placed in public domain. Also no signs of them having done full IP research. Given that South Korean open source community is still in its infancy, I doubt their schematics will be released like Raspberry Pi guys did.