[linux-audio-dev] synthesis on gp2x .. (was Fwd: RE: [gpx-dev] hardware interfaces)

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:26 +0100, Jay Vaughan wrote:
> >I told him I was keen to buy one - but would hold back until the GPL
> >was being complied with.
> 
> well, that'd be a pity, because there's not actually anything about 
> their code release thats going to prevent you from running your own 
> code on it .. there's nothing stopping you from upgrading the kernel 
> to an open one, nothing preventing you from writing new code for the 
> platform, which is open, functioning, and able to run whatever code 
> you write for it.  the only issue is that there are bins being 
> shipped with source not available; but you can most certainly port 
> whatever source you want to the machine, including source for the 
> onboard apps available elsewhere, so its not really a barrier to 
> enjoying the platform; it is, of course, yet again, "niggly 
> dogmatics" versus 'those who are writing code and getting on with it' 

No, it's not a pity at all, we should not support GPL violators by
buying their hardware.

Lee