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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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This wouldn’t work to scale. If Valve paid to license the spec for the Linux kernel, it would have to pay for every person who downloaded the driver, which is far more than the amount of people who buy the Steam Cube.

Unless of course you’re suggesting that the kernel driver for the new spec become closed source.

[–] legion02@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OK. Fine. Then it's going to be reverse engineered and everyone will use it anyways and they'll get nothing.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's not, people will just convert DP to HDMI and call it a day

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Unfortunately, I am — or rather, I am suggesting that Valve be granted a license they can use.

I like open source, but not so much that I'd prefer hardware that already exists be held back a feature because others can't benefit for free.

I'd prefer a workaround.