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Re:HDMI Forum rejects AMD's HDMI 2.1 open-source driver by merlindru on Thursday August 29, 2024 @06:16AM (#41389195)
Not bad, but it's hard to think of a reason why they're doing this

It's protecting your standard from being used by others when wide adoption is the only thing that differentiates your standard from others

i.e. they're shooting themselves in the foot

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Re:HDMI Forum rejects AMD's HDMI 2.1 open-source driver by paulmd on Thursday August 29, 2024 @10:33AM (#41391227)
"by failing to give away their product for free, this IP-licensing organization is really only losing in the end!"
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