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Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

daniel — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:32:09 +0000

And Larry Ellison burnt all that karma for... nothing. Squat. What a dork.

At least he did not manage to cause the damage to the entire software industry that he intended with his fanciful interpretation of copyright law. But I do not doubt he will try some similar stunt again soon. Just to drive the point home... the dork point.

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

daniel — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:15:15 +0000

Android needs not only to be brought into mainline but be a real community project, otherwise the myriad little details that suck and that no Google employee is paid to fix, will just continue to suck and suck and suck forever, as we have seen. So far, the only saving grace for Android is that Apple sucks worse, which is not high praise.

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

JanC_ — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:28:36 +0000

Actually, that looks exactly like a download site for sources they can't avoid to release.

I see no documentation, no source code repositories, no way to report bugs and/or contribute patches, etc. And no source code for anything that they don't legally have to release source code for (like printer drivers, for example—fortunately their printers have been reverse engineered reasonably well).

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

xtifr — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:05:23 +0000

For that added bit of irony, the very short list of Platinum members also includes Oracle, who has been suing Google (merely a Gold member) over Android. And now the first thing Samsung mentions among their reasons for joining is...Android.

Anyway, Go Samsung! Wish there were more like you out there. :)

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

giggls — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:00:31 +0000

I think it's a shame that the Linux Foundation welcomes members which prevent their customers from exercising the freedoms of the GPL!

I am still prevented by technical counter-measures to log into my Linux based TV to add NFS capabilities.

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

eduperez — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:39:38 +0000

If you have five minutes to spare, have a look at http://opensource.samsung.com/; it is not the typical "we do this just because we legally have to do it" site; it is the site of a company who really believes in what they are doing. As a consumer, this is kind of behavior "adds points" when I have to buy a new device.

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

leemgs — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:57:32 +0000

Please, refer to the below websites if you are interested in Korea manufacturers using the Android platform.

1.Community website
git://opensource.samsung.com/GalaxyS2
git://opensource.samsung.com/GalaxyS3 (Coming soon)
http://opensource.samsung.com/index.jsp (Source code for GalaxyS3)
http://opensource.samsung.com/community.do
http://www.kandroid.org (non-profit community)

2.Galaxy SIII Source download:
Download: http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?m...
OR https://github.com/sgs3/GT-I9300_Kernel

3.Official website to download source code of Korea Android phone:
Samsung - http://opensource.samsung.com
LG - http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource.jsp
Pantech - http://opensource.pantech.com/

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

simosx — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:43:15 +0000

Here is Samsung's website with free/open-source software used in their products,
http://opensource.samsung.com/

Samsung becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member

kragil — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:35:02 +0000

LF needs to employ more engineers. With more and more consumer focused companies joining the LF it should help fix the still remaining gaps in Linux' consumer facing software. Start with bringing Android in line with mainline and then work your way up the stack, as even more engineers join.
What good is all that money otherwise?