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by userbinator
3448 days ago
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At first I was optimistic that with all the popularity of the RPi, someone would eventually be a hero, but the fact that apparently not a single leak of the full datasheet has occurred after all these years also tells a lot about how Broadcom operates. Even the usual neighbourly Chinese forums are noticeably devoid of Broadcom information --- not as in "taken down/DMCA'd", but as in "we just don't know anyone who has access and is willing to share". Then again, forgive me for generalising, but the RPi community has always appeared to me to be comprised of mostly "new school" "hackers and makers", with very few from the "old school" "hack-and-free" culture. They haven't had to deal with the anti-open-source attitude of Broadcom and the unavailability of drivers. They aren't the type who think things like electrical specifications for GPIOs are important (the last time I checked, they were officially unavailable... and anyone asking on the forums was responded to condescendingly or misleadingly by the officials.) They just don't know any better. It's not surprising then, that a large part of the community is actually praising BRCM for making the RPi possible. |
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