I think that the fact that the gp2x can run linux is going to bring in a lot of these anal GPL twats, i cannot believe the contempt some of them have for people who while porting GPL code for free in their own time do something ever so slightly wrong.
Madness.
Sadly, I happen to understand their position most of the time. A lot of companies gladly take GPL code and never release any of their modifications, violating the GPL and often getting away with it. They're frustrated, and I understand why.
Please don't get me wrong - I'm not saying it's right for them to take this out on GP2x developers. Haggling Woogal above was rather low - if memory serves, the GPL doesn't even say that he has to offer it *for download*, merely that if requested the source can be provided by any one of several ways, including postal mail. For this reason, it's silly (and mean spirited) to haggle someone over having released the binaries a few hours before the source.
What I am saying is I understand their frustration and think it would be hasty to consider them enemies somehow. I'm sure many of them will eventually make outstanding contributions to the community.
As far as GPH is concerned... I really hope they release the sources for everything they are required to by the GPL. They have a lot of goodwill within the open source community for creating an open-source-friendly handheld, it would be a shame if they lost some of that goodwill.
Finally, I can also understand why GPH has not released their sources yet. Determining what can and needs to be open source, versus what they have licensed that the GPL does not require, takes time and effor that I highly suspect they are currently spending on getting us our units and patching up the known firmware issues.
I think everyone needs to just calm down and have a bit of patience
-OCA|
