[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
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Don't compare the work being made by Jiayu.de (Germany) with the work made by Jiayu.es (Spain)

TEamForce (Jiayu.es - Spain), Just Port Roms from other devices (and they also have their very, very "basic" custom Kernel)

--> Pretty much, all they did was merging some very basic (and useless) stuff on their custom kernel

(i already talked about that here ...)

--> i have nothing against them (just to be very clear), just giving my own opinion on this matter.

Jiayu.de (Germany), haves it's own custom Kernel also, but with more advanced features <-- i'm also working on this kernel.

To be fair, the non-release of the kernel sources , isn't Jiayu fault.

--> You may (re)target your angry/frustration to Mediatek

why?

--> Becouse they continue to put COPYRIGHT headers on their source, and in most of their platform drivers

here's one of them:

/* Copyright Statement:

*

* This software/firmware and related documentation ("MediaTek Software") are

* protected under relevant copyright laws. The information contained herein

* is confidential and proprietary to MediaTek Inc. and/or its licensors.

* Without the prior written permission of MediaTek inc. and/or its licensors,

* any reproduction, modification, use or disclosure of MediaTek Software,

* and information contained herein, in whole or in part, shall be strictly prohibited.

*/

/* MediaTek Inc. (C) 2010. All rights reserved.

*

* BY OPENING THIS FILE, RECEIVER HEREBY UNEQUIVOCALLY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES

* THAT THE SOFTWARE/FIRMWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATIONS ("MEDIATEK SOFTWARE")

* RECEIVED FROM MEDIATEK AND/OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES ARE PROVIDED TO RECEIVER ON

* AN "AS-IS" BASIS ONLY. MEDIATEK EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES,

* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT.

* NEITHER DOES MEDIATEK PROVIDE ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE

* SOFTWARE OF ANY THIRD PARTY WHICH MAY BE USED BY, INCORPORATED IN, OR

* SUPPLIED WITH THE MEDIATEK SOFTWARE, AND RECEIVER AGREES TO LOOK ONLY TO SUCH

* THIRD PARTY FOR ANY WARRANTY CLAIM RELATING THERETO. RECEIVER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES

* THAT IT IS RECEIVER'S SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN FROM ANY THIRD PARTY ALL PROPER LICENSES

* CONTAINED IN MEDIATEK SOFTWARE. MEDIATEK SHALL ALSO NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MEDIATEK

* SOFTWARE RELEASES MADE TO RECEIVER'S SPECIFICATION OR TO CONFORM TO A PARTICULAR

* STANDARD OR OPEN FORUM. RECEIVER'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND MEDIATEK'S ENTIRE AND

* CUMULATIVE LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE MEDIATEK SOFTWARE RELEASED HEREUNDER WILL BE,

* AT MEDIATEK'S OPTION, TO REVISE OR REPLACE THE MEDIATEK SOFTWARE AT ISSUE,

* OR REFUND ANY SOFTWARE LICENSE FEES OR SERVICE CHARGE PAID BY RECEIVER TO

* MEDIATEK FOR SUCH MEDIATEK SOFTWARE AT ISSUE.

*

* The following software/firmware and/or related documentation ("MediaTek Software")

* have been modified by MediaTek Inc. All revisions are subject to any receiver's

* applicable license agreements with MediaTek Inc.

--> You can also check my github repos, and check how "amazing" is Mediatek code and messed up ....

https://github.com/dragonpt?tab=repositories

I've been fighting against this since more than 3 years

I've been dealing with this, since their old SoC/Platform Mt6575, then Mt6577 ->mt6589/mt6582 until this day ...

(So... im more frustrated, than you, or anyone else... since 90% + of my work is all around Mediatek based devices ...)

--> I also had several Git repos taken down (DMCA) , among other things ...

--> You may check my other Mediatek Development threads for more info.

Cheers ;)