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I would be willing to spend some brain power to help improve this driver as well.

The stupid thing is that Synaptics benefits from a popular open source driver that is compatible with their hardware, spending tokens on this is an investment in the DisplayLink platform!

If Synaptics embraced open source they would have some respect and authority over the main line branch, instead now FireBurn has the respect and authority and Synaptics has our distrust and disdain.

Predatory, patent-trolling legal firms like Synaptics profit off of licensing fees and vendor lock-in, just like Oracle. Anybody who can obtain an open source implementation is much less likely to pay those licensing fees, unless they're worried Synaptics is going to somehow discover their usage and sue. Mostly a concern for existing customers.

If someone can point me to a mirror, I can make a copy in Brainfuck or Prolog or something funny.

I would like to add that lawyers that can be bothered to write these letters on behalve of companies like synaptics deserve to lose their license as well.