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ahartmetz ◴[] No.44381377[source]
> I also thought I’d message the vendor and ask them if they could share any specifications or docs regarding their protocol. To my surprise, Nanoleaf tech support responded to me within 4 hours, with a full description of the protocol that’s used both by the Desk Dock as well as their RGB strips.

How cool is that? Too many vendors still think that they have valuable intellectual property in such relative trivialities. And that handing out the specs freely helps their competitors more than themselves.

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1. amelius ◴[] No.44385480[source]
I wish more vendors would put "Linux support" on the package. Or maybe "Unofficially supported in Linux" or "Linux community support" if they don't want to get their fingers burned.

Maybe this kind of thing should be enforced in the GPL (as many devices use Linux under the hood).