I don't get all the bashing and hating here, Vero does not violate the GPL and nor do they preload Vero with piracy addons or pretend to be an official Kodi product, so who do they hurt?
Almost all that have been said here can also be said about WeTek Play and no one seem to be bashing the maker of it like people here are bashing on the Vero, it is discrimination because WeTek Play is a sponsor or just a few people who have something personal against Sam Nazarko or his commercial endeavors? As I see it both WeTek Play and the Vero are overpriced if you only look at it the hardware, but they both add value via customized firmware and offering end-user support without just referring to Kodi. Yes the Vero is more expensive than a SolidRun's CuBox-i2 or CuBoxTV, so what, probably neither it or WeTek Play is really marketed at you as Kodi enthusiasts, so just don't buy one!
(Like wrxtasy, I have no connection to the WeTek Play, Vero business, nor OSMC development. I don't own or use a Vero or WeTek Play, nor would I buy or recommend either of them).
(2015-05-28, 08:55)wrxtasy Wrote: I was asking the question as I just wanted clarification about who got the iMX6 code started to actually make it a viable platform.
There's no secret that the port was initially done by Stéphan "wolfgar" Rafin for many i.MX6 based devices, you can read more about it here:
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=161793
http://stephan-rafin.net/blog/
https://github.com/wolfgar
You can read on the above linked thread and his blog that more developers joined as interest for the port grew and eventually it was mainlined
http://stephan-rafin.net/blog/2014/02/23...anization/
http://stephan-rafin.net/blog/2014/09/25...for-i-mx6/
Vero is not mentioned anywhere in the above sources, but SolidRun's CuBox-i is mentioned a lot.
SolidRun as OEM manufacturers Cubox-i2 for rebranding to Vero, and companies who uses OEM parts do not normally disclose that openly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_eq...nufacturer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebranding
Sam's contributions was added later after mainlining, not before, as you can see here:
https://github.com/xbmc-imx6/xbmc/graphs/contributors
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/graphs/contributors
Using OEM parts and rebranding hardware is not uncommon business practices, not even in by companies basing products on open source.