@polly Seems a little murky depending on what you read. This is what I found on Wikipedia - there doesn't seem to be any explicit royalties, but access to the standard's specifications through VESA requires a membership.

AFAIK that's still a much better deal for vendors than what's required with HDMI.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Cost

@yujiri @foone Quoting their GitHub page for the project,

"This creates GAME OVER/YOU DIED screens as seen in Sierra Online's SCI engine, as well as lots of other fake videogame screenshots from many, many games."
Source: https://github.com/foone/SierraDeathGenerator

Does that help you understand?

@jackemled @foone
Assuming you're talking about the latches in some cables, they are an optional part of the spec. If you have the resources, you may be able to find and purchase replacement DP cables without latches!

I personally prefer them because my cable spaghetti can cause things to come undone on their own. 🙃