@Natanox @danbjoseph @smathermather HardKernel seems to have released schematics for their boards, but not as fully as Pi (no actual design files, just schematics; though Pi also has never released everything either—more, but not all). So no red flag.
The possibile red flag is community documentation. ODROID had a wiki and a forum, but that's at best a tiny fraction of the colossal community resources for Pi. Maybe that can improve, but it's not clear if HardKernel is investing in that.
@Natanox @danbjoseph @smathermather if the Pi Foundation is betraying its community to corporate surveillance, it's probably going to be impossible to find a single trustworthy replacement hardware source. My guess as to best strategy:
- Ensure the Pi community's accumulated contributions are protected (back 'em up, fork 'em)
- Source hardware from multiple vendors, and don't buy anything for which there aren't schematics or that aren't fairly compatible with the Pi resources and documentation.