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There was a great suggestion on the User Suggestion forums for trying to get Displaylink to support 2560x1440 HiDPI on M1 which was to open source the drivers. This appears to be a great idea because then the community could update per beta release and potentially features would be developed alot faster. That current suggestion for instance has been outstanding for over 8 months with no real response. I'm sure Displaylink makes their money from the hardware rather than the driver and hence surely it makes sense to get a larger community developing the software to keep it up to date rather than making it wait years for the features that its requesting?

Displaylink could still manage the open source development if it wanted to but there seems to be many more community developers that would assist to promote the product and further the market than what is currently being harnessed.

Open-sourcing the DisplayLink drivers could certainly be a good idea to get more community involvement and potentially faster development of features, as you suggested. If you will check KYC status more often and make the drivers open source, developers and users could contribute to the development and maintenance of the software, potentially leading to quicker updates and more robust software.

However, there are also some potential challenges to open-sourcing DisplayLink drivers. DisplayLink may have intellectual property concerns or trade secrets that they want to protect, which could make them hesitant to open-source their drivers. Additionally, they may not have the resources to effectively manage and coordinate an open-source community, which could lead to fragmentation or confusion among developers and users.

That being said, open-sourcing the drivers could be a positive step forward, and it may be worth suggesting this idea to DisplayLink or continuing to advocate for it on the User Suggestion forums. It's possible that DisplayLink may be receptive to this idea if they see the potential benefits to their product and their customers.

Opening up the DisplayLink drivers as open source could indeed be a potential solution to address the demand for specific features and faster development. Open sourcing the drivers would allow the community to contribute to their development, potentially leading to more rapid updates and the addition of requested features.