Petition to Synaptics about Linux drivers

To Synaptics Corporation:
I am writing this on my new Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro which comes with a beautiful screen and your Synaptics Clickpad. I have created this petition because there are a lot of problems with your hardware on Linux that are frustrating, time-wasting, and distracting.
I’ve been using your Trackpads happily on Linux for years, but with your new model, things are such a mess that they get in the way of my ability to work. What if Linux users added up all the time they have collectively wasted and sent you the bill? Given that Linux on the desktop has more marketshare than the Mac, the total number would have a lot of zeros. With the suffering I’ve been through, I’d sign up for $200 / year.
I know you spend most of your effort working on the Windows drivers, and that is fine because it is cheaper to maintain Linux drivers. The community will help you. I read you’ve written a Linux driver, but you never made it available. You are apparently happy to write something no one uses. There is a free driver Synaptics Linux kernel driver written for your users, but it is buggy with newer hardware and you aren’t helping fix it.
I wrote a full review of Linux on my new hardware talking about the problems with your mouse in more detail. The key point is that your new devices with an integrated button require smarter software to be usable. Well, now that you’ve pushed this new hardware of dubious benefit, what are you going to do? I create this petition to ask you to do three things:
Release a copy of your proprietary Linux driver under the GPL and publish it somewhere where it can be used as a reference.
Find a smart kernel engineer from somewhere in your 550-person company and have them help maintain the existing Linux driver.
Help ensure the Gnome, KDE, and XFCE user interfaces allow customers to configure the gestures and other advanced features. While you wait for the magic that is Windows 9, you must have some free time.
We can wonder why Linux on the desktop hasn’t arrived like it has for cellphones and servers, but in the meanwhile, it would be nice if you made sure the effing mouse works out of the box.
If you are frustrated with Synaptics hardware on Linux, sign this petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/synaptics-corporation-help-maintain-linux-drivers

I absolutely agree and I doubt why for over a year this topic here is left without any official answer from Lenovo.
I am also *asking for releasing drivers available for Windows so I could make use of them on Linux*.

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