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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Amazon Kindle & ebook app ideas?
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Jason Self |
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Amazon Kindle & ebook app ideas? |
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Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:15:51 -0800 (PST) |
Rudolf <omouse@gmail.com> wrote ..
> Thoughts?
The Kindle's software is proprietary and is Defective By Design, so it's a non-
starter, IMO, for someone that values freedom.
[1] http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/amazons-kindle-source-code-much-ado-
about-nothing
> since WebOS is now free
It is? Don't jump ahead of yourself. Last I read there were more questions than
answers: What will the license be? What part(s) of WebOS will be put under that
license? Will the tools to build and install it also be free? etc.
If you'll read HP's press release it says "HP also will contribute ENYO, the
application framework for webOS, to the community in the near future ***along
with a plan for the remaining components of the user space.***" (Emphasis is
mine)
That last part appears to support the position that the initial release will
not be complete, and the only thing HP is committing to doing -- at some as-yet-
unknown future point -- is to announce a "plan" for the rest. Who knows that
that plan will entail.
Like I said: There are more questions than answers at this point.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111209xa.html
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