Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Jun 2009 22:49 UTC
Linux "As my colleague Michelle Menga is reporting, Amazon is now making new source code available for its Amazon Kindle. Basically what it represents is, Amazon's responsibility to make the GPL licenced source code that is used in the Kindle available to others. That's part of the GPL license and Amazon is doing its part. Digging into the code that Amazon is now making available, provides some really interesting insight into the underlying structure of the Kindle."
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FSF is never pleased.
by Kishe on Thu 18th Jun 2009 05:30 UTC
Kishe
Member since:
2006-02-16

FSF is idealistic community who tries to apply same four laws on everything disregarding is it impractical by nature or not.

Linux will already have hard time on embedded market if microsoft manages to make their ARM windows inexpensive enough without FSF undermining companies trying to use linux for embedded systems.

RE: FSF is never pleased.
by superstoned on Thu 18th Jun 2009 11:43 in reply to "FSF is never pleased."
superstoned Member since:
2005-07-07

Yep. Then again, extremism leads to change, realism does not. It is the extreme position of the FSF (and Stallman in the beginning) which led to the existence of Free Software. It is pragmatism which makes it flourish. Both are needed.

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