Star Amazon Kindle Powered by Linux, FSF Not Impressed
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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RE: Build your own
by Kishe on Thu 18th Jun 2009 14:00 UTC in reply to "Build your own"
Kishe
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2006-02-16

Amazon is complying to GPL as in the law written on paper, just not to the spirit of the GPL as intrepeded by FSF

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RE[2]: Build your own
by polaris20 on Thu 18th Jun 2009 18:58 in reply to "RE: Build your own"
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2005-07-06

Amazon is complying to GPL as in the law written on paper, just not to the spirit of the GPL as intrepeded by FSF


Amazon is a business, and as such complies with law and written licenses.....not "spirits".

Being a capitalist, I don't blame them at all.

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