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Originally Posted by zoran
Something like source is part of "linux". Some projects went to bsd just
for licence matter. And upgrade process should not be secret. Sooner or
later, all will be public. So, why wait? People cannot help if parts of the
process are hidden.
Best regards.
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Not entirely sure what you are trying to say here, but several weeks ago a Kobo employee confirmed that the device runs Linux. If it runs the Linux kernel, then they are obligated to provide access to the source code, including any modifications they made.
The userspace stuff (most likely the entire user-visible interface) can be any license they like, as long as they don't link to any GPL libraries. They have to release source to the kernel they use as well as any drivers they wrote for the device (which will make it possible to write custom interfaces for the Kobo).