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Originally Posted by BWinmill
koreader is open to the community because the creators decided to make it open to the community (through the GPLv3). Nickle is not open to the community because the creators decided to retain their property rights. It is a simple matter of respecting the wishes of the creator and respecting the law. We only get a free lunch if someone offers it to us (e.g. koreader). We are not entitled to it if they don't offer it to us (e.g. nickle).
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??? Who said we were? What
I said is that they made a foolish decision to keep the software closed source, when they could have had a better product if they'd opened it. Hardware manufacturers make this mistake time after time — the software rarely makes them any money. They're selling hardware, and adding value to the hardware at no cost to themselves is always a bonus.