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Old 03-08-2008, 11:49 AM   #94
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
In what way does the Boo Reader violate GPL? It goes back to the old CyBook. Definitely written by Bookeen (with info and/or code from MobiPocket).
Perhaps dottedmag thinks that any software that runs on Linux must be GPL as well? Er, GPL doesn't work that way...

If Bookeen's Book Reader is simply an application running under Linux, there is no requirement I know of that it be open source or licensed under the GPL.
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