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Old 04-21-2008, 11:59 AM   #123
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
They signed an NDA and still they started to sell the unit. They should not have signed the NDA since it is not allowed to have NDA for the Linux source. They should not have built a unit they cannot sell without copyright infringement. They knew about this well in advance so this was not something new for Bookeen.
OK, let's take this a step further.

Bookeen wanted to produce an eInk reader.
Netronix are the source for the "reference" eInk hardware platform and its SDK.
If you're a small company who wants to produce an eInk reader you pretty much have to go through Netronix.

What do you suggest that Bookeen should have done?

May I ask how you know that the NDA covers the Linux software, by the way?
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