Hamster eBook Converter

transmitthis · 07-05-2011, 07:42 AM

Just seen this on Lifehacker - I imagine they will be getting a traffic boost, anyone used it?

I wish there was more aesthetics and design in Calibre - but I prefer function over form when getting things done.

http://lifehacker.com/5818038/hamste...etween-devices

kovidgoyal · 07-07-2011, 02:19 PM

Given that it is using calibre and is being distributed in binary form without source code and with a license incompatible with the GNU GPL v3 (calibre's license) it is illegal.

Besides being utterly immoral in that it uses calibre and does not acknowledge that fact anywhere in its user interface.

07-05-2011, 07:42 AM	#1
transmitthis Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 1003542 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Google Nexus 7 16GB	Hamster eBook Converter Just seen this on Lifehacker - I imagine they will be getting a traffic boost, anyone used it? I wish there was more aesthetics and design in Calibre - but I prefer function over form when getting things done. http://lifehacker.com/5818038/hamste...etween-devices

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07-07-2011, 02:19 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Given that it is using calibre and is being distributed in binary form without source code and with a license incompatible with the GNU GPL v3 (calibre's license) it is illegal. Besides being utterly immoral in that it uses calibre and does not acknowledge that fact anywhere in its user interface.