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Originally Posted by delphidb96
IOW, you already HAVE the source code for the Cybook. If that's the case, then why haven't you posted it?
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Of course not. So what is your point? Do tou thing they have rewritten these drivers for the Cybook?
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And further, if I've not kept the original firmware, copies of that firmware, the hardware device on which that firmware is installed and any software sold with the original hardware/firmware - in other words if I choose to sell everything, keeping nothing of the unit for myself - then I *can* re-sell it as a 'used' item. It's like selling a book I've purchased, or a car.
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No, it is not. It is like selling a stolen car you have bought (expect that copyright infornement is not theft).
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Where I'd be breaking the law is in keeping any of the firmware and then selling that - for profit or not. But with the scenario you've stated, every single person who's sold a previously-purchased book, car or dishwasher would be committing a crime.
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No. When you buy a book you get the permission to sell it further or to give it away. When you buy a book from somebody that does not have the right to sell the book you do not get that permission.