Thread: Cybook Gen3 firmware on Netronix EB-100
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Old 05-31-2008, 11:36 AM   #25
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Really. What gives a person that right?

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You bought it, you own it, you get to do what you want with your property.

I want to chime in on the license issue. First of all, the license cannot be enforced on the device hardware (in the USA). There is a license pertaining to the firmware running on the device. It may or may not be legally enforcible.

And then there is the 538 firmware upgrade. When I requested it from Bookeen, they made no attempt to verify that I owned a Cybook, nor did they include a license statement in the email. Thus, the 538 firmware has no license, and modifying it cannot be a violation. It has the same legal status as a free ebook.

So the only thing that applies is your local copyright law. Some of us here can legally modify the 538 firmware, but almost no one can legally distribute it.
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