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Originally Posted by tompe
Bookeen has told us that the have to distribute source code but they have not done it so they have admitted that they are guilty. It is also trivially true that they are guilty. Recently i checked the laws in Sweden and it is illegal for me to sell my Cybook to somebody else which is a very bad thing. Other people selling the Cybook here might want to know that it might be illegal. And the forum should not be used for illegal stuff... I am also suprised that this forum supports Bookeens selling things which is a copyright infringement.
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Tompe,
I think you have to understand the difference. They may well be 'in the wrong' - even to such a degree that they *would* (without any chance of defense) be found "guilty" in a court of law, but they are *NOT* "guilty" at this time because no one has taken them to court. (AFAIK, none of the others have been so challenged either.)
So waving around the statement they are "guilty" is not accurate. I think it's clear they've failed to comply with the requirements of GPL - and I still argue that this failing may yet prove to be 'through ignorance' rather than 'by deliberate intent'. Lord knows *I* have a hard time understanding all the fine points of law, IANAL, nor do I play one on TV.
I believe that constantly stating that Bookeen (or any other e-book reader manufacturer for that matter) just causes them to dig in and ignore the issue in the hopes it will 'go away'.
Rather, I would like to see a stronger effort made to educate the various companies as to what their obligations are under GPL.
Derek