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Old 04-16-2015, 08:49 PM   #305
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Originally Posted by TacoGS View Post
I appreciate the explanation, that makes things clearer than they have been.

I appreciate the PM with the information. I am also surprised the source code is not readily available since I believe the majority of what is seen is GPL.

When I removed the card and inserted it into the card reader it became very apparent when I saw the directory structure that it was a stripped down linux build.

I should have seen it coming since the extensions on files are .so after all.
Yes, it is a custom Linux build and hence a lot of is under the GPL or other similar license. But, nickel, the application that is what you are using when reading books is not. Is a proprietary application written by Kobo's and uses several proprietary libraries from them and other people. Plus there are licensed dictionaries, fonts, drivers and other things. The bulk of the firmware package is probably open source, but the bits that make it a Kobo ereader are not.
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