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Originally Posted by knc1
Five years ago when this thread was started, there was hope that they would abide by the terms of the licenses that applied to the code they used for commercial purpose (Amazon does, and it is 'closed source, for profit' also).
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Yes, it does says so in the first messages
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Five years has been long enough to convince us they will not.
They killed off this support thread by their own actions.
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I don't doubt they did ;-)
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Support here will probably get even worse when the Android port of KOreader starts showing up in miui's customized Android system for cell phones.
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The problem is that there is probably no point in trying to sue them...
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Please notice that KOreader is licensed GPLv3 -
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I am aware of that. Actually I tried to use koreader two years ago on a old
kobo, but didn't work well (touch issues, try fiddling with lua interface could have probably get it to work, but didn't have time in the end, might try again).
This was me:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=1#post2842286
But if I remember correctly, the pdf reflow was not as good as the one on duokan? Not sure...
The bottom line, for me, is that I love the kindle3w with the keyboard and all, and I'm not satisfied with the amazon interface.. So I'm stuck with Duokan which is very unfortunate -- I've been using only free software for more then 18 years now...
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Which means (if they do use it, and do follow the license terms) that they will have to let end-users (owners) have keys to install their own version.
If all that happens, there will be no need for the end-user to 'root' or 'jail break' the miui customized version of Android.
So anything we can do to encourage the Chinese to "play by the rules (laws)" will be a win for everyone.
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Good luck with that......