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Old 01-24-2022, 07:33 PM   #10
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Device: reMarkable-Paper-Pro Pixel-Tablet Pocketbook-PB743
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Originally Posted by Renate View Post
I though that most manufacturers sucked on this score? Are you speaking of releasing source code? Who gets a good rating by your criteria?
I believe Remarkable has stuck to the letter of the law in this regard, based on my read of the contributors on the rM reddit/discord that build hacks/enhancements for this device. While they make things difficult (change APIs ever firmware update, breaking rmfakecloud and ddvkhacks, for e.g.), they appear to have stayed true to the terms of the GPL afaict, releasing source code for their updates on their Github repo. The secret sauce, i.e. the low latency writing and the UI are proprietary but they made those proprietary in a manner avoiding violating the open source licenses afaik.

I also haven't heard anything bad about Kobo in this regard for their use of GPL, but I frankly haven't checked thoroughly on this. I base my opinion on the availability of various open-source enhancements and hacks for these devices, which indicates to me that Kobo isn't some locked-down mess.

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