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Originally Posted by slm
Epubor is a commercial product that uses (some on this board would say "steals") the method (and Calibre's conversion pipeline) without attribution, so there is a lot of ill-feeling about it here.
Nonetheless, depending on your views and your needs, you may find it helpful.
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The argument over whether Epubor using open source code without crediting the original authors constitutes theft is iffy. That they do not maintain a repository with their open source code violates virtually all of the open source licenses. Not acknowledging the original authors definitely violates the very spirit of open source software where often the only reward the authors get is the egoboo of having their work credited in derivative works.
For me, the latter two items are more than enough reason not to purchase Epubor regardless of any perceived value added by their packaging.