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Old 07-10-2008, 01:28 AM   #31
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i have three eink books as iliad, hanlin v3, starebook. and starebook is same as the machine you have done. i want to follow your instructions to do same things as you have made. thanks a lot.
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Old 07-13-2008, 07:48 PM   #32
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New blog post

Yo folks,

Thought you folks would like to know there is a new blog post up on http://blog.openinkpot.org/ regarding our GSoC students.

Please read, and leave a few encouraging comments for our hardworking students!
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:58 AM   #33
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Is it legal to delete the original firmware, and use an open source alternative?

Will OpenInkpot run on any device, or just on specific devices?

I like the idea very much! Does it mean that we can achieve more features on a device than the official features? For example, if a device does not support X file format originally, but we install OpenInkpot, can we read the X file format, despite that the device doesn't support it officially?
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Old 07-23-2008, 09:30 AM   #34
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Is it legal to delete the original firmware, and use an open source alternative?
It's fully legal. However, Jinke and any other manufacturers (Bookeen, Sony etc) can refuse to support/repair your device (in theory).

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Will OpenInkpot run on any device, or just on specific devices?
That's the idea But realistically, we are restricted to hardware our developers have access to. (which is pretty much most of the eink devices on the market at the moment, apart from the Iliad & the Netronix/Astak range)

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I like the idea very much! Does it mean that we can achieve more features on a device than the official features? For example, if a device does not support X file format originally, but we install OpenInkpot, can we read the X file format, despite that the device doesn't support it officially?
Exactly! If you wanted support for say postscript, or ODF (why would you? :P), you can in theory write a plugin to add support for that
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Old 07-23-2008, 10:36 AM   #35
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Is it legal to delete the original firmware, and use an open source alternative?
Using opensource firmware is legal. In fact, the original Jinke firmware is illegal! It is violating the GNU GPL license.
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Old 07-23-2008, 10:41 AM   #36
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Using opensource firmware is legal. In fact, the original Jinke firmware is illegal! It is violating the GNU GPL license.
Jinke is not alone in this...
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