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Tim O'Reilly: Kindle needs to embrace standards or die
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| Tim O'Reilly predicts the imminent demise of the Kindle ebook reader unless
| it makes the move to open standards and abandons DRM and proprietary formats.
| I've been trying to get someone at Amazon to answer my basic questions about
| the "DRM-free" option for authors and publishers ("Does the EULA prohibit a
| reader from moving a DRM-free file to a non-Kindle?" "Is there a patent or
| other restriction that prevents competitors from making readers or converters
| for the DRM-free files?" and "Can DRM-free files be remotely downgraded, the
| way that the DRM'ed files have had their read-aloud functionality taken away
| after the fact?") and been totally stonewalled, as have O'Reilly.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/05/tim-oreilly-kindle-n.html
Why Kindle Should Be An Open Book
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/kindle-oreilly-ebooks-technology-breakthroughs_oreilly.html
Recent:
Amazon releases Kindle source code to the world
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| Jeff Bezos wants the Kindle to have some healthy competition. That’s why
| Amazon just released their source code for all the Kindle devices. It’s basic
| Linux underneath (kernel 2.6.22 on the latest 2.1 software), but includes E
| Ink drivers and other hardware support.
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http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/06/amazon-releases-kindle-source-code-to-the-world/
Amazon Kindle powered by Linux, FSF not impressed
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| Amazon is also using BusyBox (how can you not if you're running embedded?),
| so it's a good thing they've released that code - BusyBox has been active in
| recent years by way of the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) in making sure
| that vendors that use their code actually comply with the GPL.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/06/amazon-kindle-powered-by-linux.html
Impeach Bezos for Amazon's Kindle Swindle
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| We hope he gets the message that he's swindling his customers and in the
| process undermining important fundamental freedoms to read and share. Amazon
| seems to understand this message when it comes to music -- why don't they get
| it when it comes to the Kindle?
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/impeach-jeff-bezos-for-kindle-swindle
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