Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Amazon Kindle & ebook app ideas?

[Jason Self]

Rudolf <omouse@gmail.com> wrote ..
> Thoughts?

The Kindle's software is proprietary and is Defective By Design, so it's a non-
starter, IMO, for someone that values freedom.

[1] http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/amazons-kindle-source-code-much-ado-
about-nothing

> since WebOS is now free

It is? Don't jump ahead of yourself. Last I read there were more questions than 
answers: What will the license be? What part(s) of WebOS will be put under that 
license? Will the tools to build and install it also be free? etc.

If you'll read HP's press release it says "HP also will contribute ENYO, the 
application framework for webOS, to the community in the near future ***along 
with a plan for the remaining components of the user space.***" (Emphasis is 
mine)

That last part appears to support the position that the initial release will 
not be complete, and the only thing HP is committing to doing -- at some as-yet-
unknown future point -- is to announce a "plan" for the rest. Who knows that 
that plan will entail.

Like I said: There are more questions than answers at this point.

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111209xa.html

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