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

[Brendan Murray]

For applications in the e-book domain, Calibre seems to be an interesting 
starting point - it's GPLv3, and its level of functionality is pretty 
extensive. If one could get hold of an OSS-based reader, it would be 
interesting to port the relevant pieces of Calibre to it. WebOS may not be the 
target, or it may - who knows.

Sent from my iPhone, so please excuse any bizarre autocorrections.

On 30 Dec 2011, at 23:15, "Jason Self" <jason@bluehome.net> wrote:

> 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