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An Open Source eReader that's Free of Corporate Restrictions is Exactly What I Want Right Now

posted by spiraldancing on Thursday January 30 2020, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the there's-an-app-for-that dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:

An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:

I get it. The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient, and it’s what’s made Amazon’s hardware the obvious choice for consuming ebooks. But supporting awful companies like Amazon is getting harder and harder if you were born with a conscience, and right about now, an open source ebook reader, free of corporate restrictions, sounds like the perfect Kindle alternative.

A fully open-hardware eReader, it includes the following design specs: ARM Cortex M4 processor, 400x300 monochromatic resolution, microSD card reader, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, audiobook-capable headphone jack, and audio-command-capable microphone.

The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday and that encouraged hardware hackers to find innovative and practical uses for the Arduino-based Adafruit Feather development board ecosystem. The winner of that contest was the Open Book Project which has been designed and engineered from the ground up to be everything devices like the Amazon Kindle or Rakuten Kobo are not.

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Friday January 31 2020, @02:24AM (2 children)

    by Immerman (3985) on Friday January 31 2020, @02:24AM (#951577)

    True. It would be nice if doing so were legal though. Some people are a stickler for such things, and the DMCA is insidious.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by deimtee on Friday January 31 2020, @02:46AM (1 child)

    by deimtee (3272) on Friday January 31 2020, @02:46AM (#951594) Journal

    Just don't distribute them. As long as it's for your personal use I see it as less unethical than them putting the DRM on in the first place.
    Also, as long as you don't distribute them they will never bother you even if they somehow found out. It is a court case they really, really, do not want.

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    If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.

    • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Friday January 31 2020, @03:48AM

      by Immerman (3985) on Friday January 31 2020, @03:48AM (#951630)

      Oh I agree completely - but I'm talking law, not ethics. The two have very little to do with each other.