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Why did Amazon open source its Kindle software? - InfoWorld


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Why did Amazon open source its Kindle software?
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By Savio Rodrigues (@SavioRodrigues) Very cool news from Amazon: It's released the source code used by the Kindle device. The code's provided as is, of course. There doesn't appear to be a license file in the distribution, but the folder is named …
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