Barnes & Noble has of late received a great deal of credit from the open source community for standing ground against Microsoft in the battle over patents affecting Android. They’ve also received recognition for allowing the Nook to be so easily rooted. Amazon on the other hand, lost many supporters after remotely removing purchased e-books from users’ Kindles. Now in an unusual twist, Amazon has released the source for both the Kindle Fire’s version of Android, as well as for the formerly proprietary Kindle OS. Is this an attempt to garner more respect from the FOSS community? Is it an attempt to win back users left bitter by the thought that the e-books they own might not be theirs after all? At the very least, it indicates a bright future for the Kindle as an open platform.
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