Ariz quoted from the page, and it did say "machine readable". I got curious and downloaded. The most recent package contains the ff:
alsa-lib-1.0.13_patch.tar.gz ifupdown_0.6.8.tar.gz alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 iptables-1.3.3.tar.bz2 alsa-utils-1.0.13_patch.tar.gz klibc-1.5.tar.bz2 alsa-utils-1.0.13.tar.bz2 libol-0.3.18.tar.gz base-passwd_3.5.9.tar.gz linux-2.6.22-lab126.tar.bz2 binutils-2.17.50.0.5.tar.bz2 lrzsz-0.12.20.tar.gz bonnie++-1.03c.tgz lzo-1.08.tar.gz bootchart-0.9.tar.bz2 module-init-tools-3.2.2_patch.tar.gz busybox-1.7.2.tar.bz2 module-init-tools-3.2.2.tar.bz2 dosfstools-2.11.tar.bz2 mtd-utils-1.0.0.tar.gz e2fsprogs-1.38_patch.tar.gz picocom-1.4.tar.gz e2fsprogs-1.38.tar.gz powertop-1.10.tar.gz fuse-2.7.1_link.tar procps-3.2.7_patch.tar.gz fuse-2.7.1.tar.gz procps-3.2.7.tar.gz gcc-4.1.2.tar.bz2 readline-4.3.tar.gz glib-2.12.9.tar.bz2 syslog-ng-1.6.11.tar.gz glibc-2.5.tar.bz2 sysvinit-2.86.tar.gz gst-plugins-base-0.10.17.tar.bz2 taglib-1.5.tar.bz2 gst-plugins-base-0.10.6.tar.bz2 uboot-1.3.0-rc3.tar.bz2 gstreamer-0.10.17.tar.bz2 udev-112.tar.bz2 hotplug-2004_09_20.tar.gz util-linux-2.12r.tar.bz I don't see anything that looks like the actual reader app. Even if it was included, I wonder though how useful it will be since you can only buy Kindle books if you have a registered unit. Can anybody enlighten me what could be Amazon's objective in releasing this? Thanks Johann On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]>wrote: > > I think you mean "human-readable" source code of Kindle? > > PRManalastas > *** > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Ariz Jacinto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > FTA: "Amazon is pleased to make available to you for download an > > archive file of the machine readable source code ("Source Code") > > corresponding to modified software packages used in the > > Kindle device...." > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200203720 > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Web application and database consulting: www.sagadasolutions.com
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