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Android tablets GPL compliance summary (codon.org.uk)
65 points by viraptor on Dec 30, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Some more interesting comments / the page that linked to the table: http://www.advogato.org/person/mjg59/diary.html?start=283


Makes me feel good about picking Archos. I hope they do very well with their line of Android Tablets.

I'm looking forward to my Archos 70 that's on its way right now.


It's cool they're using Android now. I had one of the Archos AV300 range devices when they first came out (6 or 7 years ago?), which used their own proprietary OS which was fairly rubbish. I r/e'd most of the hardware, firmware format, encryption etc which was a heap of fun.

The founder of Archos emailed me to say he'd be suing me unless I stopped. Good times, good times :)

FWIW, unless they've drastically changed I thought Archos hardware was fairly cheap and ill thought out. Didn't seem anywhere near the quality of say Samsung or Apple.


What is r/e'd?


I never heard it, either; but, from context, it seems to mean "reverse engineered".


Where is the iPed? Is that the same thing as APad, which is listed?




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