[ale] The very closed LeapPad uses very Free Software

[Richard Bronosky]

Yes, I got the sources. That list I posted is a "tar zxvf ... | sed
..." of the 3 files on the CD they sent me upon my request.

PS. In my request I stated: "I can put the FSF in contact with you if
you have any questions about your obligations." From my experience
that get the fastest response from corporations in the know.

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, alan at alanlee.org <alan at alanlee.org> wrote:
>
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> I'm a bit confused.  Did you get the sources to the free software or not?
>
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> -Alan
>
> On November 13, 2011 at 11:23 PM Richard Bronosky <Richard at Bronosky.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My wife insisted on buying a couple of these LeapPads for the kids
>> Christmas. (I wanted to buy some Android tablets) In preparation I
>> wanted to start converting the home movies that they love watching. I
>> contacted LeapFrog because I could find no info on the supported
>> formats. Well, it turns out that they only let the device play movies
>> that they sell you. We know all the reasons for this and it ought to
>> piss us all off.
>>
>> Well, I saw that they are using GPL software so I request a copy of
>> the source. It's every enlightening as to what software drives this
>> thing. I don't think it gets me any closer to putting home movies on
>> these things, but it is good to know what it is capable of. The
>> goodies include those listed below.
>>
>> What really pisses me off most about this is that I grew up in a coal
>> mining community (which Diane Sawyer once did a special on:
>> http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=6845770&page=1#.TsCP_s23DYp ) and
>> I wouldn't have escaped if it weren't for Free Software. Now I'm
>> witnessing a Freedom oppressing company exploit Free Software to
>> educate our children. I don't like the message they are teaching.
>>
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/argp
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/dumpcore
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/e2fsprogs
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/evtest
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/fbutils
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/fuse-flasher
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/gdbserver
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/gpio-control
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/i2c-utils
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/init
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/iperf
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/kbtool
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/lfd
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/lfpkg
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/libpng
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/lzo
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/lzop
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/mtd-utils-2
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/oe-bin
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/optimization
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/oss-utils
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/otp-write
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/pixart
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/pmap
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/strace
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/sysstat
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/ts-utils
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/tslib
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/uclibc
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/unotify
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/vbus-monitor
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/version
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/wifi-SDIO-8786
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/wifi-USB-8786
>> LF-Linux-2503-20110602-1237/packages/zlib
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/oe/bitbake
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/oe/openembedded
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/XML-Parser
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/alsa-lib
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/alsa-utils
>>
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/apps.update-rc.d_anoncvs.handhelds.org_r0_7_
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/autoconf
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/automake
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/avahi
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/binutils
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/bison
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/busybox
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/coreutils
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/db
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/dbus
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/desktop-file-utils
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/e2fsprogs-libs
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/expat
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/expat
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/fakeroot_1.12.4
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/file
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/flex
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/fuse
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/gcc
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/gdb
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/gdbm
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/gettext
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/glib
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/glib
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/gmp
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/gnutls
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/grep
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/guile
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/intltool
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/ipkg-utils_anoncvs.handhelds.org__20050930
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libICE
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libSM
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libdaemon
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libgcrypt
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libgpg-error
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libiconv
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libtool
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/libusb
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/linux
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/lzo
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/m4
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/mpfr
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/ncurses
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/openssh
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/openssl
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/pax-utils
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/perl
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/pkg-config
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/quilt
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/readline
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/sudo
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/tar
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/uClibc
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/udev
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/unzip552
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/util-linux-ng
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/util-macros
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/vsftpd
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/wireless_tools.29
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/wpa_supplicant
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/xproto
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/xtrans
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/zip232
>> LF-OE-545-20110602-1237/sources/zlib
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/FreeType
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/LibAVFormat
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/LibJPEG
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/LibSndFile
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/Portaudio
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/Theora
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/boost
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/cxxtest
>> LF-ThirdParty-7594-20110602-1237/ustring
>>
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