[ale] The very closed LeapPad uses very Free Software

[Richard Bronosky]

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.

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