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Frans de Jonge tells us about KOReader in this AGPLv3 interview

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on May 19, 2023

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This interview with Frans de Jonge of KOReader continues our interview series, which highlights work by developers who choose GNU licenses. We hope you enjoy!

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Just to be clear, KOReader wasn't created by me, but by Hans-Werner (aka HW). I first started contributing to the project in 2014 when I decided to acquire a Kobo Aura H2O. I purchased the device because I was impressed by the display hardware. However, I found Kobo's stock software worse than I expected at displaying PDFs. But, by this time, I'd done my research and knew about KOReader, which I predicted, after some modifications, could function on Kobo devices. Consequently, my first contribution to the project was to make it work on the H2O.

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