[placesalt]

Does anyone know any more about Boox & GPL compliance?

The wiki page effectively says they are in violation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_Boox#GPL_Compliance

> As of 2022, Onyx International Inc. has declined[20] to release the source code with Linux kernel modifications licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 in response to a written request by a user. The GPLv2 license states that if a modified version of a covered work (such as the Linux kernel) is released, the corresponding source code must also be released under GPLv2.[21]

[GeorgeHahn]

I'm a Boox device owner and can confirm they declined my request for the GPL source code.

[blcknight]

Same.

[iammjm]

It's not good. Also, if you want to download an android app on one of their devices, you need to do it via their own app store type thing; the "official" google store app doesn't work out of the box and needs some to workarounds to activate. It's a Chinese company, so that's that

[dartos]

We should let the EFF know. That’s their whole deal, I thought.

[0l]

That would be the SFC (https://sfconservancy.org/) I believe. Although Onyx is a Chinese company so little can be done.

[justinclift]

I'm not a lawyer, but wouldn't having customs block BOOX imports into the country be quite feasible?

Probably need to get the SFC or similar to ask a court to issue some kind of judgement about it.