According to Mashable, Amazon has released the source code for the various Kindle releases.

Keeping true to what Jeff Bezos had said about the Kindle Reader and Kindle books being two separate businesses, Amazon has released the source code for the 1st generation Kindle, the new Kindle, and the Kindle DX.

The Kindle OS is Linux with a special set of drivers; we’re sure that someone, somewhere will thoroughly comb through it and reveal more details, particularly about its DRMed parts.

After reading around a bit, I do not see which license Amazon is using with this code release, but it’s still pretty neat that developers can poke around and see what makes the Kindle tic.

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This week I took the plunge and bought a Blackberry Storm. I’ve been looking at the apps available and came across this open source announcement I thought you might be interested in. I signed up for Brightkite a while ago, but don’t really use it because I never think about it - but maybe if I have a mobile device I will … and it’s open source so I have to give it a whirl right??

BrightBerry, which is available here, has been quite the hit with our community — offering most of the basic functionality that makes Brightkite on the go so much fun.

Currently, you can use the app to:

• View and navigate your streams (Friends, Nearby, Universe, Mentions, and User)

• Post a Note to your current location
• Check in to Placemarks
• Send and receive Direct Messages
• View and post comments on a post

You can also check-in via GPS and via Place Search, but both of those still need some tweaking. This is a big undertaking for one person, so Chris has decided to make the app open source and we’re hoping that there might be a developer or two out there with some free time that would be willing to contribute.